---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Carolina Border Protection Act."
description: "North Carolina Border Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "North Carolina SB 153 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMERCE; COMMERCE DEPT.; DHHS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOUSING; HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY; IMMIGRATION; INSURANCE; INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; REPORTS; SOCIAL SERVICES; STUDIES; TAXATION; UNC; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETOED; LIABILITY; ALIENS; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Daniel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630a2f16-4de8-4886-9db1-43245345464b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S153"
source_hash: "c623a7e81de3d781e7aec36dc9bd3c7fb17386322b24a44b402a3337638c7a1b"
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 153 (2025) — North Carolina Border Protection Act.

## 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/S153v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ACE-2-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/1228/0/S153-ACE-2-V-4)
3. **A3: ATU-3-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/1230/0/S153-ATU-3-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S153v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S153v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S153v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S153v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2026-19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S153v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **71–47** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override M4 Previous Question — **71–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- P. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-24** Ch. SL 2026-19 `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
- **2025-06-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-20** Vetoed 06/20/2025 `executive-veto`
- **2025-06-10** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Ratified
- **2025-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-10** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2025
- **2025-06-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Amend Tabled A1
- **2025-06-04** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-03-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-03-04** Engrossed
- **2025-03-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-04** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/630a2f16-4de8-4886-9db1-43245345464b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).