---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for motor vehicles transferred under a divorce decree; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for motor vehicles transferred under a divorce decree; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2277"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2277 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a16dfb-40b9-42a7-b741-11f86c060b29"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2277.html"
source_hash: "f628b99d4f5fec9e53922f2659390d339e5e00c561dafedd10bfcf7c9facbffd"
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 2277 (67) — Relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for motor vehicles transferred under a divorce decree; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/21-0548-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0548-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Oban — cosponsor (person)
- Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2021-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
- **2021-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a16dfb-40b9-42a7-b741-11f86c060b29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).