A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure domestic violence protective orders are available for same‑sex couples.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 50B‑1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	For purposes of this section, the term "personal relationship" means a relationship wherein the parties involved either:
(1)	Are current or former spouses.
(2)	Are persons who live together or have lived together.
(3)	Are related as parents and children, including others acting in loco parentis to a minor child, or as grandparents and grandchildren. For purposes of this subdivision, an aggrieved party may not obtain an order of protection against a child or grandchild under the age of 16.
(4)	Have a child in common.
(5)	Are current or former household members.
(6)	Are persons who are in a dating relationship or have been in a dating relationship. For purposes of this subdivision, a dating relationship is one wherein the parties are romantically involved over time and on a continuous basis during the course of the relationship. A casual acquaintance or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context is not a dating relationship."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to domestic violence protective orders issued on or after that date.