North Carolina overrides veto to ban trans athletes from competing in women's sports, putting law into effect

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The North Carolina General Assembly completed an override to Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which bans transgender girls and women in middle school, high school and college from joining women’s sports.

HB 574, which is the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, was among multiple overrides the House and the Senate made on Wednesday night. It was passed by the House by a vote of 74-45, while the Senate voted to override Cooper’s decision later Wednesday night. 

HB 808, which does not allow medical professionals to provide hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs or gender-transition procedures to anyone under 18, was also overridden. 

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks as electric carmaker Vinfast breaks ground in its $4 billion North Carolina manufacturing plant located within the Triangle Innovation Point on July 28, 2023. (Nick Ut/Getty Images)

Finally, the House and the Senate decided to override SB 49, also known as the "Parents Bill of Rights," which requires teachers to inform parents when students question their gender or chooses to use a different pronoun in class.

These bills were passed into law and will take effect immediately. 

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"The legislature finally comes back to pass legislation that discriminates, makes housing less safe, blocks FEMA disaster recovery funding, hurts the freedom to vote and damages our economy," Cooper, who vetoed the bills in late June, said in a statement posted to X. "Yet they still won’t pass a budget when