Who sponsors SB 2133?

SB 2133 is sponsored by Josh Christy, Vigesaa, Don (Republican), Stemen, Gregory (Republican), Rummel, Dean (Republican), Cory, Claire (Republican), and Roers, Kristin (Republican).

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North Dakota 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26) Status: Enacted 5 R cosponsors

SB 2133 — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to blackout number plates.

Last action May 02, 2025 — Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong (Republican) on May 01, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
6 sponsors

1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Relating to blackout number plates.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

38 added · 27 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 2133 includes a change in the initial fee for blackout number plates, increasing it from fifteen dollars to the requirement of paying all other fees for vehicle registration. Additionally, the bill clarifies that blackout number plates are restricted to owners of passenger vehicles, lighter trucks (under 20,000 pounds), or motorcycles. These changes matter because they streamline the registration process and ensure that only eligible vehicles can display the new blackout plates.

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~~25.0580.02000~~ Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota ~~FIRST~~ ~~ENGROSSMENT~~ ~~ENGROSSED~~ ~~SENATE~~ ~~BILL~~ ~~NO.~~

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 (Senators Roers, Cory, Rummel) (Representatives Christy, Stemen, Vigesaa) AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to blackout number plates.

2133 Introduced by Senators Roers, Cory, Rummel Representatives Christy, Stemen, Vigesaa A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to blackout number plates.

and b.

~~An initial fee of fifteen dollars;~~

~~and c.~~

~~Page~~ ~~No.~~

1 ~~25.0580.02000~~

NO.

2133 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House ____________________________ ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No.

2133.

Senate Vote:

Yeas 39 Nays 8 Absent 0 House Vote:

Yeas 85 Nays 8 Absent 1 ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Received by the Governor at ________M.

on _____________________________________, 2025.

Approved at ________M.

on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State

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Action History

May 02, 2025
Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01
May 01, 2025
Signed by Governor 04/30
April 29, 2025
Sent to Governor
April 29, 2025
Signed by President
April 28, 2025
Signed by Speaker
April 24, 2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 8
April 24, 2025
Conference committee report adopted
April 21, 2025
Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
April 21, 2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8
April 21, 2025
Conference committee report adopted
April 16, 2025
Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
April 02, 2025
Conference committee appointed D. Johnston Kasper Hendrix
March 31, 2025
Conference committee appointed Cory Paulson Klein
March 31, 2025
Refused to concur
March 20, 2025
Returned to Senate (12)
March 19, 2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 7
March 18, 2025
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 17 2 4
March 13, 2025
Rereferred to Appropriations
March 11, 2025
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
March 10, 2025
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0
March 06, 2025
Committee Hearing 02:45
February 18, 2025
Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
February 17, 2025
Received from Senate
February 14, 2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 5
February 13, 2025
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 1 1
February 03, 2025
Rereferred to Appropriations
February 03, 2025
Amendment adopted
January 31, 2025
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0
January 16, 2025
Committee Hearing 09:45
January 07, 2025
Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Roers, Kristin Republican

Co-sponsors (5)

Josh Christy
Vigesaa, Don Republican
Stemen, Gregory Republican
Rummel, Dean Republican
Cory, Claire Republican

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133

April 24, 2025

Passed 85 Yea · 8 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	75	7	0	1
Democratic	10	1	0	0
Total	85	8	0	1
% of votes cast	90%	9%	0%	1%

How each member voted (94)

