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Supporters argued the measure is constitutional under the recent U.S. Supreme Court shift away from the Lemon test toward a history-and-tradition standard. Tim Barton of WallBuilders and Janice Laura of the Pacific Justice Institute told the committee that the Ten Commandments have longstanding educational and civic uses and that the Kennedy v. Bremerton decision (the 2022 football-coach case) changed how courts should assess historical religious displays. \"This was such a common part of education...from the pilgrims up until 1980,\" Barton said, pointing to early primers and McGuffey readers that included the Ten Commandments.

Pat Dean, a former North Dakota school principal, said the measure would promote what he described as civic morals and benefitted students. Several faith leaders and local advocates — including a nonprofit youth-worker who said faith-based programming helped him leave addiction — also testified in favor and tied the proposal to community moral outcomes.

Opponents included the North Dakota School Boards Association, the ACLU of North Dakota, the North Dakota Student Association, tribal and civic witnesses and individual students. Chrisann Norbyjoner, legal counsel for the School Boards Association, argued the bill’s mandatory, uniform posting, font and size requirements mirror prior statutes that federal courts have struck down and described the recent preliminary injunction of a Louisiana law with near-identical requirements. \"Requiring public school boards to permanently post a specific version...in every public school classroom and building unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance of a specific religious scripture,\" Norbyjoner told the committee.

ACLU representative Cody Schuler emphasized the captive-audience problem in public schools and said the Kennedy decision upholding private prayer by a coach does not authorize a state-mandated, permanent religious display in a classroom. Students and student groups argued the requirement could alienate non-Christian students and international enrollees at public colleges, while a Native witness urged sensitivity given the history of boarding schools.

Legal witnesses and committee members pressed advocates on likely litigation. Janice Laura, the Pacific Justice Institute attorney, said HB 11-45 fits the Kennedy court’s history-and-tradition test and predicted the measure could survive judicial review; other witnesses pointed to the district court injunction in Louisiana and warned of likely lawsuits and associated state costs. Committee members asked the Attorney General’s office and stakeholders to submit case citations and comparative materials; the committee will review written testimony and the submitted materials before taking further action.

No vote was taken at the hearing. Committee leaders indicated written testimony on both sides will be reviewed and that the committee will weigh constitutional and practical implications before scheduling any further action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Judiciary Jan 14, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Representative Hoverson's bill to require a specific display of the Ten Commandments in K–12 and higher-education classrooms drew long, sometimes emotional testimony Thursday, with proponents citing history-and-tradition arguments and opponents warning of coercion and near-certain litigation.","taxTitle","Judiciary, House of Representatives, Legislative, North Dakota","taxId",28895,"location","North Dakota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6386632,"Committee hears doxxing bill; victims, industry and prosecutors flag definitions, jurisdiction and penalties",2461,2352000,4813000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408&start=2352&end=4813","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408/thumbnail_2352000.jpg","/articles/6386632/North-Dakota/Committee-hears-doxxing-bill-victims-industry-and-prosecutors-flag-definitions-jurisdiction-and-penalties","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386632-7dbdf82e2cfe225b645ae384b0108ec4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770994444&Signature=ZGJN7yS0me~LVtEfw3DB8DIpOBAUc4du2MGfw8poFmqXinrzDO9oOPT-zsGM32M4ea4pli5ncTwn7bZF2OMz4~Gkhya~KU2TPzwNdiDy4fRfpqKixmNQQRNs051KqpUIsZ6T8RaU2PvZLbxLU-BtqqQFXdonKv~KKeHyI30xIfGxu5Njj~gS11-xWWe2SGg9PsMuJQfri4RmcH6Gzb1UqiGnYRSJISgpwOoLsm6aMzdHDiwFMwxqvdWXd2C35RVzQfW6C4LhBG7Iucf5KWylBgMg~rg5IyPQTxSIj3gilWHoCPIUdScy339v7ZtLYXPiSMxsVEeoV57y8Fi8ifLmog__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Matt Heilman introduced House Bill 11-34 and told the House Judiciary Committee the measure is intended to protect people from malicious online publication of private identifying information — often called doxxing. The bill would make dissemination of personally identifying information with intent to intimidate, threaten, harass or frighten a Class A misdemeanor, with enhanced penalties if the dissemination leads to bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death.

The committee heard emotional testimony from Lexi Dupong, who described months of harassment she says began after private information about her was posted online. \"Imagine waking up one morning to find all of your most private details...published online for anyone to see,\" Dupong testified, describing threats, predatory calls and a lasting mental-health and financial impact.

