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Jun 18, 2025
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  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

HB 805: Anti-Trans/School Censorship Bill

HB 805 is an anti-trans bill that impacts transgender and nonbinary people throughout the state, while also limiting the curriculum and materials schools can provide to their students.
Status: Became Law Over Governor's Veto
Position: Oppose
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • +1 Issue

HB 318: Cooperation with ICE Expansion

This bill expands upon the provisions in HB10, which requires sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Status: Became Law Over Governor's Veto
Position: Oppose

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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • +1 Issue

HB 519: Restricting Minors’ Access to Healthcare

This bill revokes the ability for minors to provide consent to certain types of health care services without parent permission.
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May 12, 2025
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  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

SB 442: Anti-Trans Adoption Discrimination

This bill defines child abuse and neglect to exclude a parent’s or caregiver’s refusal to acknowledge or support a child’s gender identity. It prohibits the state from denying adoption placements based on a family’s unwillingness to support a child's gender transition.
Status: Signed by Governor
Position: Oppose
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • Student Rights|
  • +1 Issue

SB 558: Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Education

This bill prohibits public institutions of higher education, such as the UNC university system and local community colleges, from promoting certain concepts associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
Position: Oppose
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • +2 Issues

HB 636: Banning Books in Schools

This bill severely restricts the books that can be added to public school libraries and allows parents and county residents to sue public schools that violate these book-banning bills.
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May 12, 2025
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  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 28: Excessive Charges Act

This bill creates new and unnecessary criminal penalties for people who have prior felony convictions.
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 437: Criminalizing Homelessness and Homeless Service Providers

This bill unnecessarily increases criminal penalties for manufacturing or selling drugs near locations that service homeless populations.
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 546: Inmate Medicaid Suspension

This bill modify the Medicaid program to suspend rather than terminate Medicaid eligibility for people who are incarcerated.
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • Voting Rights & Democracy

SB 474: The DAVE Act

This bill directs the State Auditor to establish a "Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency," similar to the DOGE on the federal level.
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 307: Expansive Criminal Law Revisions

This bill would restrict the amount of time in which a Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR) could be filed after a criminal case has concluded.
Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality|
  • +1 Issue

HB 519: Restricting Minors’ Access to Healthcare

This bill revokes the ability for minors to provide consent to certain types of health care services without parent permission.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • LGBTQIA+ Equality

SB 442: Anti-Trans Adoption Discrimination

This bill defines child abuse and neglect to exclude a parent’s or caregiver’s refusal to acknowledge or support a child’s gender identity. It prohibits the state from denying adoption placements based on a family’s unwillingness to support a child's gender transition.
Status: Signed by Governor
Position: Oppose
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Student Rights|
  • +1 Issue

SB 558: Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Education

This bill prohibits public institutions of higher education, such as the UNC university system and local community colleges, from promoting certain concepts associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
Position: Oppose
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Free Speech|
  • +2 Issues

HB 636: Banning Books in Schools

This bill severely restricts the books that can be added to public school libraries and allows parents and county residents to sue public schools that violate these book-banning bills.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 28: Excessive Charges Act

This bill creates new and unnecessary criminal penalties for people who have prior felony convictions.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 437: Criminalizing Homelessness and Homeless Service Providers

This bill unnecessarily increases criminal penalties for manufacturing or selling drugs near locations that service homeless populations.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 546: Inmate Medicaid Suspension

This bill modify the Medicaid program to suspend rather than terminate Medicaid eligibility for people who are incarcerated.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Voting Rights & Democracy

SB 474: The DAVE Act

This bill directs the State Auditor to establish a "Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency," similar to the DOGE on the federal level.
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
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Legislation
May 12, 2025
  • Criminal Law Reform

HB 307: Expansive Criminal Law Revisions

This bill would restrict the amount of time in which a Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR) could be filed after a criminal case has concluded.
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