---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech."
description: "Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 527"
citation: "North Carolina HB 527 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMITTEES", "CONSTITUTION", "US", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec1f1596-ad1e-40dd-bb9f-ae851f9df916"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H527&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "91ebb18d8219821d6c5a30025e5050c06410956e27705a76d0265f79594cafc3"
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 HB 527 (2017) — Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H527v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **80–31** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **34–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Millis — primary (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-07-31** Ch. SL 2017-196 `became-law`
- **2017-07-31** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec1f1596-ad1e-40dd-bb9f-ae851f9df916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).