---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-55 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing electronic proof of motor vehicle registration."
description: "Relating to allowing electronic proof of motor vehicle registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1080 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f32981f4-a3e4-4453-864e-32912063d9db"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "10ece2be4b3ca70c8b17ebf5baf111c69c69b83923772920105937b7e187397c"
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 1080 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-55 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing electronic proof of motor vehicle registration.

Relating to allowing electronic proof of motor vehicle registration.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8128-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8128-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1080 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1080 — **86–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-01-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11** Received from House
- **2023-02-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Returned to House
- **2023-03-07** Signed by President
- **2023-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f32981f4-a3e4-4453-864e-32912063d9db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).