A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to bring State law into compliance with the united states supreme court decision of lawrence v. texas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑177 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑177.  Crime against nature.
(a)	If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon.
(b)	Subsection (a) of this section does not apply if the conduct engaged in under subsection (a) of this section:  is not with a beast, is not unlawful under Article 27 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, and is between mutually consenting adults in a private home, private residence, or other private abode."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.