---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1292"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1292 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS", "MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Dockter", "Schmidt"]
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/d6a675e1-1536-44c8-a7d0-8da1038052c9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1292.html"
source_hash: "2ad80807c6abec04baad6305d83ad8bf442e25af68114cf6671e8a73304027ad"
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 1292 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes.

## 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/19-0137-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0137-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to House
- **2019-03-25** Signed by President
- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** 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/d6a675e1-1536-44c8-a7d0-8da1038052c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).