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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Higher Ed."
+description: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Higher Ed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 558"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 558 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD; DISCRIMINATION; EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; MINORITIES; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; UNC; UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS; VETOED; WOMEN; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Overcash"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-25"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586d86d9-1606-4852-8786-c25579c501e0"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S558"
+source_hash: "af3c042a8a9ad0eeafe4cdd83bd1e5834c67c2461544faa3ea91a9c07a1fad51"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina SB 558 (2025) — Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2026-21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Veto Override — **71–47** (pass) · lower
+- Veto Override M4 Previous Question — **71–47** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Berger — primary (person)
+- Overcash — primary (person)
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Craven — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
+- Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Galey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
+- Hise — cosponsor (person)
+- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Settle — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-06-24** Ch. SL 2026-21 `became-law`
+- **2026-06-24** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/21/2026
+- **2026-04-06** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2026-03-09** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2026
+- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2026-02-09** Placed On Cal For 03/09/2026
+- **2026-02-09** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2026-01-12** Placed On Cal For 02/09/2026
+- **2026-01-12** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-12-15** Placed On Cal For 01/12/2026
+- **2025-12-15** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-11-17** Placed On Cal For 12/15/2025
+- **2025-11-17** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-10-22** Placed On Cal For 11/17/2025
+- **2025-10-22** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-10-20** Placed On Cal For 10/21/2025
+- **2025-10-20** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-09-25** Placed On Cal For 10/20/2025
+- **2025-09-25** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2025-09-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-22** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-08-26** Placed On Cal For 09/22/2025
+- **2025-08-26** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-07-30** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2025
+- **2025-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2025-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2025
+- **2025-07-29** Veto Received from Senate
+- **2025-07-29** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2025-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2025
+- **2025-07-28** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2025-07-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-03** Vetoed 07/03/2025 `executive-veto`
+- **2025-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** Ratified
+- **2025-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2025-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2025
+- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2025-04-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2025-04-10** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2025-04-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Amend Tabled A2
+- **2025-04-09** Amend Tabled A1
+- **2025-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2025-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2025-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586d86d9-1606-4852-8786-c25579c501e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+