NCCADV Legislative Agenda 2019-2020
2019 DV Program Budget
2019 Post Session Update: Programs funded at same levels. NCCADV is conducting a needs assessment in anticipation of collaborating with statewide partners to push for needed budget increases.
Ensure that Implementing Legislation for North Carolina's new Victim Rights Amendment ("Marsy's Law") is equitable, protects the rights of survivors of Domestic Violence, and contains no collateral consequences for survivors of Domestic Violence who have cases pending in crimincal court
2019 Post Session Update: Marsy’s Law implementing legislation passed in August 2019 with NCCADV and other stakeholder input. Highlights: Protections for survivor confidentiality added to privilege statute, protections for survivor notification of defendant’s pre-trial release, judicial discretion preserved for exercise of rights to protect victim-defendants, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure survivor has recourse if rights are not afforded to them.
Amend NC General Statutes to ensure that Misdemeanor Assault Convictions Qualify for Firearm Prohibition Under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)
Amend NC General Statute §50B to Clarify that Judges have Discretion to Remove Firearms
2019 Post Session Update: NCCADV defended against an attempt to codify Stancill after a bill was introduced to do so; Worked with a sponsor on an amendment to that bill to correct the Stancill ruling but was ultimately unsuccessful; status of the law remains the same.
Amend NC General Statute §50B to Clarify that Plaintiffs have protection if their orders expire betweein filing a motin to renew and the renewal hearing
Amend NC General Statute §50B to Provide Equal Protection for All DV Survivors
NCCADV supports amending the “personal relationship” definition included in Chapter 50B to remove the discriminatory “opposite sex” requirement for dating relationships to ensure that all victims of domestic violence are able to get the protection they need, regardless of who they love.
2019 Post Session Update: NCCADV worked with stakeholders to file a brief in support of a same sex plaintiff denied an order on grounds that they were ineligible under the statute; case is under appellate review.
Legislative Summaries
- NCCADV Legislative Accomplishments by Category
- NCCADV Legislative Accomplishments by Year
- NCCADV Chronology of State Domestic Violence Laws
Past Legislative Summaries
- 2017-18 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2015-16 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2014 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2013 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2012 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2011 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2010 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2009 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- Summary of Senate Bill 1062 (pdf)
- Summary of Sections 4 & 5 (pdf)
- 2008 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2007 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2006 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2005 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2004 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2003 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2002 Legislative Summary (pdf)
- 2001 Legislative Summary (pdf)
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