GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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SENATE BILL 222

Short Title:      Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Johnson (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate

March 4, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT providing that choice of law and forum selection provisions shall not apply to government contracts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 1G‑2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 1G‑2.  Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Chapter:

(1)        Business contract. – A contract or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, entered into primarily for business or commercial purposes. The term does not include a consumer contract or an contract, employment contract.contract, or government contract.

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(4) Government contract. – A contract or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, to which the State of North Carolina or a county, municipality, or other public body of the State of North Carolina is a party."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended on or after that date.