North Carolina legislature overrides governor’s vetoes to enact 3 bills targeting transgender youth

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : State Rep. Laura Budd a Mecklenburg County Democrat, called the bill “yet another unfunded mandate” for public schools, noting it does not place the same requirements on private and charter schools.
52% : SB 49, dubbed the “Parents Bill of Rights,” requires that parents be notified “prior to any changes in the name or pronoun used for a student in school records or by school personnel,” as well as bans instruction on “gender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality” in kindergarten through fourth grade.
43% : The House’s and Senate’s override votes, which passed largely along party lines, mean bills that ban gender-affirming care for minors, restrict how gender identity can be discussed in schools, and prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams are now law in the state.

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