Call for mandatory reporting bill tied to Holmberg disclosures fails

Committee halts attempt to bring bill adding lawmakers, higher ed employees as mandated reporters

Interview with State Senator Tim Mathern (D-Fargo) [audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2329/2025/04/29194917/mathern-4-29-25.mp3"] (BISMARCK, ND) – A Fargo legislator’s attempt at introducing legislation that would add lawmakers and higher education employees to those who are mandated reporters has been stopped in the Senate’s Delayed Bills committee. Senator Tim Mathern, a Fargo Democrat, says the committee…

Fargo Senator Tim Mathern proposes bill to make elected officials mandated reporters for child sex crimes

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — With the recent revelations in the Ray Holmberg case, North Dakota legislators are looking making law to make reporting similar incidents mandatory. State Senator Tim Mathern, of Fargo, held a press conference along with other fellow legislators to announce a bill that would require elected officials and those employed in higher education to report incidents of crimes against children. During the press conference, Mathern…

Call for mandatory reporting bill tied to Holmberg disclosures fails

A second last-minute attempt to make elected officials and other state leaders mandatory reporters of suspected sexual abuse was rejected at the North Dakota Legislature.

North Dakota lawmakers renew — then deny — calls for mandatory reporting requirements for legislators

Just hours after Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill that would require all North Dakota legislators to become mandatory reporters of sex crimes, a committee shut it down.

Revolt Against Mandatory Reporting Law Rises Among Professionals Required to Protect Children

While working as a resident in a Bronx medical clinic a few years ago, Isuree Katugampala discovered how sharing concerns about a patient’s safety with her supervisor could lead to dire and unintended consequences.The mother of a toddler had confessed that, on occasion, her husband’s jealousy escalated to hitting her. The mother said the violence had never been directed at her child and that she could go stay with a cousin in an emergency. Katug…