Member	Party	Vote
Brown, Collette	Democratic	Yea
Conmy, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Davis, Jayme	Democratic	Yea
Dobervich, Gretchen	Democratic	Yea
Finley-DeVille, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Foss, Austin	Democratic	Yea
Hager, LaurieBeth	Democratic	Nay
Hanson, Karla Rose	Democratic	Yea
Ista, Zachary	Democratic	Yea
Mitskog, Alisa	Democratic	Yea
Schneider, Mary	Democratic	Yea
Anderson, Bert	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Dick	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Karen A.	Republican	Yea
Bahl, Landon	Republican	Yea
Beltz, Mike	Republican	Yea
Berg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Bolinske, Macy	Republican	Yea
Bosch, Glenn	Republican	Nay
Brandenburg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Brown, TJ	Republican	Yea
Christianson, Nels	Republican	Yea
Dockter, Jason	Republican	Yea
Dressler, Ty	Republican	Yea
Fegley, Clayton	Republican	Yea
Fisher, Jay	Republican	Yea
Frelich, Kathy	Republican	Nay
Grindberg, Karen	Republican	Yea
Grueneich, Jim	Republican	Yea
Hagert, Jared C.	Republican	Yea
Hatlestad, Patrick R.	Republican	Yea
Hauck, Dori	Republican	Yea
Headland, Craig	Republican	Yea
Heilman, Matthew	Republican	Nay
Heinert, Pat D.	Republican	Yea
Henderson, Donna	Republican	Yea
Hendrix, Jared	Republican	Yea
Holle, Dawson	Republican	Yea
Hoverson, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Jorin	Republican	Yea
Johnston, Daniel	Republican	Yea
Jonas, Jim	Republican	Yea
Karls, Karen	Republican	Yea
Kasper, Jim	Republican	Not Voting
Kempenich, Keith	Republican	Yea
Kiefert, Dwight	Republican	Yea
Klemin, Lawrence R.	Republican	Yea
Koppelman, Ben	Republican	Yea
Lefor, Mike	Republican	Yea
Longmuir, Donald W.	Republican	Yea
Louser, Scott	Republican	Yea
Maki, Roger A.	Republican	Yea
Marschall, Andrew	Republican	Yea
Martinson, Bob	Republican	Yea
McLeod, Carrie	Republican	Yea
Meier, Lisa	Republican	Yea
Monson, David	Republican	Nay
Morton, Desiree	Republican	Yea
Motschenbacher, Mike	Republican	Yea
Murphy, Eric J.	Republican	Yea
Nathe, Mike	Republican	Yea
Nehring, Dennis	Republican	Yea
Nelson, Jon O.	Republican	Yea
Novak, Anna S.	Republican	Yea
O'Brien, Emily	Republican	Yea
Olson, Jeremy	Republican	Yea
Olson, Jeremy	Republican	Yea
Osowski, Doug	Republican	Yea
Ostlie, Mitch	Republican	Yea
Porter, Todd	Republican	Yea
Pyle, Brandy L.	Republican	Yea
Richter, David	Republican	Yea
Rios, Nico	Republican	Yea
Rohr, Karen M.	Republican	Nay
Ruby, Dan	Republican	Yea
Ruby, Matthew	Republican	Yea
Sanford, Mark	Republican	Yea
Satrom, Bernie	Republican	Yea
Schatz, Mike	Republican	Nay
Schauer, Austen	Republican	Yea
Schreiber-Beck, Cynthia	Republican	Yea
Steiner, Vicky	Republican	Yea
Stemen, Gregory	Republican	Yea
Swiontek, Steve	Republican	Yea
Toman, Nathan	Republican	Yea
Tveit, Bill	Republican	Yea
VanWinkle, Lori	Republican	Nay
Vetter, Steve	Republican	Yea
Vigesaa, Don	Republican	Yea
Vollmer, Daniel R.	Republican	Yea
Wagner, Scott	Republican	Yea
Warrey, Jonathan	Republican	Yea
Weisz, Robin	Republican	Yea
Wolff, Christina	Republican	Yea

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Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133

