Haak, Grabingeer co-sponsor bill stalking protection

Bismarck (CSi) District 29 Democratic Representative Jessica Haak, and District 29 Democratic State Senator, John Grabinger are co-sponsoring House Bill HB 1321, to offer more protection for victims of stalking.

Haak testified Wednesday before the state house Judiciary Committee.

North Dakota has no current protections for unauthorized GPS and electronic device tracking as related to stalking.

The bill adds unauthorized GPS and electronic device tracking as a crime under North Dakota’s current anti-stalking law.

If passed, this bill would ensure law enforcement and prosecutors have the power to intervene in domestic violence cases as well as prosecute.

The bill is in honor of Jacqueline Wisniewski of New York, whose surgeon ex-boyfriend stalked and killed her in 2012 after placing a GPS device in her car and purse.

Co-sponsors of the bill include Representatives Roger Brabandt, R-Minot; Lois Delmore, D-Grand Forks; Mary Johnson, R-Fargo; Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck; and Sens. Kelly Armstrong, R-Dickinson, and John Grabinger, D-Jamestown.