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Friday, March 31, 2017
On Thursday, North Carolina lawmakers replaced the controversial House Bill 2 with a three-year ban that stops universities, organisations and local government agencies from issuing any non-discrimination acts that protect the safety of transgender people.
In place for only a year, House Bill 2, labelled as the ‘bathroom bill’, was passed by former Republican Governor Pat McCroy. The now-revoked bill stated that transgender people were only permitted to use the restroom that coincided with the gender on their birth certificate.
The push to overturn House Bill 2 came after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) threatened to rule out North Carolina as a host for upcoming championship sporting events until 2022 if they didn’t reconsider the recent implantation of the state law.
As the only state in the country fixated on deeming which restroom transgender people use, The Associated Press predicted the state to see a 3.7-Billion-dollar loss in business over the next year if the bill was still in place.
After reaching a late-night deal, the bill passed with a 32 to 16 vote in the State US Senate and was later approved by the House of Representatives with a vote of 70 to 48.
Democratic Governor Roy Cooper states: “It’s not a perfect deal, but it repeals the HB2 and begins to repair our reputation” as a state.
According to The Williams Institute, approximately 37,800 Transgender people currently live within North Carolina.