---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electronic motor vehicle operator's licenses; and to amend and reenact section 39‑06‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to carrying an operator's license and exhibiting the license on demand."
description: "Relating to electronic motor vehicle operator's licenses; and to amend and reenact section 39‑06‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to carrying an operator's license and exhibiting the license on demand."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1072"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1072 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd89c18b-be10-4744-9520-92ae746c4f83"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1072.html"
source_hash: "bba414b66a783d06dc52f6457d11cc375ad06f0307cd9c5a1d78cebd41798c1a"
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 1072 (67) — Relating to electronic motor vehicle operator's licenses; and to amend and reenact section 39‑06‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to carrying an operator's license and exhibiting the license on demand.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8107-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8107-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8107-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8107-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8107-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Transportation — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-01-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-18** Amendment adopted
- **2021-01-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 8 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Amendment adopted
- **2021-03-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-03-25** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-13** Concurred
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd89c18b-be10-4744-9520-92ae746c4f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).