---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special vehicle license plates for volunteer emergency responders and firefighters; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special vehicle license plates for volunteer emergency responders and firefighters; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2321"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2321 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (911)", "FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS", "FIREFIGHTERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boe", "Burckhard", "Fegley", "Heckaman", "Klein", "Vigesaa"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e7d8f4-c14f-4c0b-acb5-adc7668a6521"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2321.html"
source_hash: "5b9d34b00cad44bb142f9b73152238a9ae4809a362d81d09ef65971b80f28909"
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 2321 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special vehicle license plates for volunteer emergency responders and firefighters; 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/19-1112-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-03001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Transportation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-03001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Transportation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-02002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Transportation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-02002m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-06000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-04000.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-03002a.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1112-03002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Boe — primary (person)
- Burckhard — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-05** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 72 nays 19 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-04** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Rust Dwyer Bakke
- **2019-04-10** Conference committee appointed Bellew Schatz D. Ruby
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by President
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e7d8f4-c14f-4c0b-acb5-adc7668a6521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).