Under current law, North Carolina allows any person age 16 or older to give or donate blood without parental consent. Senator Ralph Hise and Senator Julie Mayfield introduced Senate Bill 389, Parental Consent for Blood Donation, which would raise the age from 16 to 18. This bill has passed the Senate and is now in the House. 

Please help change the law in NC where an individual out be 18 or older to donate blood.

Other ways to help would be to contact your state representatives and urge them to support this bill in the North Carolina House of Representatives. We MUST act now because the North Carolina General Assembly adjourns their session August 31, 2023. If this bill is not passed and signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper this legislative session, they will have to start the process over again next year. 

Look up your state representatives here: https://www.ncleg.gov/findyourlegislators 

Thank you for all of your support!