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Division sends House Bill 12-25 to full committee after split votes over firearm penalty and habitual-offender change
Summary
Lawmakers debated changes to reckless-endangerment penalties and the habitual-offender statute. The division split on removing a firearms penalty provision and ultimately issued a do-not-pass recommendation to carry the bill to full committee; the Department of Corrections— fiscal note projects increased prison costs tied to the firearms penalty.
The Senate Appropriations Committee Human Resources Division on April 3 debated House Bill 12-25, a bill that would raise certain reckless-endangerment penalties when a firearm is used and would amend the habitual-offender statute to allow felony convictions from other states to be counted.
Representative Lawrence Clamine, who introduced the bill at the request of the North Dakota State—'s Attorneys Association, told the division the measure combines two prior proposals related to criminal statutes in chapter 12.1. "Section 1 relates to reckless endangerment. Currently, there are 2 levels of penalty, a class C felony if the offender acted with extreme indifference to human life. Otherwise, it's a class A misdemeanor. The bill increases the penalty to a class B felony if the individual used a firearm in committing the offense of reckless endangerment. The reason for the increase…
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