North Carolina HB 49: Protect Religious Meeting Places.

Status: Regular Message Sent To Senate (as of 2023-02-16)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2023 · Bill: HB 49

Subjects: BUILDINGS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, CONCEALED CARRY, EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, LICENSES & PERMITS, PUBLIC, RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY, WEAPONS

Sponsors: Carson Smith, Chesser, McNeely, Adams, Arp, B. Jones, Balkcom, Biggs, Blackwell, Brisson, Brody, Cairns, Clampitt, Cleveland, Crutchfield, Elmore, Faircloth, Goodwin, Humphrey, Johnson, Kidwell, Loftis, Miller, Mills, Moss

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 49

Short Title: Filial Debt Fairness Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Hastings, Lambeth, Reeder, and Campbell (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 5, 2025
*H49-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE STATE'S FILIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-326.1 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 14-326.1. Parents; failure to support. 5
(a) Requirement and Punishment. – If any person being of full age, and having sufficient 6
income after reasonably providing for his or her own immediate family shall, without reasonable 7
cause, neglect to maintain and support his or her parent or parents, if such parent or parents be 8
sick or not able to work and have not sufficient means or ability to maintain or support 9
themselves, such person shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; upon conviction of a 10
second or subsequent offense such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 11
(b) Multiple Responsible Parties. – If there be more than one person bound under the 12
provisions of the next preceding paragraph to support the same parent or parents, they shall share 13
equitably in the discharge of such duty. 14
(c) Construction. – Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to be 15
liable or otherwise responsible for a debt contracted for or otherwise incurred by the person's 16
parent or parents." 17
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 18

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