North Carolina Senate bill in Session 2025.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 23, 2026.
Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order.
Current law allows persons in a personal relationship to obtain a protective order on the grounds of domestic violence if certain types of injuries occurred. GS 50B-1 defines personal relationship as including persons who either live together or who have lived together or who are in a current or former dating relationship as “persons of the opposite sex.” The act amends GS 50B-1 to remove references to persons of the opposite sex from those instances so that the law would enable couples of any sex to obtain a protective order if all other grounds for the order were present.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-23 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-04-23 | Latest Action | Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget |