Stam partly right on claim that 31 states “have the same type of policies” as HB2
RALEIGH Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, one of North Carolina’s most powerful Republican legislators, gave an interview Monday addressing the jobs and tourism dollars that North Carolina has lost in the wake of the new state law known as House Bill 2, or HB2.
Stam said the backlash against North Carolina is hard to understand because most states have similar laws.
"If they’re not going to go here, there are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed," Stam said, as The News & Observer quoted him on Monday.
Rep. Skip Stam said 32 states, 10k cities have same policies as #HB2. He's partially right. https://t.co/06IO2OYbI2 pic.twitter.com/ZggaxivXTh
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Fact check
Speaker: Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam
Statement: “There are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed,” with HB2
Ruling: The bathroom provisions in HB2 haven’t yet been adopted by any other state, and only Mississippi also forbids state-level discrimination lawsuits. But on the matter of not having discrimination protections for gay or transgender people, Stam is basically right – 29 other states, and more than 10,000 cities, also don’t have those protections. We rate this claim Half True.
This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 5:47 AM with the headline "Stam partly right on claim that 31 states “have the same type of policies” as HB2."