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H474 • 2025

Right to Use Contraception.

Right to Use Contraception.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Helfrich, Prather, Greenfield, T. Brown, Ager, Alston, Baker, Ball, Belk, G. Brown, K. Brown, Buansi, Butler, Carney, Cervania, Clark, Cohn, Colvin, Crawford, Dahle, Dew, Harrison, Hawkins, F. Jackson, Johnson-Hostler, Liu, Logan, Longest, Lopez, Morey, R. Pierce, Price, Roberson, Rubin, Turner, von Haefen
Last action
2025-03-24
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Right to Use Contraception.

Right to Use Contraception.

What This Bill Does

  • Right to Use Contraception.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-24 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-03-24 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-20 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Right to Use Contraception.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 474

Short Title: Right to Use Contraception. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Helfrich, Prather, Greenfield, and T. Brown (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 24, 2025
*H474-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHT TO USE CONTRA CEPTION TO PREVENT 2
PREGNANCY SHALL NOT BE LIMITED. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article 5
to read: 6
"Article 44. 7
"Right to Use Contraception. 8
"§ 90-751.1. Title. 9
This Article may be cited as the "Right to Use Contraception Act." 10
"§ 90-751.2. Legislative declaration. 11
The right to use contraception implicates the fundamental liberty to prevent pregnancy. It is 12
the policy of the State of North Carolina that this State has no legitimate governmental interest 13
in limiting the freedom to use contraception to prevent pregnancy." 14
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 15