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Committee hears bill to align constitutional carry with permit rules for police interactions

2252371 · February 7, 2025
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Summary

A House Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on House Bill 1296 focused on requiring people who carry under "constitutional carry" to produce identification upon request from law enforcement, aligning that practice with rules for class 1 and class 2 permit holders.

Representative Koppelman told the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee that House Bill 1296 would make constitutional carry and permitted-carry rules consistent when a law enforcement officer asks whether a person is carrying and requests identification.

The bill’s sponsor said the change is intended to end an oddity in current North Dakota law under which someone carrying under constitutional carry must immediately declare to a law officer only when asked, but faces different…

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