---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Tuition Surcharge."
description: "Repeal Tuition Surcharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "North Carolina SB 225 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Tillman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246ad078-9792-4b66-8e3f-b495fb65fc31"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S225&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f3ea9a5beb2b535123e3bde46a57aa2e08fb538e4a7a2554ec6909c9308c785e"
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 225 (2019) — Repeal Tuition Surcharge.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S225v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S225v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S225v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S225v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Horner — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-01** Ch. SL 2019-68 `became-law`
- **2019-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-25** Ratified
- **2019-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2019
- **2019-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246ad078-9792-4b66-8e3f-b495fb65fc31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).