LTC 167-2021 Update on the official City travel ban to North Carolina and moratorium on the purchase of goods and services sourced in North Carolina pursuant to Resolution 2016-29375DocuSign Envelope ID: AF86B71F-A2A0-4E 05-BF54-646745D 95DF3
MIAMI BEA C H
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #
167-2021
LETTER TO COM M ISSION
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Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
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SUBJECT: Update on the official City travel ban to North Carolina and moratorium on the purchase of
goods and services sourced in North Carolina pursuant to Resolution 2016-29375
The purpose of this Letter to Commission ("LTC") is to provide the Mayor and City Commission with an
update regarding Resolution No. 2016-29375 (the "Resolution"), which prohibited official City travel to North
Carolina and Mississippi, and established a moratorium on the purchase of goods and services sourced in
these states due to the enactment of discriminatory legislation towards the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender ("LGBT") community. The Resolution further provides that the moratorium placed on North
Carolina and Mississippi would be in place "until such discriminatory legislation is either repealed or
declared unconstitutional by a court of law." Specifically, this update is only in reference to the expiration of
the discriminatory legislation enacted in North Carolina.
In 2016, North Carolina adopted HB-2, commonly referred to as the "bathroom bill." HB-2 targeted
transgender people for discrimination and prohibited local governments from enacting anti-discrimination
policies. In 2017, North Carolina adopted HB-142 which kept many of the discriminatory practices contained
in HB-2, but importantly, established that the discriminatory HB-142, including the prohibitions on the
enactment of anti-discrimination policies by local governments, would expire on December 1, 2020.
As of December 1, 2020, with the expiration of HB-142, local governments in North Carolina are now able,
once again, to adopt measures to protect the LGBT community from discrimination. Accordingly, North
Carolina's discriminatory legislation is no longer in place, and the City's ban on travel to North Carolina and
moratorium on the purchase of goods or services sourced in North Carolina expired contemporaneously
with the expiration of HB-142. Given the expiration of HB-142, the moratorium and restrictions stipulated in
the Resolution no longer apply with regard to travel to or goods and services sourced in North Carolina.
Despite the expiration of HB-142, a flurry of anti-LGBT bills has been introduced in approximately thirty (30)
states in the nation during the 2021 state legislative sessions. According to data from the Human Rights
Campaign, at least 117 bills have been introduced in the current legislative session that target the
transgender community. It is the highest number the organization has recorded since it began tracking anti-
LGBT legislation more than 15 years ago.
The City will continue to monitor the development of these anti-LG BT bills across the nation, and report to
the City Commission if any additional measures are recommended to ensure the City stays at the forefront
of human rights advocacy.
The discriminatory legislation enacted in Mississippi remains in place, and the prohibitions established in
the Resolution with regard to Mississippi will remain in full force and effect until such legislation is repealed,
expired, or declared unconstitutional.
Thank you.