NC Senate Hate Crime Bill Faces Long Odds As Deadline Approaches by Paul Garber 8:22am May 13, 2021 Chinese-Japanese American student Kara Chu, 18, holds a pair of heart balloons decorated by herself for the rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence outside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles in March. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) A bill that would have updated the state’s hate crime guidelines appears to have stalled. Thursday marks the important crossover deadline in the North Carolina General Assembly. Bills that haven’t passed in either chamber won’t be considered for the rest of the legislative term.