---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 and a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39‑06.1‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting blocking parking spaces for electric vehicles; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 and a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39‑06.1‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting blocking parking spaces for electric vehicles; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1405 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lefor", "Steiner", "Wardner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a9866d-01b7-408b-8be9-4eb8efbf10ac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1405.html"
source_hash: "2d9ae4383437ac4ba64edb9e4cc949ac28e4cd962d884fafa4504b281fe451e2"
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 1405 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39‑10 and a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39‑06.1‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting blocking parking spaces for electric vehicles; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-1000-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1000-01003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1000-01003m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1000-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1000-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lefor — primary (person)
- Steiner — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 63 nays 27 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-03-22** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 24 nays 21 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** 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/a5a9866d-01b7-408b-8be9-4eb8efbf10ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).