---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 24-05-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the county road system."
description: "Relating to the county road system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1444 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Brandenburg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffbcf266-d4ce-41d6-b5c7-12e09fcf86e4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8eaaef62b0233160fbb560f4470c3bbc073e3a011ee816cb57d79c4fa9872f60"
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 1444 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 24-05-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the county road system.

Relating to the county road system.

## 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/25-1160-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1160-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1160-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1444 — **74–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1444 — **29–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 29 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to House
- **2025-03-26** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffbcf266-d4ce-41d6-b5c7-12e09fcf86e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).