ENSURE SAME-SEX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROT. ORDER.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 401 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 29, 2023
AN ACT TO ENSURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES.
Intro. by Murdock, Meyer.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Mar 30 2023)

Bill History:

S 401

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 29 2023 - View Summary

    Identical to H 355, filed 3/13/23.

    Current law allows persons in a personal relationship to obtain a protective order on the grounds of domestic violence if certain types of injuries occurred. GS 50B-1 defines personal relationship as including persons who either live together or who have lived together or who are in a current or former dating relationship as “persons of the opposite sex.” The act amends GS 50B-1 to remove references to persons of the opposite sex from those instances so that the law would enable couples of any sex to obtain a protective order if all other grounds for the order were present.