Industry witnesses including a representative from Verizon and TechND supported the bill in principle while urging a narrowly drawn definition and an amendment to protect internet service providers from liability when they act as platforms. \"We do support the bill with the amendment,\" said Todd Crand of a law firm representing Verizon, and he described an amendment meant to avoid making ISPs liable for third-party postings.

Law enforcement and prosecutors raised implementation questions. Danelle Presky, testifying for the North Dakota Association of Counties and the Sheriffs and Deputies Association, urged an exemption or clarification so established law-enforcement notifications — for example, sex-offender registries or Silver/Blue Alerts — would not be jeopardized. Jeremy Enzrud of the Attorney General’s office took a neutral position and asked the committee for several clarifications: he recommended consistent statutory definitions rather than new, divergent ones; warned that limiting dissemination to online postings would exclude some harmful conduct (for example, posted flyers); and highlighted jurisdictional language used in other criminal statutes that treats the crime as occurring where a communication is sent or received.

Enzrud also explained a substantial evidentiary issue: proving that a particular online posting proximately caused later physical harm can be difficult. \"Showing that causation between two things is extremely difficult,\" he told the committee, noting prosecutors would need strong evidence tying a posting to a subsequent assault or worse.

Committee members pressed sponsors on mens rea and penalty levels. Representative Zetter said the bill’s proposed penalty enhancements — with escalating felonies tied to injury and death — appear high compared with comparable offenses and asked the sponsor to re-examine them. Representative Heilman acknowledged a drafting need on the family-member definition and said he favors adopting existing state code cross-references to avoid conflicts; he also said he had proposed an ISP-protection amendment.

No formal committee vote was taken. The Attorney General’s office agreed to provide the committee with statutory cross-references it cited for harassment, stalking and personal-identifying-information offenses and with tables of existing penalty levels to help lawmakers compare the proposed enhancements to current law. The bill remains under consideration pending the committee’s review of those materials and possible amendments.","House Bill 11-34, which would criminalize the malicious dissemination of personally identifying information (doxxing), drew victim testimony and mixed responses from industry, law enforcement and the Attorney General's office. Committee members requested additional statutory comparisons and clarifications; no vote was taken.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6386639,"Panel approves amendment to print presidential candidates’ full names on ballots; bill recommended due pass",597,1694000,2291000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408&start=1694&end=2291","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408/thumbnail_1694000.jpg","/articles/6386639/North-Dakota/Panel-approves-amendment-to-print-presidential-candidates-full-names-on-ballots-bill-recommended-due-pass","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386639-76a959687b51da449e541d9fc51f3fca/orig.mp4?Expires=1770994444&Signature=ODJfWjK68R62XHhsbzvlDfIBAGJMZ4HEEW5LZ3skAq91oyvK2vCUCPSu4-7kEmSzsdd7LWZECNWgOoYS6le1HFPaV31uAKdkaGWtt9Xz1YGlfSx90aRujv0TYg9u5iHxvrlyvzbVFIvWgRZV8WIgbqK2-F2ewB5R-5JuC-f0wARMeT7EQLttCS0MlMVS4ZORzNy4ozlgOVR9xpqkgFUe9wlDM~sEI62N1M5Bj2gtEAPxRsJMprdM9qcnTOQ8QcjYBHP27bANSN6iIjG7lCUvl35O4vOg3rBULC1xPPB3ad1Ggtb40eOk93IAbKKJQuJH~99rfqPeVtKy3-4EvlpOlw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday adopted an amendment to House Bill 10-99 to require that presidential candidates’ names appear on the general election ballot as a candidate’s “name” rather than by last name only, then recommended the bill as amended for passage by a 13-0 vote with one member absent.

Representative Vedder, who explained the amendment, said the change would align the presidential candidate listing with how other offices’ names appear on ballots — including use of common nicknames when appropriate. \"They already understand it this way with everybody else,\" Vedder said, explaining the choice to use the general term \"name\" and the Secretary of State’s discretion to accept nicknames in ballot listings.

Representative Hoverson asked whether a nickname could be used alone (for example, \"Seabas Ertelt\"). Vedder responded that the secretary of state currently exercises discretion; a commonly used nickname would generally be acceptable while clearly fictitious names could be rejected. Representative Schneider asked whether the Secretary of State had been consulted; Vedder said the office had indicated the change would be consistent with its current practice.

