The North Carolina General Assembly approved House Bill 805 this week, which codifies biological gender definitions of male and female in State law.
In addition, the bill prohibits state funds from being used to fund surgical gender transition procedures, puberty blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison system or the Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement Program.
Finally, the bill also brings accountability to public schools.
If signed into law, the legislation allows public school students to request to be excused from any course material if they believe the material would “impose a substantial burden” on their religious beliefs, requires public school boards to post a list of books available in libraries, and requires public schools to block students from checking out certain books if instructed to do so by that student’s parent.
"House Bill 805 makes clear what most people already know to be true: there are two genders. Despite the best efforts of the far Left, the people of North Carolina strongly believe in these common sense measures," said NCGOP Communications Director Matt Mercer. "It's now up to Gov. Josh Stein to sign this bill into law or see an override vote in short order."