5/4/05-The House voted 83-4 on March 14 to reject SB2049. However, Gov. John Hoeven signed a similar version – HB1096 – the same day.

1/19/05-The Senate unanimously approved a bill to outlaw the use of devices that can change some traffic signals from red to green.
A traffic-light changer is designed to allow police, fire and other emergency officials to clear intersections before they approach. But some drivers have managed to purchase them on the Internet for a couple of hundred dollars.
People can even buy kits and build the signal changers themselves.
Senators voted 47-0 on Monday, Jan. 17, to forward the bill to the House for consideration.
SB2049, sponsored by Sen. Tim Flakoll, R-Fargo, is intended to deter anyone other than public safety and transit agencies from possessing so-called mobile infrared transmitters, or MIRTs.
The devices, which sit on a vehicle’s dash, are not regulated by current federal standards because they rely on a beam of light instead of a radio wave to trigger the light-changing mechanisms that have been attached to some intersections.
For bill status, call (701) 328-2916. In North Dakota, call 1-888-635-3437.

1/12/05-A bill before the Senate Transportation Committee would outlaw the use of devices that can change some traffic signals from red to green.
A traffic-light changer is designed to allow police, fire and other emergency officials to clear intersections before they approach. But some drivers have managed to purchase them on the Internet for a couple of hundred dollars.
People can even buy kits and build the signal changers themselves.
SB2049, sponsored by Sen. Tim Flakoll, R-Fargo, is intended to deter anyone other than public safety and transit agencies from possessing so-called mobile infrared transmitters, or MIRTs.
The devices, which sit on a vehicle’s dash, are not regulated by current federal standards because they rely on a beam of light instead of a radio wave to trigger the light-changing mechanisms that have been attached to some intersections.
For bill status, call (701) 328-2916. In North Dakota, call 1-888-635-3437.
A similar House bill – HB1096 – has been forwarded to the Senate.