---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to blackout number plates."
description: "Relating to blackout number plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2133"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2133 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Roers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28433383-f769-4e9c-82ee-67d04ba1df4a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "bc7df43d823f37bf4c571f03ab1388b3a9479e95be5fe59d8d7f99dd8b955d95"
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 2133 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to blackout number plates.

Relating to blackout number plates.

## 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/25-0580-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0580-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0580-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0580-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0580-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133 — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133 — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133 — **85–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133 — **39–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristin Roers — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2025-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-13** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 17 2 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2025-03-31** Conference committee appointed Cory Paulson Klein
- **2025-04-02** Conference committee appointed D. Johnston Kasper Hendrix
- **2025-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28433383-f769-4e9c-82ee-67d04ba1df4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).