---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑07‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandatory safety training for school bus drivers."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑07‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandatory safety training for school bus drivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1385"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1385 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES", "EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "SCHOOLBUSES - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandenburg", "Clemens", "D. Ruby", "Fegley", "Johnston", "Jones", "McWilliams", "Skroch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7faccc51-535a-48dd-a496-f2aae617914c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1385.html"
source_hash: "03f59a509cc549e60fca4120e32e941b25a547ea51c6e6cfa5332739fa62b0bb"
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 1385 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑07‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandatory safety training for school bus drivers.

## 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/19-0332-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0332-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0332-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0332-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0332-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Clemens — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- McWilliams — primary (person)
- Skroch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-05** Returned to House
- **2019-03-06** Signed by President
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Governor 03/12 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7faccc51-535a-48dd-a496-f2aae617914c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).