Text of NC H 501 (2025)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H D HOUSE BILL DRH30089-ND-43 Short Title: Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order. (Public) Sponsors: Representative Morey. Referred to: *DRH30089-ND-43* 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 H.B. 501 Mar 24, 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK