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S637 • 2025

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order.

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bradley, Grafstein, Chitlik, Mayfield, Meyer, Murdock, Salvador, Waddell
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order.

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot.

What This Bill Does

  • Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot.
  • Order.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-25 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 637

Short Title: Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Bradley and Grafstein (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
*S637-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