The committee first adopted the amendment on a roll call that recorded 13 yes votes and no no-votes; later the committee voted 13-0 (one absent) to give the bill a due-pass recommendation as amended. Representative Vetter moved the due-pass recommendation; Representative Van Winkle seconded. Representative Wolfe was assigned as the bill carrier.

The amendment changes ballot-printing instructions to use the candidate’s “name,” which sponsors and supporters said preserves the ability for candidates to use commonly known names or nicknames, subject to the Secretary of State’s review. The bill as amended does not force use of a legal name if a commonly used name is submitted and accepted by election officials.

With the committee’s recommendation, HB 10-99 will proceed to the next stage of House consideration.","The committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 10-99 to require the full name (including allowed nicknames) for presidential candidates on the general election ballot, and issued a due-pass recommendation as amended (13-0, 1 absent).",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6386648,"Committee gives due-pass to bill reorganizing North Dakota Commission on Uniform State Laws",1140,601000,1741000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408&start=601&end=1741","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2117828-5dd80cf1ba5bf46e83fa2501d972d408/thumbnail_601000.jpg","/articles/6386648/North-Dakota/Committee-gives-due-pass-to-bill-reorganizing-North-Dakota-Commission-on-Uniform-State-Laws","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386648-61ea0ca699bc7e48b683665d7a0c5469/orig.mp4?Expires=1770994444&Signature=bZKdalPS1WumUAYiIHNiqbHB8O40AVqI5XHKnxgHLZt3FkMu8pujdr15p5mKOZtbswrXmwA3e7w27LhisUq4HdBGZXmsqi5Dv9RNlzf0uCFScBLsuz9Zn0RUKI6xxhBvFN0VIC9Y1ZV~rr95J0z0SDyUX-paIGUqM-nIxdtkbzLuIbwMZ8hd0K5KYAQUGip-dGGSRZ7MhpcJjNzWRhCoC~5eTumV0TLpmidVbRU8Hw9S38v19yf7QV9RCHLwFpm~4jXE2CXcxJd0qS07h8eYW7WYUQ6Y23-OKZHLRu8AOy~EEpwDL9QVxz3tMZ6fmsK1mmbH0kI-c3B~RwuRBzL59Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday recommended a due-pass on House Bill 11-75, a bill that reorganizes and updates chapter 54-55 of the North Dakota Century Code governing the North Dakota Commission on Uniform State Laws. Representative Lawrence Clamine, sponsor of the bill and chairman of the state commission, testified in support; the committee vote was 13-0 with one absent.

The bill rewrites and reorganizes the existing statutory language about membership and officers, adds an explicit vice chairman position, updates references to the national Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and clarifies compensation and per diem language for legislators attending commission meetings. It also adds a new subsection that lets Legislative Management appoint a qualified attorney if there are no licensed lawyers available in the Legislature to serve as the legislative member.

\"Members of the House Judiciary Committee, I'm Lawrence Clamine, representative for District 47 in Bismarck,\" Clamine said while describing the bill's changes and the commission's role. He told the committee the rewrite is primarily a technical reorganization to comply with current drafting practices and to remove obsolete language. Clamine noted the commission’s work with the national ULC and said North Dakota has enacted many model acts over time.

Committee members asked procedural and oversight questions. Representative Van Winkle asked who determines whether an attorney is in good standing; Clamine replied the state Supreme Court handles attorney discipline and supervision. Representative Twight asked whether Clamine should recuse himself because he serves on the commission; Clamine said he did not see a conflict beyond routine per diem payments.

Representative Vetter moved a due-pass recommendation for House Bill 11-75; Representative Satrim seconded. The clerk’s roll call showed 13 yes votes and one absent. After the motion passed, the committee assigned Representative Hoverson as the bill carrier to take the bill forward.

The bill reorganizes statutory subsections for clarity, clarifies which categories of appointees must be licensed attorneys at first appointment, adds the vice-chair officer slot, and updates compensation language to align with current per-diem provisions for legislators who attend commission meetings. Clamine said the changes remove obsolete provisions that referred to long-serving legislators who no longer are common because of term limits.

With the committee recommendation, House Bill 11-75 moves to the next step in the House process accompanied by the committee record of the 13-0 due-pass vote.","The House Judiciary Committee recommended a due-pass for House Bill 11-75, a statutory clean-up and reorganization of the law governing North Dakota's Commission on Uniform State Laws; the motion passed 13-0 with one member absent.","actionData","errors"]

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