---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol to exercise general police powers; and to amend and reenact subsections 12 and 16 of section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol to exercise general police powers; and to amend and reenact subsections 12 and 16 of section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1223"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1223 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAY PATROL", "HIGHWAYS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heinert", "K. Koppelman", "Meier", "Oban", "Roers Jones", "Unruh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd7a349-5160-4bee-8657-9ef5fbacf83f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1223.html"
source_hash: "2238a33c4aa67200a62ec2a76e1130a1371a97578b669613d4a50269c9b32086"
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 1223 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol to exercise general police powers; and to amend and reenact subsections 12 and 16 of section 39‑03‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the highway patrol.

## 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/19-0626-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0626-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heinert — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 18 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-19** Returned to House
- **2019-03-20** Signed by President
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dd7a349-5160-4bee-8657-9ef5fbacf83f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).