North Carolina Is Finally Repealing Its Bathroom Bill
Just over a year after H.B. 2 passed, lawmakers and the governor have reached a deal, but progressive groups say the new plan is a sham.
by David A. Graham
Mar 30, 2017
4 minutes
Updated on March 30 at 2:50 p.m.
DURHAM, N.C.—About a year ago, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly hurriedly passed H.B. 2, a law that barred transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender with which they identify, along with several other provisions. And almost ever since, the state has been trying and failing to find a way to reverse it.
Now, there is a breakthrough. On Thursday, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill to repeal the law while placing a moratorium on nondiscrimination measures. The bill is now headed to the desk of Governor Roy Cooper, who supported it.
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