---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 39-08-01.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to punishment for causing injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to punishment for causing injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1503 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macy Bolinske"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a050eee-4aea-4377-ac72-4732b2afacbf"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4bdefd4fd4260d00c3ae7108ae7c4c6873c5e443e175b581f9f7d3a0b74e9e0b"
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 1503 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 39-08-01.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to punishment for causing injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to punishment for causing injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol; 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/25-0671-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0671-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1503 — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1503 — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macy Bolinske — primary (person)
- Christina Wolff — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to House
- **2025-03-27** 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/6a050eee-4aea-4377-ac72-4732b2afacbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).