---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑12‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual permits for vehicles of excessive size or weight; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑12‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual permits for vehicles of excessive size or weight; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2151"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2151 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Johnson", "Oehlke", "Vigesaa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/842060cb-6a0f-4d5e-8d25-9b648656ce15"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2151.html"
source_hash: "4e92431055ae93bd7af0ff69162e96e972a38e67a6f078fcfc158817001d025a"
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 SB 2151 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑12‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual permits for vehicles of excessive size or weight; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0545-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0545-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Transportation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0545-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0545-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0545-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Oehlke — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Signed by President
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/842060cb-6a0f-4d5e-8d25-9b648656ce15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).