---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑12, subsection 1 of section 39‑04‑18, and subsection 4 of section 39‑04‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to semitrailer and farm trailer plates; and to provide for application."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑12, subsection 1 of section 39‑04‑18, and subsection 4 of section 39‑04‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to semitrailer and farm trailer plates; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1291"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1291 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "DRIVERS - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakke", "Clemens", "D. Johnson", "D. Ruby", "Dwyer", "G. Lee", "Kempenich", "Mock", "Oehlke", "Owens", "Vigesaa", "Weisz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ac5e84c-804b-4319-93a2-721bdb3addc6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1291.html"
source_hash: "691c97bead6b4da68a36064e04ef0adfceee1200cdee05fb93f71f4f1a8f9e68"
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 1291 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑12, subsection 1 of section 39‑04‑18, and subsection 4 of section 39‑04‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to semitrailer and farm trailer plates; and to provide for application.

## 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/19-0168-05000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0168-06000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — primary (person)
- Clemens — primary (person)
- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Dwyer — primary (person)
- G. Lee — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Mock — primary (person)
- Oehlke — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)
- Weisz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-14** Returned to House
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ac5e84c-804b-4319-93a2-721bdb3addc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).