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Yes: 180 • No: 1
North DakotaSB 21322025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-09-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to careless driving and causing injury to the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle or damage to an authorized emergency vehicle; and to provide a penalty.
Sponsored By: Dean Rummel (Republican)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New $3,100 careless driving fine
The law sets a $3,100 fee for careless driving. You commit careless driving when you go faster than is safe for conditions or fail to slow for intersections, curves, hills, narrow or winding roads, pedestrians, traffic, bad weather, or road hazards. This applies on highways and on property open to the public.
Penalties for harming responders and emergency vehicles
If your careless driving injures a snow removal operator on the job, you commit an infraction. It is also an infraction if you injure a first responder, or the operator or an occupant of an authorized emergency vehicle, who is acting officially and stopped on the roadside with visible blue, white, or red flashing lights or hazard signals. Injuring a person helping a stopped vehicle that is showing hazard lights is also an infraction. Causing more than $4,000 in damage to snow removal equipment or to an authorized emergency vehicle is an infraction. Snow removal equipment means vehicles used by highway maintenance crews for winter work like plowing, hauling snow, salting, or sanding.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Dean Rummel
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Anna S. Novak
Republican • House
Austen Schauer
Republican • House
Keith Boehm
Republican • Senate
David A. Clemens
Republican • Senate
Kyle Davison
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/21/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 1
Yes: 43 • No: 1
House vote • 3/13/2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0
Yes: 90 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
Yes: 47 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26
3/27/2025HouseSigned by Governor 03/25
3/26/2025SenateSent to Governor
3/24/2025SenateSigned by President
3/24/2025SenateSigned by Speaker
3/24/2025HouseSecond reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 1
3/21/2025SenateConcurred
3/21/2025SenateReturned to Senate (12)
3/14/2025SenateSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0
3/13/2025HouseAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
3/11/2025HouseReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0
3/10/2025HouseCommittee Hearing 09:30
3/7/2025HouseIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
2/13/2025HouseReceived from Senate
1/23/2025HouseSecond reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
1/22/2025SenateAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
1/21/2025SenateReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0
1/20/2025SenateCommittee Hearing 09:00
1/16/2025SenateIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
1/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
Adopted by the House Transportation Committee
Enrollment
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments
INTRODUCED
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Rummel
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