April 21, 2025

Passed 39 Yea · 8 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	34	8	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Total	39	8	0	0
% of votes cast	83%	17%	0%	0%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Boschee, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Braunberger, Ryan	Democratic	Yea
Hogan, Kathy	Democratic	Yea
Marcellais, Richard	Democratic	Yea
Mathern, Tim	Democratic	Yea
Axtman, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Barta, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Beard, Todd	Republican	Nay
Bekkedahl, Brad	Republican	Yea
Boehm, Keith	Republican	Nay
Burckhard, Randy A.	Republican	Yea
Castaneda, Jose L.	Republican	Yea
Cleary, Sean	Republican	Yea
Clemens, David A.	Republican	Yea
Conley, Cole	Republican	Yea
Cory, Claire	Republican	Yea
Davison, Kyle	Republican	Yea
Dever, Dick	Republican	Yea
Dwyer, Michael	Republican	Yea
Enget, Mark	Republican	Nay
Erbele, Robert	Republican	Nay
Gerhardt, Justin	Republican	Yea
Hogue, David	Republican	Yea
Kessel, Greg	Republican	Yea
Klein, Jerry	Republican	Nay
Larson, Diane	Republican	Yea
Lee, Judy	Republican	Yea
Lemm, Randy D.	Republican	Yea
Luick, Larry	Republican	Yea
Magrum, Jeffery J.	Republican	Nay
Meyer, Scott	Republican	Yea
Myrdal, Janne	Republican	Yea
Patten, Dale	Republican	Yea
Paulson, Bob	Republican	Yea
Powers, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Roers, Kristin	Republican	Yea
Rummel, Dean	Republican	Yea
Schaible, Donald	Republican	Yea
Sickler, Jonathan	Republican	Yea
Sorvaag, Ronald	Republican	Yea
Thomas, Paul J.	Republican	Yea
Walen, Chuck	Republican	Yea
Wanzek, Terry M.	Republican	Nay
Weber, Mark F.	Republican	Nay
Weston, Kent	Republican	Yea
Wobbema, Mike	Republican	Yea
van Oosting, Desiree	Republican	Yea

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Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133

March 19, 2025

Passed 86 Yea · 7 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	77	6	0	0
Democratic	9	1	0	1
Total	86	7	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	7%	0%	1%

How each member voted (94)

Member	Party	Vote
Brown, Collette	Democratic	Yea
Conmy, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Davis, Jayme	Democratic	Not Voting
Dobervich, Gretchen	Democratic	Yea
Finley-DeVille, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Foss, Austin	Democratic	Yea
Hager, LaurieBeth	Democratic	Nay
Hanson, Karla Rose	Democratic	Yea
Ista, Zachary	Democratic	Yea
Mitskog, Alisa	Democratic	Yea
Schneider, Mary	Democratic	Yea
Anderson, Bert	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Dick	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Karen A.	Republican	Yea
Bahl, Landon	Republican	Yea
Beltz, Mike	Republican	Yea
Berg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Bolinske, Macy	Republican	Yea
Bosch, Glenn	Republican	Nay
Brandenburg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Brown, TJ	Republican	Yea
Christianson, Nels	Republican	Yea
Dockter, Jason	Republican	Yea
Dressler, Ty	Republican	Yea
Fegley, Clayton	Republican	Yea
Fisher, Jay	Republican	Yea
Frelich, Kathy	Republican	Nay
Grindberg, Karen	Republican	Yea
Grueneich, Jim	Republican	Yea
Hagert, Jared C.	Republican	Yea
Hatlestad, Patrick R.	Republican	Yea
Hauck, Dori	Republican	Yea
Headland, Craig	Republican	Yea
Heilman, Matthew	Republican	Nay
Heinert, Pat D.	Republican	Yea
Henderson, Donna	Republican	Yea
Hendrix, Jared	Republican	Yea
Holle, Dawson	Republican	Yea
Hoverson, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Jorin	Republican	Yea
Johnston, Daniel	Republican	Yea
Jonas, Jim	Republican	Yea
Karls, Karen	Republican	Yea
Kasper, Jim	Republican	Nay
Kempenich, Keith	Republican	Yea
Kiefert, Dwight	Republican	Yea
Klemin, Lawrence R.	Republican	Yea
Koppelman, Ben	Republican	Yea
Lefor, Mike	Republican	Yea
Longmuir, Donald W.	Republican	Yea
Louser, Scott	Republican	Yea
Maki, Roger A.	Republican	Yea
Marschall, Andrew	Republican	Yea
Martinson, Bob	Republican	Yea
McLeod, Carrie	Republican	Yea
Meier, Lisa	Republican	Yea
Monson, David	Republican	Nay
Morton, Desiree	Republican	Yea
Motschenbacher, Mike	Republican	Yea
Murphy, Eric J.	Republican	Yea
Nathe, Mike	Republican	Yea
Nehring, Dennis	Republican	Yea
Nelson, Jon O.	Republican	Yea
Novak, Anna S.	Republican	Yea
O'Brien, Emily	Republican	Yea
Olson, Jeremy	Republican	Yea
Olson, Jeremy	Republican	Yea
Osowski, Doug	Republican	Yea
Ostlie, Mitch	Republican	Yea
Porter, Todd	Republican	Yea
Pyle, Brandy L.	Republican	Yea
Richter, David	Republican	Yea
Rios, Nico	Republican	Yea
Rohr, Karen M.	Republican	Yea
Ruby, Dan	Republican	Yea
Ruby, Matthew	Republican	Yea
Sanford, Mark	Republican	Yea
Satrom, Bernie	Republican	Yea
Schatz, Mike	Republican	Nay
Schauer, Austen	Republican	Yea
Schreiber-Beck, Cynthia	Republican	Yea
Steiner, Vicky	Republican	Yea
Stemen, Gregory	Republican	Yea
Swiontek, Steve	Republican	Yea
Toman, Nathan	Republican	Yea
Tveit, Bill	Republican	Yea
VanWinkle, Lori	Republican	Yea
Vetter, Steve	Republican	Yea
Vigesaa, Don	Republican	Yea
Vollmer, Daniel R.	Republican	Yea
Wagner, Scott	Republican	Yea
Warrey, Jonathan	Republican	Yea
Weisz, Robin	Republican	Yea
Wolff, Christina	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Motion for Final Passage on SB 2133

