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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 TO: FROM: DATE: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission wons. versas o „. 'l__:2B306240F92B45D ... 4/20/2021 I 11:08 EDT 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moratorium placed on North Carolina and Mississippi would be in place "until such discriminatory legislation is either repealed or declared unconstitutional by a court of law."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.