republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1159.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clearly displaying letters and numbers on motor vehicle plates and the display of number plates on a motorcycle or trailer.	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clearly displaying letters and numbers on motor vehicle plates and the display of number plates on a motorcycle or trailer.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1159	North Dakota HB 1159 (65)	bill	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS - SEE ALSO MOTOR VEHICLES HIGHWAYS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MOTOR VEHICLES	enacted	Beadle Boehning Casper	5	18	3	2017-01-03	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/007c2df6-3331-4370-860f-ae827e84b4dc	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1159.html	a54feb5fd1b58ce595926248baab7d00db1f4761ca0e50f6dbfcfba1e61eabed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1159 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clearly displaying letters and numbers on motor vehicle plates and the display of number plates on a motorcycle or trailer.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. HOUSE BILL NO. 1159 with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
4. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Clemens (committee substitute) — source
5. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Clemens (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 44 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 44–3 (pass) · upper
• The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 80 YEAS, 10 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 80–10 (pass) · lower
• The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 54 YEAS, 39 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 54–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beadle — primary (person)
• Boehning — primary (person)
• Casper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee introduction
• 2017-01-12 Committee Hearing 09:15
• 2017-01-13 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-01-17 Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 39 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-17 Received from House
• 2017-02-17 Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee introduction
• 2017-03-02 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2017-03-14 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-15 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-16 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-03-31 Concurred
• 2017-03-31 Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 10 reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-03 Signed by President
• 2017-04-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-03 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Governor 04/04 executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/04 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/007c2df6-3331-4370-860f-ae827e84b4dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).