North Carolina HB 799: Ensure Nondiscrimination in Government.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 799

Short Title: Ensure Nondiscrimination in Government. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Echevarria, Setzer, and Gable (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
April 8, 2025
*H799-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENSURE NONDISCRIMINATION AND DIGNITY IN GOVERNMENT 2
HIRING, PROMOTION, TRAINING, AND WORKPLACES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 126-14.6 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 126-14.6. Ensuring dignity and nondiscrimination in State government workplaces. 6
(a) The General Assembly finds that Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution of this State 7
recognizes the equality and rights of all persons. Therefore, it is the intent of the General 8
Assembly that State employees respect the dignity of others, acknowledge the right of others to 9
express differing opinions, and the right to freedom of speech and association and that State 10
agencies employ training methods and procedures to further that intent. Further, it is the public 11
policy of this State that State employee hiring, promotion, and training shall be without regard to 12
race or ethnicity, religion, or sex and that applications for State employment shall not inquire 13
about race. 14
(b) For the purposes of this section, "promote" shall mean compelling State employees 15
or contractors to affirm or profess belief in the concepts described in subsection (c) of this section. 16
(c) The concepts listed in this subsection shall not be promoted in State government 17
workplaces or included as part of any State employee training program: 18
(1) One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex. 19
(2) An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, 20
sexist, or oppressive. 21
(3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment 22
solely or partly because of his or her race or sex. 23
(4) An individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or 24
sex. 25
(5) An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility 26
for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex. 27
(6) Any individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, should feel 28
discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress. 29
(7) A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist. 30
(8) The United States was created by members of a particular race or sex for the 31
purpose of oppressing members of another race or sex. 32
(9) The United States government should be violently overthrown. 33

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(10) Particular character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs 1
should be ascribed to a race or sex or to an individual because of the 2
individual's race or sex. 3
(11) The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships 4
and struggles among racial or other groups. 5
(12) All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with 6
certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 7
(13) Governments should deny to any person within the government's jurisdiction 8
the equal protection of the law. 9
(c) The concepts listed in this subsection shall not be promoted in State government 10
workplaces or included as part of any State employee training program, to wit that: one race, 11
religion, ethnicity, or sex is inherently superior to another race, religion, ethnicity, or sex; an 12
individual, solely by virtue of his or her race, religion, ethnicity, or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, 13
oppressive, or inherently victimized; an individual should be discriminated against, receive 14
adverse treatment, or receive favored treatment solely or partly because of his or her race, 15
religion, ethnicity, or sex; an individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her 16
race, religion, ethnicity, or sex; an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race, religion, 17
ethnicity, or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the 18
same race, religion, ethnicity, or sex; any individual, solely by virtue of his or her race, religion, 19
ethnicity, or sex, should feel entitlement or feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of 20
psychological distress; a meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist; the United States was created 21
by members of a particular race, religion, ethnicity, or sex for the purpose of oppressing members 22
of another race, religion, ethnicity, or sex; the United States government should be violently 23
overthrown; particular character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs 24
should be ascribed to a race, religion, e