Makes changes to GS Chapter 50D to create a permanent domestic violence prevention order that prohibits any contact by a person guilty of a human trafficking or sex offense with the victim of that offense if the two have a personal relationship under GS 50B-1(b). Makes permanent civil no-contact orders also applicable to victims of a human trafficking offense. Amends the definitions in GS 50D-1 to provide relevant definitions for human trafficking offense and update definitions to reflect human trafficking offenses as a basis for orders under the chapter. Makes changes to the text of GS 50D-2, -3, -5, -6, -7, -9, and -10, to make those statutes applicable to permanent domestic violence protective orders along with the existing permanent civil no-contact orders, and to add references to human trafficking offenses where appropriate. The changes to GS Chapter 50D are effective and applicable to actions filed on or after August 1, 2023.

Amends GS 15B-11(b) to update the section regarding denial or reduction of awards from the crime victims’ compensation fund to exclude victims who were coerced into participating in misdemeanors or misconduct if they are victims as defined under GS 14-43.10(a) of human trafficking, involuntary servitude, or sexual servitude.

Amends GS 14-43.11(a), regarding the offense of human trafficking, to include a person who knowingly patronizes or solicits another person with the intent that the other person be held in involuntary servitude or sexual servitude. Makes a similar amendment to GS 14-43.13(a), adding patronizes or solicits to the list of behaviors representing the offense of sexual servitude. These changes to GS Chapter 14 are effective and applicable to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2023.