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NC S662
Bill
Status
3/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Natalie Murdock
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AI Summary
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Removes "opposite sex" language from the definition of "personal relationship" in North Carolina's domestic violence statute (G.S. 50B-1), making protective orders available to same-sex couples who live together or are in dating relationships
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Amends two specific categories: persons who live or have lived together, and persons in current or former dating relationships, which previously applied only to opposite-sex couples
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Retains existing relationship categories that already apply regardless of sex: current/former spouses, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, persons with a child in common, and current/former household members
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Effective immediately upon becoming law and applies to domestic violence protective orders issued on or after that date
Legislative Description
Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order
Public
Last Action
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
3/26/2025