North Carolina SB 784: Online Orientation/Training for the Public.

Status: Withdrawn From Com (as of 2020-05-20)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2019 · Bill: SB 784

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETING, CULTURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT., FUNDING, FUNDS & ACCOUNTS, GRANTS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET, LIBRARIES, PUBLIC, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELESERVICES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES FUND

Sponsors: Murdock, Smith, Marcus, Robinson

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 784

Short Title: Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Bradley (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 22, 2026
*S784-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENSURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE 2
FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 50B-1(b) reads as rewritten: 5
"(b) For purposes of this section, the term "personal relationship" means a relationship 6
wherein the parties involved:involved either: 7
(1) Are current or former spouses;spouses. 8
(2) Are persons of opposite sex who live together or have lived together;together. 9
(3) Are related as parents and children, including others acting in loco parentis to 10
a minor child, or as grandparents and grandchildren. For purposes of this 11
subdivision, an aggrieved party may not obtain an order of protection against 12
a child or grandchild under the age of 16;16. 13
(4) Have a child in common;common. 14
(5) Are current or former household members;members. 15
(6) Are persons of the opposite sex who are in a dating relationship or have been 16
in a dating relationship. For purposes of this subdivision, a dating relationship 17
is one wherein the parties are romantically involved over time and on a 18
continuous basis during the course of the relationship. A casual acquaintance 19
or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context is 20
not a dating relationship." 21
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative 22
Office of the Courts five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 23
2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to establish a public awareness and prevention campaign 24
regarding domestic violence within same-sex relationships. 25
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to domestic 26
violence protection orders issued on or after that date. 27

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