---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 39‑16.1‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inception and expiration of motor vehicle insurance."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 39‑16.1‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inception and expiration of motor vehicle insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1280 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Buffalo", "K. Roers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c75bd7d9-3c46-4fac-b8cc-941e453aa2c2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1280.html"
source_hash: "6e405ea779bcc5535adbaa6806b9d7b2193692b8d68d79c83a85f18e3e9bcddf"
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 1280 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 39‑16.1‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inception and expiration of motor vehicle insurance.

## 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/19-0786-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0786-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0786-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Nelson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0786-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Nelson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0786-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Buffalo — primary (person)
- K. Roers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-14** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** 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/c75bd7d9-3c46-4fac-b8cc-941e453aa2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).