FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, Phil Berger takes an oath as he was re-elected to North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore in Raleigh. While the whole country is talking about the North Carolina law that limits protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, a new survey shows one group that largely refuses to discuss it: the lawmakers who passed it. While Berger didn't respond to the survey, he discussed the likelihood of any changes with reporters Wednesday, April 20, 2016: "I don't know that I would at any point be ready to say we are going to make any changes. I just don't see the need for it." Photo: (Takaaki Iwabu/The News & Observer via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, Phil Berger takes an oath as he was re-elected to North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore in Raleigh. While the whole country is talking about the North Carolina law that limits protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, a new survey shows one group that largely refuses to discuss it: the lawmakers who passed it. While Berger didn't respond to the survey, he discussed the likelihood of any changes with reporters Wednesday, April 20, 2016: "I don't know that I would at any point be ready to say we are going to make any changes. I just don't see the need for it." Photo: (Takaaki Iwabu/The News & Observer via AP, File)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While the whole country is talking about the North Carolina law that limits protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, a new survey shows one group that largely refuses to discuss it: the lawmakers who passed it.

Less than a third of the state’s legislators answered in a statewide survey whether they’d prefer to amend the law or leave it as-is when their session starts Monday. A couple cited an impending Rotary meeting or preparations to run for Congress as reasons why they had no time to answer, while another simply hung up on a reporter in between questions.

The survey, conducted by reporters from seven newspapers and The Associated Press since April 13, consisted of three questions posed to all 168 current senators and representatives. Seeking a yes-or-no answer, the first asked: “Do you support revisiting House Bill 2 to possibly amend it during the regular session?” The second asked which parts they wanted to address, while the third sought any further comments.

Here’s what one Republican who voted for the legislation, Rep. William Brawley, thought of the survey: “We read your questionnaire and believed it was a trap and I would not respond.”

Overall, 41 lawmakers — mostly Democrats — said they favor revisiting the law. That’s several more than the group — also mostly Democrats — who voted against it or left their chamber in protest the day it passed during a March special session.

The law says that in government buildings as well as public schools and universities, transgender people must use bathrooms corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate. It also excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from statewide antidiscrimination protections and overrules local nondiscrimination ordinances.

The law has drawn widespread criticism from equality advocates and business leaders and even rock icons such as Bruce Springsteen, who canceled a concert.

Eleven survey respondents said they weren’t in favor of changing the law. Another 17 either declined to comment or offered an equivocal answer. The rest simply didn’t answer their phones or return messages or emails.

Several sought to quickly get off the phone.

Reached at home, Rep. John M. Blust answered question No. 1 by saying: “I’m not looking at doing that right now.”

“Can I put you down as a ‘no’?” a reporter asked.

The Republican, who voted for the state law, said he had no more time to talk because he was mired in work on his campaign for U.S. Congress in North Carolina’s 13th District.