North Carolina

North Carolina: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

101 bills: 55 Anti-LGBTQ+, 46 Pro-LGBTQ+. 8 are enacted (8 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed874146
Enacted880
Pending550
Vetoed110

Most recent bills

All 101 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of North Carolina: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in North Carolina, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01020302004: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2005: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2006: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2007: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2008: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2009: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2010: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2011: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2016: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 13 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 13 Anti-LGBTQ+, 16 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in North Carolina, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in North Carolina by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012342011: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2016: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in North Carolina by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01234200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026624000
2025291316220
2024303000
202313130440
2022220000
2021431000
2020101000
2019312000
2017431000
2016211110
2011220110
2010220000
2009936000
2008220000
2007826000
2006220000
2005725000
2004220000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents440
Bathrooms & facilities550
Sports participation440
Youth gender-affirming care11101
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage505
Prisons, jails & detention440
Schools & curriculum15510
DEI & bias training817
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship440
Pronouns, names & outing330
Marriage, family & custody20146
Nondiscrimination protections29326
Hate crimes909
Religious exemptions440
Conversion therapy202
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law606
Symbolic resolutions & recognition220
Government process, funding & data101

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Employment Nondiscrimination12012
Same-Sex Marriage Ban12120
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors880
Education Nondiscrimination707
Hate Crime Classification707
Healthcare Nondiscrimination707
Implicit Bias Training707
Housing Nondiscrimination606
Marriage Equality606
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination606
Credit Nondiscrimination505
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA550
Show the other 58 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Insurance Nondiscrimination505
Broad Nondiscrimination404
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being440
Forced Outing: Schools440
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment440
Sports Ban: SWSA440
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban330
Don't Say Gay: Elementary330
Don't Say Trans: Elementary330
Prison Placement Ban330
Religious Exemptions: Medical330
Sports Ban: Secondary330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges330
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations330
Broad Nondiscrimination: Local Ordinances202
Child Custody Bill: DACPA220
Civil Unions Ban220
Conversion Therapy Ban202
Discrimination in Healthcare220
End Legal Recognition220
End Legal Recognition: SWWA220
End Trans Panic Defense202
Forced Outing: Medical220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds220
Gender Marker Change Ban220
Jury Nondiscrimination202
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws202
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Marriage Ban202
Sports Ban: Colleges220
Anti-Bullying101
Anti-Harassment101
Broad Discrimination: Local Ordinances110
Censorship: Book Ban110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Book Ban: Public Libraries110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban110
DEI Ban: Government110
Don't Say Gay: K12110
Don't Say Gay: Secondary110
Don't Say Trans: K12110
Forced Outing110
Gender Affirming Care101
Gender Affirming Care Ban: LIability Law110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act110
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum101
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12110
Opt-In LGBTQ Education110
Privacy: Data Protection101
Privacy: Medical101
Religious Exemptions: RFRA110
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Anti-Sodomy101
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: GAC Ban101
Sports Ban: K12110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Jake JohnsonRRepresentativeHD-11317
Mary HarrisonDRepresentativeHD-06117
Jeffrey McNeelyRRepresentativeHD-08416
Bill WardRRepresentativeHD-00515
Keith KidwellRRepresentativeHD-07915
Neal JacksonRRepresentativeHD-07814
Ben MossRRepresentativeHD-05213
Celeste CairnsRRepresentativeHD-01312
David WillisRRepresentativeHD-06812
Dean ArpRRepresentativeHD-06912

All 349 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 1:26-cv-00752M.D.N.C.District2026
Case c63272295W.D.N.C.District2026
Case c4304527M.D.N.C.District2021
Case c4303708E.D.N.C.District2016
Case c5657000E.D.N.C.District2015

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.