North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H474 Compare Versions

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 1
4-HOUSE BILL 474
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH50011-NJ-34A
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78 Short Title: Right to Use Contraception. (Public)
8-Sponsors: Representatives Helfrich, Prather, Greenfield, and T. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11-March 24, 2025
12-*H474 -v-1*
9+Sponsors: Representative Helfrich.
10+Referred to:
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12+*DRH50011 -NJ-34A*
1313 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1414 AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHT TO USE CONTRACEPTION TO PREVENT 2
1515 PREGNANCY SHALL NOT BE LIMITED. 3
1616 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
1717 SECTION 1. Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article 5
1818 to read: 6
1919 "Article 44. 7
2020 "Right to Use Contraception. 8
2121 "§ 90-751.1. Title. 9
2222 This Article may be cited as the "Right to Use Contraception Act." 10
2323 "§ 90-751.2. Legislative declaration. 11
2424 The right to use contraception implicates the fundamental liberty to prevent pregnancy. It is 12
2525 the policy of the State of North Carolina that this State has no legitimate governmental interest 13
2626 in limiting the freedom to use contraception to prevent pregnancy." 14
2727 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 15
28+H.B. 474
29+Mar 20, 2025
30+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK