ND HB1224

Creates a new disorderly conduct offense for using fixed optical devices or surveillance cameras to view through windows or capture images from another person's dwelling or accessory structure, with a 7-day grace period after law enforcement notice to redirect or shield the camera.

Amends disorderly conduct at funerals law to increase the distance restriction from 300 feet to 1,000 feet from any ingress or egress of a funeral site for loud noises and visual displays that convey threats or fighting words.

Establishes a new crime of surreptitious intrusion or interference with privacy as a class B misdemeanor for entering another's property to gaze, stare, or peep into a dwelling, or installing devices to observe, photograph, record, amplify, or broadcast from a dwelling.

Creates a separate class B misdemeanor offense for surreptitiously gazing, staring, peeping, or installing observational devices in locations where a reasonable person expects privacy, including tanning booths, hotel sleeping rooms, and similar spaces.

Passed the North Dakota House 88-0 and Senate 47-0 in 2011.