RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — What to do about North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” was among the topics in a meeting between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders.
A Cooper spokesman confirmed that House Speaker Tim Moore, Senate leader Phil Berger and the governor met Monday afternoon at the Executive Mansion and the law known as House Bill 2 was discussed.
Berger confirmed a meeting took place but nothing else. Moore called the meeting “constructive.”
House Republicans recently unveiled a measure that repealed HB2, which also limits LGBT rights. But restrictions were added back in. Cooper and Moore are at odds over a provision about referenda for local nondiscrimination ordinances.
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Cooper spokesman Ford Porter says the governor wants HB2 repealed and will keep urging Moore and Berger to negotiate something both parties can support.
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