2007-2008 Bills

Bills under consideration in the 2007-2008 legislative session.

House Bill 493: Anti-LGBT, Anti-Marraige Constitutional Amendment

This bill would amend the state constitution to prohibit marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or any similar relationship for same-sex couples.

House Bill 879: Modify School Health Education Program

This bill would replace the current "abstinence until marriage" curriculum with an abstinence-based, comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.

House Bill 1366: School Violence Prevention Act

This bill would require schools to adopt strong policies against bullying and harassment, including bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

House Bill 1494: Hospital Visitation/Patient Choice

This bill would allow hospital patients to designate individuals not legally related to them as immediate family for purposes of visitation.

House Bill 1631: Safer Communities Act

This bill would add age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity to the protected classes in the existing hate crime statute.

House Bill 1789: Non-Discrimination in State Employment

This bill would protect state workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

House Bill 2136: Oppose REAL ID Act of 2005

This bill would reject implementation of the discriminatory and over-reaching federal REAL ID law, which could deny drivers' licenses to many North Carolinians and would particularly impact the transgender community

Senate Bill 13: Anti-LGBT, Anti-Marraige Constitutional Amendment

This bill would amend the state constitution to prohibit marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or any similar relationship for same-sex couples.

Senate Bill 1182: Modify School Health Education Program

This bill would replace the current "abstinence until marriage" curriculum with an abstinence-based, comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.

Senate Bill 1534: Non-Discrimination in State Employment

This bill would protect state workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

Senate Bill 1608: Anti-LGBT, Anti-Marraige Constitutional Amendment

This bill would amend the state constitution to prohibit marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or any similar relationship for same-sex couples.