---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Education."
description: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "North Carolina SB 227 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS; DISCRIMINATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF; LGBTQ & GENDER ISSUES; MINORITIES; OCCUPATIONS; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; STATE EMPLOYEES; STUDENTS; TEACHERS; VETOED; WOMEN; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Lee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 63
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4838bcca-be49-435d-8035-ecb01931be94"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S227"
source_hash: "3c7f716c74523c0127b10acb8f09eec20483335fdf833cea4a9081f8fba70b4a"
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 227 (2025) — Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education.

## 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/S227v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ARQ-9-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/1567/0/S227-ARQ-9-V-2)
3. **A3: ARQ-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/1568/0/S227-ARQ-8-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v3.pdf)
7. **SL 2026-20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Berger — primary (person)
- Lee — 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)
- Daniel — 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)
- 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 2026-20 `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
- **2025-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-03-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed
- **2025-03-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-11** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4838bcca-be49-435d-8035-ecb01931be94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).