---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-43.1-03.3, 57-43.2-04.5, and 57-43.3-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1281 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy L. Pyle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93640513-20e7-4f03-aa09-0e4b37adfd3b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2ddb95ea10b4a859c71e04eba988c77a7c08f58e86142d2c572d283dfec6b492"
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 1281 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-43.1-03.3, 57-43.2-04.5, and 57-43.3-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0098-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0098-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0098-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1281 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1281 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandy L. Pyle — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Vollmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-22** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93640513-20e7-4f03-aa09-0e4b37adfd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).