---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a road train pilot program; to provide for a legislative management study of a road train pilot program; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a road train pilot program; to provide for a legislative management study of a road train pilot program; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2176"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2176 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "GOVERNOR - SEE ALSO EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8187d72-c416-41da-8a6a-ab77ed535103"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2176.html"
source_hash: "3104f2c12a87bd1292c8673f06b9b5beb09ae3ff2985ecfaa71d65f76f8eeca3"
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 2176 (66) — AN ACT to provide for a road train pilot program; to provide for a legislative management study of a road train pilot program; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/19-0885-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-03002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-03002m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-03000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-05000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-02001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0885-02001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Luick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-24** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-05** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 77 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-04** Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8187d72-c416-41da-8a6a-ab77ed535103`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).