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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota bill authorizes highway sponsorship agreements for litter control and rest area maintenance
Last action · January 14, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 3 nays 90
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What This Bill Proposed
The North Dakota Department of Transportation director would be authorized to enter sponsorship agreements with individuals or entities to provide highway-related services such as litter control and rest area maintenance within the .
Establishes a formal framework for private entities to perform and be publicly recognized for maintaining state highway rights of way.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Transportation
The department director gains the authority to enter sponsorship agreements and erect acknowledgement signs.
Highway sponsors
Individuals or entities providing maintenance services become eligible for public acknowledgement via roadside signs.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 3 nays 90
- Jan 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 13 1 0
- Jan 10, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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