---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-21-41.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to safety belt usage; to repeal section 39-21-41.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to secondary enforcement of safety belt requirements; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to safety belt usage; to repeal section 39‑21‑41.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to secondary enforcement of safety belt requirements; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2362"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2362 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Rummel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84b1a681-78f9-429d-9e3f-105f4b0efe24"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a4c2bc6cd77ba34b726d221d0d5ac81a38d179216178e8d1dcc9420ca402cbcb"
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 2362 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-21-41.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to safety belt usage; to repeal section 39-21-41.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to secondary enforcement of safety belt requirements; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to safety belt usage; to repeal section 39‑21‑41.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to secondary enforcement of safety belt requirements; 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/23-1040-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1040-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2362 — **53–38** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2362 — **31–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dean Rummel — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:43
- **2023-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 3 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 31 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-23** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-03-27** Laid over three legislative days
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 53 nays 38 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
- **2023-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84b1a681-78f9-429d-9e3f-105f4b0efe24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).