North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 7 D cosponsors

SB 560 — Taskforce on Missing BIPOC Women.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

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Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

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Low

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  • In Committee

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  • 7 sponsors

    2 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (7 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 13 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Senate Bill 560 adds language to emphasize the specific needs of Black women and girls, as well as American Indian and Alaska Native individuals, in relation to sex trafficking and exploitation. The changes also focus on enhancing community awareness about the severity of trafficking affecting BIPOC women. This is important because it aims to create a more targeted response to these communities, ensuring that their unique challenges in trafficking cases are acknowledged and addressed.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 25, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 560 Short Title:
560 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15253-ML-90 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON MISSING WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) TO DEVELOP POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL WORK TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF CARE AND CONCERN FOR MISSING AND MURDERED BIPOC WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE ON MISSING WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) TO DEVELOP POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL WORK TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF CARE AND CONCERN FOR MISSING AND MURDERED BIPOC WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
(3) The tens of thousands of black women and girls who are missing include abductees, sex trafficking victims, and runaways.
(3) The tens of thousands of black women and girls who are missing include abductees, sex traffickingvictims, and runaways.
Black women and girls exist at the intersection of racism and sexism, and often face worse health, wealth, housing, education, and employment outcomes.
Blackwomen and girls exist at the intersection of racism and sexism, and often face worse health, wealth, housing, education, and employment outcomes.
(7) Systemic vulnerability and compounding suppressions have resulted in mass amounts of disappeared indigenous peoples, with the National Congress of American Indians finding that an estimated forty percent (40%) of women whoarevictims of sextraffickingidentify as American Indian, AlaskaNative, or First Nations.
(7) Systemic vulnerability and compounding suppressions have resulted in mass amounts of disappeared indigenous peoples, with the National Congress of American Indians finding that an estimated forty percent (40%) of women whoarevictims of sex traffickingidentifyas American Indian, AlaskaNative, or First Nations.
*DRS15253-ML-90* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (9) There is not comprehensive state or federal data about missing and murdered Native Americans.
*S560-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (9) There is not comprehensive state or federal data about missing and murdered Native Americans.
(2) Advancetheknowledge of communitiesontheseverity ofBIPOC women and girls who are missing and murdered.
(2) Advancetheknowledge ofcommunities ontheseverityof BIPOC women and girls who are missing and murdered.
– The Task Force may meet at various locations around the State in order to promote greater public participation in its deliberations and Page 2 DRS15253-ML-90 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 to accommodate the travel considerations of the members.
– The Task Force may meet at various locations around the State in order to promote greater public participation in its deliberations and Page 2 Senate Bill 560-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 to accommodate the travel considerations of the members.
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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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2 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (172)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 560?
SB 560 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), DeAndrea Salvador (Democratic), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Val Applewhite (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 560?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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