February 14, 2025

Passed 39 Yea · 5 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	34	5	0	3
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Total	39	5	0	3
% of votes cast	83%	11%	0%	6%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
Boschee, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Braunberger, Ryan	Democratic	Yea
Hogan, Kathy	Democratic	Yea
Marcellais, Richard	Democratic	Yea
Mathern, Tim	Democratic	Yea
Axtman, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Barta, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Beard, Todd	Republican	Nay
Bekkedahl, Brad	Republican	Yea
Boehm, Keith	Republican	Nay
Burckhard, Randy A.	Republican	Yea
Castaneda, Jose L.	Republican	Yea
Cleary, Sean	Republican	Yea
Clemens, David A.	Republican	Yea
Conley, Cole	Republican	Yea
Cory, Claire	Republican	Yea
Davison, Kyle	Republican	Yea
Dever, Dick	Republican	Yea
Dwyer, Michael	Republican	Yea
Enget, Mark	Republican	Yea
Erbele, Robert	Republican	Not Voting
Gerhardt, Justin	Republican	Yea
Hogue, David	Republican	Yea
Kessel, Greg	Republican	Yea
Klein, Jerry	Republican	Nay
Larson, Diane	Republican	Yea
Lee, Judy	Republican	Yea
Lemm, Randy D.	Republican	Yea
Luick, Larry	Republican	Yea
Magrum, Jeffery J.	Republican	Nay
Meyer, Scott	Republican	Yea
Myrdal, Janne	Republican	Not Voting
Patten, Dale	Republican	Yea
Paulson, Bob	Republican	Yea
Powers, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Roers, Kristin	Republican	Yea
Rummel, Dean	Republican	Yea
Schaible, Donald	Republican	Yea
Sickler, Jonathan	Republican	Not Voting
Sorvaag, Ronald	Republican	Yea
Thomas, Paul J.	Republican	Yea
Walen, Chuck	Republican	Yea
Wanzek, Terry M.	Republican	Yea
Weber, Mark F.	Republican	Nay
Weston, Kent	Republican	Yea
Wobbema, Mike	Republican	Yea
van Oosting, Desiree	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

transportation

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2133 do?: Relating to blackout number plates.
Who sponsors SB 2133?: SB 2133 is sponsored by Josh Christy, Vigesaa, Don (Republican), Stemen, Gregory (Republican), Rummel, Dean (Republican), Cory, Claire (Republican), and Roers, Kristin (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 2133?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 2133
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Session: 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 07, 2025
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Roers, Kristin

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