---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electric bicycle regulations, manufacturing, and operations; to amend and reenact sections 39‑01‑01, 39‑05‑02.2, and 39‑10.1‑08, subsection 5 of section 39‑16‑01, subsection 2 of section 39‑29‑01, and subsection 2 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the requirements for electric bicycles distributed, manufactured, and operated in the state; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to electric bicycle regulations, manufacturing, and operations; to amend and reenact sections 39‑01‑01, 39‑05‑02.2, and 39‑10.1‑08, subsection 5 of section 39‑16‑01, subsection 2 of section 39‑29‑01, and subsection 2 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the requirements for electric bicycles distributed, manufactured, and operated in the state; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1148 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cdf51d2-3248-422d-b632-5a90b444df1b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1148.html"
source_hash: "e3bc019ad4b72daae2b3dc7c5584fff75d605d2789e1a8f2997b661dcb3e4f6e"
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 1148 (67) — Relating to electric bicycle regulations, manufacturing, and operations; to amend and reenact sections 39‑01‑01, 39‑05‑02.2, and 39‑10.1‑08, subsection 5 of section 39‑16‑01, subsection 2 of section 39‑29‑01, and subsection 2 of section 57‑40.3‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the requirements for electric bicycles distributed, manufactured, and operated in the state; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0508-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0508-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0508-04000.pdf)
4. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1148 with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0508-05000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-01-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 38 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-01** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-01** Conference committee appointed Paur Christensen Hanson
- **2021-04-05** Appoint Rep. Becker to replace Rep. Paur on conference committee
- **2021-04-07** Conference committee appointed Dwyer Fors Conley
- **2021-04-09** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cdf51d2-3248-422d-b632-5a90b444df1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).