---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Higher Ed."
description: "Eliminating \"DEI\" in Public Higher Ed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 558"
citation: "North Carolina SB 558 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD; DISCRIMINATION; EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; MINORITIES; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; UNC; UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS; VETOED; WOMEN; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Overcash"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586d86d9-1606-4852-8786-c25579c501e0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S558"
source_hash: "af3c042a8a9ad0eeafe4cdd83bd1e5834c67c2461544faa3ea91a9c07a1fad51"
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 558 (2025) — Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed.

## 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/S558v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2026-21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S558v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Berger — primary (person)
- Overcash — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Brinson — 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)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-24** Ch. SL 2026-21 `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
- **2025-04-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-04-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-04-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Amend Tabled A2
- **2025-04-09** Amend Tabled A1
- **2025-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586d86d9-1606-4852-8786-c25579c501e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).