---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for negligence of a minor driver and accident report forms; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to liability for negligence of a minor driver and accident report forms; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1185 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3daffcb4-8caa-48ae-90e4-8efe7f699297"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1185.html"
source_hash: "bbfab0f48458266ce4b743f56116d14ff1197105ae317e36e5eda8aac40c9463"
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 1185 (67) — Relating to liability for negligence of a minor driver and accident report forms; and to provide a penalty; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0583-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0583-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0583-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0583-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-18** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Received from House
- **2021-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-01** Concurred
- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Signed by President
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3daffcb4-8caa-48ae-90e4-8efe7f699297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).