---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to license plates for mobility-impaired individuals."
description: "Relating to license plates for mobility‑impaired individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1169"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1169 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Ruby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580c5500-2a47-4d1a-98a4-ed0493cf4067"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "951c54188b5ce3de975afda3a0f544e36f27d6f5c5627a16c3490748a679ea64"
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 1169 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to license plates for mobility-impaired individuals.

Relating to license plates for mobility‑impaired individuals.

## 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/23-0222-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0222-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0222-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1169 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1169 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Ruby — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- David S. Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Schatz — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to House
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-09** 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/580c5500-2a47-4d1a-98a4-ed0493cf4067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).