North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 20 D · 3 R · 2 I cosponsors

HB 686 — Civil Rights Education.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

34 added · 28 removed

Plain-language change summary

The current version of Bill HB 686 has updated the list of sponsors to include Representatives Hardister, Blackwell, and Quick, whereas the previous version only listed Representative Hardister. This change matters because having more sponsors can indicate broader support for the bill, potentially increasing its chances of passing. Additionally, the new bill reference and date suggests that the bill is being prepared for further legislative discussion, which is important for its progress.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 2 HOUSE BILL 686 Committee Substitute Favorable 6/21/23 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 1 HOUSE BILL 686 Short Title:
Representatives Hardister, Blackwell, and Quick (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
April 19, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT IN THE STATE.
Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 19, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT IN THE STATE.
G.S.
Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
115C-81.45 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"§ 115C-81.58.
"(e) Civil Rights Education.
Civil rights education.
– A unit on civil rights shall be included as part of both the middle school civic and citizenship education standard course of study and high school course in Founding Principles of the United States of America and North Carolina:
The standard course of study shall include the requirement that courses from elementary school through high school include units on the civil rights movement that occurred in the United States from 1954 through 1968.
Civic Literacy.
The units shall include at least the following topics:
The unit shall include at least the following topics:
(1) The natural law and natural rights principles that informed the leadership of Rev.
(1) The civil rights movement that occurred in the United States from 1954 through 1968, including:
a.
The natural law and natural rights principles that informed the leadership of Rev.
b.
(2) The tactics and strategies of nonviolent resistance that Dr.
The tactics and strategies of nonviolent resistance that Dr.
(3) The repeal of the Jim Crow laws of that era and the passage of civil rights legislation in the United States.
(4) The philosophy that hatred on the basis of immutable characteristics leads to profound injustice.
(5) Instruction on other acts of discriminatory injustice, such as genocide, elsewhere around the globe to reinforce the lesson that hatred on the basis of immutable characteristics can overtake any society.
Examples of such acts include, but are not limited to, the following:
a.
The Armenian Genocide.
b.
The Holocaust.
The repeal of the Jim Crow laws of that era and the passage of civil rights legislation in the United States.
Chinese Coolie labor in Cuba.
(2) The philosophy that hatred on the basis of immutable characteristics leads to profound injustice.
d.
(3) Instruction on other acts of discriminatory injustice elsewhere around the globe to reinforce the lesson that hatred on the basis of immutable characteristics can overtake any society." SECTION 2.
The Uighurs in China.
e.
The Rohingya in Myanmar." SECTION 2.
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Action History

  1. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  2. Re-ref Com On Appropriations

  3. Passed 1st Reading

  4. Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  5. Filed

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2 sponsors · 31 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (31)

Not signed on (146)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 686?
HB 686 is sponsored by Hardister, Hugh Blackwell (Republican), Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), Autry, Amber M. Baker (Democratic), Cynthia Ball (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Allen Buansi (Democratic), Becky Carney (Democratic), Carla D. Cunningham (U), Fontenot, Gill, Harris, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Ya Liu (Democratic), Brandon Lofton (Democratic), Carolyn G. Logan (Democratic), Tim Longest (Democratic), Lowery, Lucas, Nasif Majeed (U), Marcia Morey (Democratic), Garland E. Pierce (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), Renée A. Price (Democratic), James Roberson (Democratic), Rudow, Bill Ward (Republican), Shelly Willingham (Democratic), and Neal Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 686?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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