NC S381

Expands protected classes under North Carolina anti-discrimination law to include sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, and genetic information across housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, insurance, education, and jury service

Lowers the employment discrimination threshold from employers with 15 or more employees to employers with 1 or more employees

Creates the "Equal Access to Public Accommodations Act" prohibiting discrimination in places of public accommodation, while allowing separate bathrooms/changing facilities by gender with access based on gender identity

Requires local school boards, charter schools, nonpublic schools receiving scholarship grants, community colleges, and UNC system to adopt nondiscrimination policies covering all protected classes, with complaints handled through the NC Human Relations Commission

Effective date: July 1, 2025