---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 and section 39-10-71.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to statutory fees for traffic offenses and a motor vehicle owner's responsibility regarding a driver who flees a peace officer; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to statutory fees for traffic offenses and a motor vehicle owner's responsibility regarding a driver who flees a peace officer; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1229 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austen Schauer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e8b77c4-86bb-4569-bc35-32d214c5527c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ea52c55efa59a2bad99c5d608c679893bd733e5aa15604f4fe800207473799bb"
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 1229 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 and section 39-10-71.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to statutory fees for traffic offenses and a motor vehicle owner's responsibility regarding a driver who flees a peace officer; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to statutory fees for traffic offenses and a motor vehicle owner's responsibility regarding a driver who flees a peace officer; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0294-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0294-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0294-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0294-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0294-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **80–14** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **75–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austen Schauer — primary (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Request return from committee
- **2025-01-21** Rereferred to Transportation
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 3 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Request return from committee
- **2025-03-13** Rereferred to Transportation
- **2025-03-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-04-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 29 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause failed
- **2025-04-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-09** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-09** Conference committee appointed Koppelman Grueneich Schatz
- **2025-04-14** Conference committee appointed Rummel Paulson Cory
- **2025-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee report rejected
- **2025-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e8b77c4-86bb-4569-bc35-32d214c5527c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).