---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parents Protection Act."
description: "Parents Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 442"
citation: "North Carolina SB 442 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CRIMES; FOSTER CARE; LGBTQ & GENDER ISSUES; MINORS; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; SOCIAL SERVICES; CHAPTERED; FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Galey"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96aadb55-941a-4ad0-b8f4-9fbb1d8d969c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S442"
source_hash: "fe124a4b2562f63224d39fbb9cab2bdc4bf2f1e251b62db55f90906227d996c6"
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 442 (2025) — Parents 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/S442v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-62-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5738/0/S442-ACE-62-V-8)
3. **A1: ACI-35-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6618/0/S442-ACI-35-V-2)
4. **A3: ACE-59-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5741/0/S442-ACE-59-V-8)
5. **A5: ACE-53-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5743/0/S442-ACE-53-V-5)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S442v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S442v2.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S442v3.pdf)
9. **SL 2025-59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S442v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur House Amend — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **74–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Galey — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-03** Ch. SL 2025-59 `became-law`
- **2025-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** Ratified
- **2025-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-23** Concurred In H Amend S442v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
- **2025-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-06-18** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-06-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-18** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96aadb55-941a-4ad0-b8f4-9fbb1d8d969c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).