---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to platoons; to amend and reenact section 39‑10‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to following a motor vehicle too closely; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to platoons; to amend and reenact section 39‑10‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to following a motor vehicle too closely; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1199 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES", "HIGHWAYS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker", "Burckhard", "D. Ruby", "Jones", "Kasper", "Keiser", "Kreun", "Lefor", "Louser", "Oban"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa84bb29-a69b-40fd-b5d2-6d4d2801beeb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1199.html"
source_hash: "582e72b347314c79ac568eb62a1c7b54cff5e8d551fe268825ca6bb8431483f8"
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 1199 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to platoons; to amend and reenact section 39‑10‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to following a motor vehicle too closely; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0802-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0802-03000.pdf)
3. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1199 with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0802-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Dwyer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0802-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Dwyer (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0802-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Burckhard — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-30** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa84bb29-a69b-40fd-b5d2-6d4d2801beeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).