Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1194
(Representatives Vetter, Christianson, Murphy, Dockter, Hauck, D. Johnston, Koppelman, Jonas,
Motschenbacher)
(Senators Paulson, Luick)
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-11-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to false
information or false reports to law enforcement; and to provide a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-11-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
reenacted as follows:
12.1-11-03. False information or report to law enforcement officers or security officials.
A person
1.An individual is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if that personindividual:
1.a.Gives false information or a false report to a law enforcement officer which that
personindividual knows to be false, and the information or report may interfere with an
investigation or may materially mislead a law enforcement officer; or
2.b.Falsely reports to a law enforcement officer or other security official the occurrence of a
crime of violence or other incident calling for an emergency response when that
personindividual knows that the incident did not occur. "Security official" means a public
servant responsible for averting or dealing withhandling emergencies involving public
safety.
2.An on duty law enforcement officer having probable cause to suspect an individual has
vexatiously provided a false report regarding another individual to a law enforcement officer or
security official shall report the information to the state's attorney of the county in which the
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Speaker of the House President of the Senate
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Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1194.
House Vote: Yeas 79 Nays 12 Absent 3
Senate Vote:Yeas 47 Nays 0 Absent 0
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Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
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Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
at ________ o’clock ________M.
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Secretary of State