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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE BILL NO. 1341
4-(Representatives Heinert, Bosch, Lefor, McLeod, Meier, Porter)
5-(Senators Axtman, Cleary, Dever, Larson)
6-AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-17-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to simple
7-assault; and to provide a penalty.
1+25.0859.02000
2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives Heinert, Bosch, Lefor, McLeod, Meier, Porter
7+Senators Axtman, Cleary, Dever, Larson
8+A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 12.1-17-01 of the North Dakota Century Code,
9+relating to simple assault; and to provide a penalty.
810 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9-SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-17-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
10-reenacted as follows:
11+SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 12.1-17-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is
12+amended and reenacted as follows:
1113 12.1-17-01. Simple assault.
1214 1.A person is guilty of an offense if that person:
1315 a.Willfully causes bodily injury to another human being; or
1416 b.Negligently causes bodily injury to another human being by means of a firearm,
15-destructive device, or other weapon, the use of which against a human being is likely to
16-cause death or serious bodily injury.
17+destructive device, or other weapon, the use of which against a human being is
18+likely to cause death or serious bodily injury.
1719 2.The offense is:
18-a.A class C felony when the victim is a peace officer or correctional institution employee
19-acting in an official capacity, which the actor knows to be a fact; an employee of the state
20-hospital acting in the course and scope of employment, which the actor knows to be a
21-fact, and the actor is an individual committed to or detained at the state hospital pursuant
22-to chapter 25-03.3; a person engaged in a judicial proceeding; or a member of a
23-municipal or volunteer fire department or emergency medical services personnel unit, or
24-emergency department worker or hospital worker, engaged in essential patient care, in
25-the performance of the member's duties.
26-b.A class B misdemeanor except as provided in subdivision a. H. B. NO. 1341 - PAGE 2
27-____________________________ ____________________________
28-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
29-____________________________ ____________________________
30-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
31-This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
32-Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1341.
33-House Vote: Yeas 68 Nays 21 Absent 5
34-Senate Vote:Yeas 37 Nays 8 Absent 2
35-____________________________
36-Chief Clerk of the House
37-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
38-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
39-____________________________
40-Governor
41-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
42-at ________ o’clock ________M.
43-____________________________
44-Secretary of State
20+a.A class C felony when the victim is a peace officer or correctional institution
21+employee acting in an official capacity, which the actor knows to be a fact; an
22+employee of the state hospital acting in the course and scope of employment,
23+which the actor knows to be a fact, and the actor is an individual committed to or
24+detained at the state hospital pursuant to chapter 25-03.3; a person engaged in a
25+judicial proceeding; or a member of a municipal or volunteer fire department or
26+emergency medical services personnel unit, or emergency department worker or
27+hospital worker, engaged in essential patient care, in the performance of the
28+member's duties.
29+b.A class B misdemeanor except as provided in subdivision a.
30+Page No. 1 25.0859.02000
31+ HOUSE BILL NO. 1341
32+HOUSE BILL NO. 1341
33+with Senate Amendments
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