North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee 6 D cosponsors

SB 587 — End Limits on Labor Organizing.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 13 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 587, lines of text have been added and removed to clarify the relationship between the right to live and the right to work. The bill now emphasizes that the "right to work" must be preserved, ensuring that union membership cannot be made mandatory for employment. This change is important because it reinforces individual employment rights and makes it clear that workers cannot be forced to join a union to keep their jobs.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Apr 4, 2023 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 S 1 SENATE BILL 587 Short Title:
587 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15263-LR-106A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REPEALING LAWS THAT LIMIT LABOR ORGANIZING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 5, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REPEALING LAWS THAT LIMIT LABOR ORGANIZING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Therighttoliveincludes therighttowork.Theexerciseoftherighttoworkmustbeprotected and maintained free from undue restraints and coercion.
Therighttoliveincludes therighttowork.The exerciseoftherighttoworkmustbeprotected and maintained free from undue restraints and coercion.
(a) Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work forsaid employer, orwherebysuchmembership is madeacondition ofemployment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be against the public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in the State of North Carolina.
(a) Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work forsaid employer,orwherebysuchmembership is madeacondition ofemployment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be against the public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in the State of North Carolina.
*DRS15263-LR-106A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 "§ 95-80.
*S587-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 "§ 95-80.
No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union orlabor organization as a condition of employmentorcontinuation ofemploymentbysuch employer.
No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union orlabor organization as a condition of employmentorcontinuationofemployment bysuch employer.
Anypersonwhomaybedeniedemploymentorbedeprivedofcontinuationofhistheperson's employment in violation of G.S.
Anypersonwhomaybedeniedemploymentorbedeprivedofcontinuationof histheperson's employment in violation of G.S.
Page 2 DRS15263-LR-106A
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 587?
SB 587 is sponsored by Val Applewhite (Democratic), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Graig Meyer (Democratic), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 587?
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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