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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina defines biological sex in statute and regulates facility access and birth certificates
Last action · April 8, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Jennifer Balkcom and 21 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina defines biological sex, male, female, and related terms in state law, restricts single- and multiple-occupancy restrooms, changing facilities, and sleeping quarters in state-funded covered facilities to one biological sex at a time starting October 1, 2025, and removes birth certificate sex changes based on surgery.
State-funded facilities including prisons, local confinement centers, domestic violence shelters, public schools, and universities must enforce single-sex access policies in specific restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters, while individuals gain a private right of action to sue facilities within three years for encountering members of the opposite biological sex.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State employees
State employees must adhere to statutory definitions of biological sex and workplace facility policies.
Students
Students in public schools, community colleges, and universities are subject to single-sex restrictions in restrooms, changing facilities, and sleeping quarters.
Inmates
Inmates in prisons and local confinement facilities are restricted to housing and facilities corresponding to their biological sex.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What facilities are required to separate restrooms and sleeping quarters by biological sex?
Are there any exceptions where a person can enter a facility designated for the opposite biological sex?
Can individuals still request a birth certificate sex change following sex reassignment surgery?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 8, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 8, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Codification of Biological Sex Definitions Across Multiple Statutes
The bill systematically links General Statutes governing statutory construction, public facilities, vital records, and drivers licenses to a unified definition of biological sex.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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