---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal governments; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal governments; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2207"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2207 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/693612b5-b393-4e16-b075-ba75610aae9e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2c44178356731e5e6ba58b2d78a1e3fabbfc62a0393ee25fa7ad77dde28ec7f8"
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 2207 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal governments; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal governments; 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/25-0457-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0457-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2207 — **75–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2207 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2207 — **41–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Chuck Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Collette Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jayme Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Marcellais — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 75 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-03-21** Concurred
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/693612b5-b393-4e16-b075-ba75610aae9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).