---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 2‑05‑11 and 2‑05‑11.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to aircraft registration."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 2‑05‑11 and 2‑05‑11.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to aircraft registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1217 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AERONAUTICS COMMISSION", "AIRCRAFT", "AIRPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "D. Anderson", "Kempenich", "Klein", "Schreiber-Beck", "Zubke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c7fdf6-b96c-4a3d-9a7d-fce0538cb404"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1217.html"
source_hash: "8a57eb3449a650cc96426fecdec3f8fe552c107b7c64f08366931aceb930ca56"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1217 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 2‑05‑11 and 2‑05‑11.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to aircraft registration.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0758-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0758-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 84 YEAS, 8 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **84–8** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 44 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- D. Anderson — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-01-20** Reported back, do pass 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received from House
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2017-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to House
- **2017-03-15** Signed by President
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03c7fdf6-b96c-4a3d-9a7d-fce0538cb404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).