republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2045.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39‑12‑14.1 and 39‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to voluntary settlement of extraordinary road use fee charges and proceeds of sale deposited with the state treasurer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39‑12‑14.1 and 39‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to voluntary settlement of extraordinary road use fee charges and proceeds of sale deposited with the state treasurer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2045"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2045 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HIGHWAYS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d386f7fb-9997-4832-90db-9669133ed197"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2045.html"
source_hash: "f53753a528d503549ef858a69f24a6218e379fe98afd16e12d7bd046f99f2ce0"
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 2045 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39‑12‑14.1 and 39‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to voluntary settlement of extraordinary road use fee charges and proceeds of sale deposited with the state treasurer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0033-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0033-04000.pdf)
3. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0033-02001a.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0033-02001m.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2045 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0033-03000.pdf)

## 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 85 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **85–4** (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 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 72 YEAS, 17 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **72–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-01-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-10** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-03-03** Reported back, do pass 13 1 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2017-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 5 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-03** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Campbell Casper Laffen
- **2017-04-05** Appoint Sen. Nelson to replace Sen. Laffen on conference committee
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee appointed Grueneich Owens Weisz
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-14** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by President
- **2017-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d386f7fb-9997-4832-90db-9669133ed197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).