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Conference committee accepts Senate amendments to House Bill 1229 on presumptive fleeing; vote 4-1
Summary
A conference committee on House Bill 1229 voted 4-1 to accept Senate amendments that treat a presumed fleeing offense as a noncriminal traffic violation while referring a separate study of driver license points for later consideration. The measure now proceeds to each chamber's floor.
A legislative conference committee on House Bill 1229 voted 4-1 to accept Senate language that treats a presumptive fleeing offense as a noncriminal traffic violation and to send the measure back to each chamber for floor action.
The decision came after senators and representatives heard legal opinions and testimony about how the bill would operate alongside existing municipal ordinances and court rulings. Chairman Koppelman called the committee to order and recessed debate to hear from Senator Rummel, who summarized written legal input he had solicited about the bill’s presumption clause.
Senator Rummel said he collected opinions from four attorneys, including the governor’s counsel and municipal attorneys, and read from a North Dakota Supreme Court precedent. “House Bill 1229 is a traffic…
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