SB 911

Replaces “husband and wife” with “spouses” in GS 49A-1. Contains NCGA findings, including that any child born using artificial insemination or assisted reproductive treatment has have the same protections and rights as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the spouses or legal parental guardians in new GS 49A-2. Defines six terms. Instructs, in new GS 49A-4, that if an individual consents (defined) to artificial insemination with the intent to be a parent, then that individual is the parent of the child born from that artificial insemination, vested with all rights and privileges available in this State. Specifies that a failure to satisfy the consent requirements does not preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from finding that consent if evidence presented to the court shows the individual intending to parent resided in the same household as the child and openly held out the child as that individual's child for the first two years of that child's life, including any period of temporary absence.