NC lawmakers repeal section of House Bill 2

North Carolina lawmakers have reversed a small piece of House Bill 2 dealing with the right to sue for wrongful termination in state court, but they left intact the remainder of the controversial measure dealing with LGBT rights and the use of bathrooms by transgender individuals.
Posted 7/2/2016, 3:55:43 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:22 PM

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>>> AFTER QUICK DEBATES STATE

LAWMAKERS WORK ON HOUSE BILL 2.

>> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE

PAST HOUR.

ADAM JOINS US OUTSIDE THE

LEGISLATIVE BUILDING.

>>Reporter: AS YOU MENTIONED IT

IS OFFICIAL.

CHANGES TO THE HOUSE BILL 2 HAS

PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE A

MOMENT AGO.

HAVING SAID THAT, THE MAJORITY

OF THE BILL REMAINS THE SAME.

>> REPUBLICAN LEADERS MADE A FEW

THINGS CLEAR FROM THE START.

THERE WERE HOUSE BILL CHANGES TO

HOUSE BILL 2.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT

POINT AND TALKING ABOUT THE

LANGUAGE WHAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK

LIKE TO MAKE THAT FIX.

>> THAT FIX IS OVER ACCESS TO

STATE COURTS.

A PROVISION TO REMOVE THE RIGHT

TO SUE IN STATE COURT FOR

WRONGFUL TERMINATION DUE TO AGE,

SEX AND RACE FOR WRONGFUL

TERMINATION.

>> THERE WAS A LIMIT TO RIGHTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT LANGUAGE TO

CLARIFY THAT.

>> HOWEVER, REPUBLICAN LEADERS

SAY THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THEY

PLANNED TO CHANGE.

>> IS THAT ALL THE PIECE OF IT?

>> AT THIS POINT, YES.

>> OTHER CONTROVERSIAL PARTS OF

THE LAW WITH LGBT RIGHTS AND

BATHROOMS FOR TRANSGENDER, THERE

WAS NO CHANGING THEM.

OPPONENTS WERE HOPING FOR AN

APPEAL.

>> WE FIXED SOMETHING BIG ON

HOUSE BILL 2.

THIS WAS THE LOWEST OF THE LOW

HANGING FRUIT.

IT DOES NOTHING

TO FIX THE CORE DISCRIMINATION

INHERENT TO THAT BILL.

>> NOW THOSE CHANGES ON HOUSE

BILL 2 WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO

THE GOVERNOR.

LAWMAKERS AND THE HOUSE AND

SENATE CONTINUE THEIR SESSION

TONIGHT.

THEY HOPE TO WRAP UP THEIR

SESSION TONIGHT.

>> ADAM IS OUTSIDE THE STATE

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