North Carolina HB 501: Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 501

Short Title: Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Morey, Dahle, Johnson-Hostler, and Butler (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
March 26, 2025
*H501-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. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to domestic 22
violence protective orders issued on or after that date. 23