---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Education Law/Tax Account/Name, Image, and Likeness Changes."
description: "Various Education Law/Tax Account/Name, Image, and Likeness Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "North Carolina HB 378 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING & MARKETING; ARMED FORCES; BOARDS; CHARTER SCHOOLS; CIVIL PROCEDURE; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNICATIONS; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD; COUNTIES; COURTS; DEBTOR & CREDITOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FUNDS & ACCOUNTS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; JUDGMENTS & SETTLEMENTS; KINDERGARTEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MINORS; MUNICIPALITIES; PRESENTED; PRIVACY; PRIVATE SCHOOLS; PUBLIC; PUBLIC RECORDS; RATIFIED; REPORTING; STEM; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS; TITLE CHANGE; UNC; UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS; NEW HANOVER COUNTY; RECORDS; CHAPEL HILL; ORANGE COUNTY; WILMINGTON; CHAPTERED; CIVIL ACTIONS; NAMED LAWS; FAMILY ISSUES; STUDENT ATHLETES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Liu", "Pickett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdbc3c9c-fc24-436b-96d5-4085615273d9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H378"
source_hash: "aade28da1d3adbf545175cca570a90241fbf7575a8f545a9968ff57088d3c1b7"
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 378 (2025) — Various Education Law/Tax Account/Name, Image, and Likeness Changes.

## 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/House/PDF/H378v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARQ-32-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6673/0/H378-ARQ-32-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2025-46** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H378v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Liu — primary (person)
- Pickett — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Ch. SL 2025-46 `became-law`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-25** Ratified
- **2025-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2025
- **2025-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-19** Engrossed
- **2025-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2025
- **2025-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdbc3c9c-fc24-436b-96d5-4085615273d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).