GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017
H D
HOUSE BILL 142
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/1/17
PROPOSED SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE H142-CSTC-14 [v.1]
3/29/2017 10:28:12 PM
Short Title: Reset of S.L. 2016-3. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 22, 2017

1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO RESET S.L. 2016-3.
3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
4 SECTION 1. S.L. 2016-3 and S.L. 2016-99 are repealed.
5 SECTION 2. Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new
6 article to read:
7 "Article 81A.
8 "Preemption of Regulation of Access to Multiple Occupancy Restrooms.
9 " 143-760. Preemption of regulation of access to multiple occupancy restrooms, showers,
10 or changing facilities.
11 State agencies, boards, offices, departments, institutions, branches of government, including
12 The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System, and
13 political subdivisions of the State, including local boards of education, are preempted from
14 regulation of access to multiple occupancy restrooms, showers, or changing facilities, except in
15 accordance with an act of the General Assembly."
16 SECTION 3. No local government in this State may enact or amend an ordinance
17 regulating private employment practices or regulating public accommodations.
18 SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 3 expires on
19 December 1, 2020.

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