---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons."
description: "Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "North Carolina SB 55 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; ANIMALS; AOC; BOARDS; COMMERCE; COMPUTERS; COURTS; CRIMES; DEBTOR & CREDITOR; DEEDS; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; EDUCATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; JUDICIAL DEPT.; LANDOWNERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; LIENS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERSONNEL; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; RATIFIED; REAL ESTATE; RETAILING; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONES; TELESERVICES; TITLE CHANGE; TRESPASSING; LIABILITY; AGRICULTURE BOARD; CHAPTERED; ANIMAL WELFARE; LOCAL ORDINANCES; MOBILE PHONES & DEVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Lee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3093bccc-9647-4d67-9686-13ab304ba165"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S55"
source_hash: "2472feeef368f549adb4fdbad2218a64eb63995cbaaeba106dcafc1dbd6329f7"
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 55 (2025) — Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons.

## 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/S55v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2025-88** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-06** Ch. SL 2025-88 `became-law`
- **2025-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-30** Ratified
- **2025-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-07-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-07-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-07-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2025
- **2025-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Amend Tabled A2
- **2025-03-04** Amend Tabled A1
- **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`
- **2025-02-06** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-02-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3093bccc-9647-4d67-9686-13ab304ba165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).