---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 39-12-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special permits for vehicles of excessive size; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to special permits for vehicles of excessive size; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1181 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori VanWinkle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf20de8b-0bcf-498e-9dc9-c028ee6d83b0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "59d2af9edf4bd41b0872c3db4f3831525bee7dea4b1d22eb817650e12f945b1e"
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 1181 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 39-12-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special permits for vehicles of excessive size; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to special permits for vehicles of excessive size; 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/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0543-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0543-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1181 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1181 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lori VanWinkle — primary (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Eric James Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Estenson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:55
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Returned to House
- **2023-03-24** Signed by President
- **2023-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf20de8b-0bcf-498e-9dc9-c028ee6d83b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).