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Committee restores deleted language and approves amended bill expanding protective-order process for convicted defendants
Summary
House Bill 1336, which clarifies use and removal of protective orders tied to criminal cases, received committee amendments restoring deleted text and changing a required hearing to a permissive one; the committee approved the amended bill 14–0.
Representative Bernie Satrim introduced HB 1336 as a measure to expand and clarify how orders prohibiting contact (protective orders) are used as alternatives to sentencing and how they may be removed. Satrim said the bill would extend protections in some cases so victims could call law enforcement rather than immediately pursue a separate civil action.
The North Dakota State's Attorneys Association supported the bill but suggested a…
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