---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-10-21.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to entering a closed road; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to entering a closed road; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2189"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2189 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark F. Weber"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0434e014-1b32-4cef-a901-aad8e9646928"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0f38696270c5581ce0c20aaf2a0aa37746f7c6d7d82974bf4336a064dfb93f95"
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 2189 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-10-21.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to entering a closed road; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to entering a closed road; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0827-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0827-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2189 — **54–33** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2189 — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark F. Weber — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 4 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 33 `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/0434e014-1b32-4cef-a901-aad8e9646928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).