l9n/ North Dakota

2025 Regular Session, 2025–2026

House Bill 1206

Relating to the special punishment for causing injury or death while operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs or substances and to driving while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs or substances while being accompanied by a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.

Became law, signed April 11, 2025, 91 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39-08-01.2 and 39-08-01.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the special punishment for causing injury or death while operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs or substances and to driving while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs or substances while being accompanied by a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 10 to April 14, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action20 actions on 16 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 728 days

JudiciaryJan 10 to Jan 23 · moved on13 days

TransportationJan 23 to Feb 614 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 2041 days

JudiciaryFeb 13 to Mar 1833 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 20 to Apr 415 days

Waiting to be sentApr 4 to Apr 84 days

With the GovernorApr 8 to Apr 113 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 19

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 7

  1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary
  2. Sent to Transportation
  3. Heard in Transportation
  4. Transportation recommended it, 9 to 3
  5. Passed the House of Representatives, 75 to 13

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 20

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Read a first time and sent to Judiciary
  3. Heard in Judiciary
  4. Judiciary recommended it as amended, 7 to 0
  5. Amended as the committee recommended
  6. Passed the Senate, 45 to 1

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 21 – Apr 4

  1. Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes
  3. Passed the House of Representatives, 75 to 15
  4. Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 8 – Apr 14

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Filed with the Secretary of State
All 20 actions, as published