Legislative TREND: Compensation for Shutting Down Businesses

The state: North Carolina

The legislation: HB 1174 (2020 | NC)

What’s the goal? Allow businesses to be compensated when they are closed, partially or completely, by a governor’s executive order.

How does the bill get there? Amend the state constitution to define a full or partial business shutdown by governor executive order as an inverse condemnation. 

Compensation contemplated: Loss of income + property losses

Winston Salem Journal | N.C, House bill would allow business owners to sue over shutdowns