---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 57-40.3-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2141"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2141 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dwyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df1f472-c016-4636-b0cc-ce4378d8a4f3"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3924753685e647420c1397ff4c972eeeb47c1ae447603c4a91784ffce7b5ed35"
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 2141 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 57-40.3-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the definition of purchase price for motor vehicle excise tax purposes; 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](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0462-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0462-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2141 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2141 — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Dwyer — primary (person)
- Dennis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df1f472-c016-4636-b0cc-ce4378d8a4f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).