---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 62.1‑01‑01 relating to the definition of machine gun, submachine gun, or fully automatic rifle."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 62.1‑01‑01 relating to the definition of machine gun, submachine gun, or fully automatic rifle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1308 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ruby", "Hogue", "Hoverson", "Johnston", "M. Ruby", "Marschall", "O. Larsen", "Paulson", "Porter", "Vedaa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08fccd79-9776-4799-950a-65ec232128a4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1308.html"
source_hash: "6e673b9401704ada469a8b50f6ae4081debe2cae33eaa142147a1b7f1482750d"
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 1308 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 62.1‑01‑01 relating to the definition of machine gun, submachine gun, or fully automatic rifle.

## 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/19-0888-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0888-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- Hoverson — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Paulson — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Vedaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 12 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08fccd79-9776-4799-950a-65ec232128a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).