---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special license plates for emergency responders, firefighters, and search and rescue personnel."
description: "Relating to special license plates for emergency responders, firefighters, and search and rescue personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1336"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1336 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14edb752-5ac4-4b1b-b391-a84d0781c841"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9af872cf253733fd9609e80f44ec83f42dc08a2307666c3b90d65d4069c84f3a"
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 1336 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special license plates for emergency responders, firefighters, and search and rescue personnel.

Relating to special license plates for emergency responders, firefighters, and search and rescue personnel.

## 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/23-0337-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0337-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1336 — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1336 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Dawson Holle — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Estenson — cosponsor (person)
- Kelby Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:20
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to House
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14edb752-5ac4-4b1b-b391-a84d0781c841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).