---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 23‑29‑07.12 and a new section to chapter 23.1‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a political subdivision from regulating an auxiliary container; to amend and reenact sections 23‑29‑03 and 23.1‑08‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of auxiliary container; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 23‑29‑07.12 and a new section to chapter 23.1‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a political subdivision from regulating an auxiliary container; to amend and reenact sections 23‑29‑03 and 23.1‑08‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of auxiliary container; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1200 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - SEE ALSO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "LIENS - SEE ALSO CIVIL ACTIONS", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker", "D. Ruby", "Hogue", "Johnston", "Kasper", "Kreun", "Laning", "Lefor", "Marschall", "Vedaa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87216d91-f048-4b15-8591-79a6eebd3040"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1200.html"
source_hash: "14580ab26ac4f8f3a423a288822c09b37fa7a8ae97bc5c472f3232a947807e4c"
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 1200 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 23‑29‑07.12 and a new section to chapter 23.1‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a political subdivision from regulating an auxiliary container; to amend and reenact sections 23‑29‑03 and 23.1‑08‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of auxiliary container; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/19-0562-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0562-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- Vedaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-02-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 19 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 31 nays 14 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to House
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87216d91-f048-4b15-8591-79a6eebd3040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).