House Bill 55: Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment

• Status: This bill was not brought to a vote in the 2005-2006 session and is ineligible for further consideration.
  

Bill Summary

Equality NC opposes this bill.

Introduced on February 3 by Represenatives Moore, Hill, Crawford and Barnhart, along with 58 of their colleagues, House Bill 55, is officially titled "Defense of Marriage." The bill would not only deny equal marriage rights, which are already denied to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender North Carolinians, but would also prohibit any recognition of civil unions, domestic partnerships, or similar relationships in the state. The language of the bill is so broad it could prevent private companies from extending domestic partner benefits to their employees.

An identical bill was introduced in the 2004 session, which Equality NC successfully worked to block. This year's version has five fewer sponsors than the 2004 bill.

The bill was referred to the House Judiciary I Committee. In order to become law, the bill would need to pass both the House and Senate with at least 3/5 margin, and be approved by a majority of voters on the November 2005 ballot.

This bill is substantively identical to Senate Bill 8

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Sponsors

Moore (Primary)
Hill (Primary)
Crawford (Primary)
Barnhart (Primary)
Allred
Almond
Blackwood
Blust
Brown
Brubaker
Capps
Clary
Cleveland
Cole
Culp
Current
Daughtridge
Daughtry
Dockham
Dollar
Eddins
England
Folwell
Frye
Gibson
Gillespie
Gulley
Hilton
Hollo
Holloway
Holmes
Howard
Johnson
Justice
Justus
Kiser
Langdon
LaRoque
Lewis
McAllister
McGee
McMahan
Nye
Pate
Preston
Ray
Rayfield
Rhodes
Sauls
Setzer
Stam
Starnes
Steen
Stiller
Vinson
Walend
Walker
West
Wiley
Williams
Wilson
Wray