---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Changes."
description: "Charter School Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "North Carolina SB 254 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS; BUDGETING; CHARTER SCHOOLS; COUNCIL OF STATE; CRIMES; EDUCATION; EDUCATION CABINET; EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF; EXPLOSIVES; FUNDING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; TITLE CHANGE; VETOED; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN; CHARTER SCHOOLS REVIEW BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Daniel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342a24de-6b2f-431b-952c-54d378f3e838"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S254"
source_hash: "f11311c4244090fc7332f94d2b043a902091ac8884a5ad2fa0f5213f2005179d"
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 254 (2025) — Charter School Changes.

## 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/S254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2025-80** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override M4 Previous Question — **71–48** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **74–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-29** Ch. SL 2025-80 `became-law`
- **2025-07-29** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Added to Calendar
- **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
- **2025-07-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** Vetoed 07/02/2025 `executive-veto`
- **2025-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **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 Com Sub
- **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** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-04-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342a24de-6b2f-431b-952c-54d378f3e838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).