---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)."
description: "Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "North Carolina HB 87 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES; BOARDS; CHARTER SCHOOLS; CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY; EDUCATION BOARDS; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KINDERGARTEN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MEDIA; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; PUBLISHING; RATIFIED; DISTANCE EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TAX CREDITS; TAXATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONES; TELESERVICES; TITLE CHANGE; TUITION; VETOED; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN; SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID; HOME SCHOOLING; NGOS; MOBILE PHONES & DEVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biggs", "N. Jackson", "Schietzelt"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 75
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def58057-25ab-4471-9601-791d760b5058"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H87"
source_hash: "5907101a4aa238955bc2471cd337e96988597a76a4e37e5f184a84e7516f95c0"
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 HB 87 (2025) — Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).

## 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/House/PDF/H87v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARQ-4-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/2747/0/H87-ARQ-4-V-3)
3. **A2: ABN-25-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/7351/0/H87-ABN-25-V-2)
4. **A4: ABN-24-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/7353/0/H87-ABN-24-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2026-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H87v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 11 Veto Override — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **73–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biggs — primary (person)
- N. Jackson — primary (person)
- Schietzelt — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Branson — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Echevarria — cosponsor (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-03** Ch. SL 2026-6 `became-law`
- **2026-06-03** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-06-03** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2026-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-05-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-20** Veto Received from House
- **2026-05-20** 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
- **2025-08-06** Received from the Governor
- **2025-08-06** Vetoed 08/06/2025 `executive-veto`
- **2025-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-31** Ratified
- **2025-07-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-07-30** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2025
- **2025-07-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-07-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-07-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-07-29** Engrossed
- **2025-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-07-29** Amend Tabled A9
- **2025-07-29** Amend Tabled A8
- **2025-07-29** Amend Tabled A7
- **2025-07-29** Amend Tabled A6
- **2025-07-29** Amend Tabled A5
- **2025-07-29** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-07-29** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-07-29** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-07-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-24** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-24** 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`
- **2025-03-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-03-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2025-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2025
- **2025-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/def58057-25ab-4471-9601-791d760b5058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).