---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required traffic-control devices."
description: "Relating to required traffic-control devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1246 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Grueneich"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0952fd-4906-4687-bb2a-13b42863008b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "148a681fd6c6cc7bc597624b497a8dfcea0ec954ee96ef380b35e8a31d0b268e"
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 1246 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required traffic-control devices.

Relating to required traffic-control devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0676-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0676-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0676-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1246 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1246 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Grueneich — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:50
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:05
- **2023-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Returned to House
- **2023-03-24** Signed by President
- **2023-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0952fd-4906-4687-bb2a-13b42863008b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).