North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 8 D · 5 R · 1 I cosponsors

HB 378 — Various Education Law/Tax Account/Name, Image, and Likeness Changes.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on July 01, 2025.

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High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    3 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (8 D · 5 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 378 adds a clarification about who can act as a parent for students regarding dual enrollment information. The change indicates that an individual can step in as a parent in the absence of a legal guardian, as long as it complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This is important because it ensures more flexibility for students to receive important educational information, making it easier for them to enroll in dual courses, particularly if their parents or guardians are unavailable.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 378 Committee Substitute Favorable 3/19/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 378 Short Title:
Representatives Pickett, Cotham, Liu, and Hawkins (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
March 13, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE EDUCATION RECORDS OF MINOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO THE PARENTS OF THE DEPENDENT STUDENT.
Higher Education, if favorable, Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 13, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RECORDS OF MINOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO THE PARENTS OF THE DEPENDENT STUDENT.
Chapter 115D of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
Chapter 115D of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"§ 115D-10.80.
"Article 10.
Education records of minor students.
"Academic Records.
(a) TheStateBoardofCommunityColleges shall direct each communitycollegeto adopt a policy that does all of the following:
"§ 115D-110.
(1) To the extent allowed under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C.
Academic records of minor students.
§ 1232g, provides education records, as defined in 34 C.F.R.
(a) TotheextentallowedundertheFamilyEducational RightsandPrivacyAct(FERPA), 20 U.S.C.
§ 99.3, of minor students to that student's parent if all of the following criteria are met:
§ 1232g, each community college shall make educational records, as defined in 34 C.F.R.
a.
§ 99.3, of minor students automatically available to the parents, guardians, or an individual actingas aparent in theabsenceofaparent ora guardian ofthestudent ifthefollowing criteria are met:
The student is below the age of 18.
(1) The student is below the age of 18.
b.
(2) The student is a dependent student, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The student is a dependent, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, of the parent.
(3) The parent has not opted out of receiving the records.
c.
(b) Each community college shall require minor students whose educational records are subject to subsection (a) of this section to complete a form, prior to registration in any course at the community college, acknowledging that the parents, guardians, or an individual acting as a parent in the absence of a parent or a guardian of the student has access to the educational records of the student." SECTION 3.
The parent has not opted out of receiving the records.
(2) Requires minor students whose education records are subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection to complete a form, prior to registration in any course at the community college, acknowledging that the parents of the student have access to the education records of the student.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "parent" is defined as the parent, guardian, or an individual acting as a parent in the absence of a parent or guardian of a student." SECTION 3.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025

  2. Ch. SL 2025-46

  3. Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025

  4. Ratified

  5. Concurred In S Com Sub

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Placed On Cal For 06/24/2025

  8. Amend Adopted A1

  9. Passed 2nd Reading

  10. Passed 3rd Reading

  11. Engrossed

  12. Special Message Sent To House

  13. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  14. Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  15. Reptd Fav

  16. Reptd Fav

  17. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  18. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  19. Com Substitute Adopted

  20. Re-ref Com On Finance

  21. Withdrawn From Com

  22. Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  23. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  24. Regular Message Received From House

  25. Passed 1st Reading

  26. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  27. Passed 2nd Reading

  28. Passed 3rd Reading

  29. Reptd Fav

  30. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  31. Placed On Cal For 04/15/2025

  32. Withdrawn From Com

  33. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  34. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  35. Re-ref Com On Judiciary 3

  36. Passed 1st Reading

  37. Ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  38. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 165 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (165)

165 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

M11 Concur

Passed 111 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 44000
U 2000
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 59009
Total 111009
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Yea
Phil Rubin Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Not Voting
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Not Voting
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Amendment 1

Passed 42 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 15005
Republican 27003
Total 42008
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Not Voting
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Not Voting
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Not Voting
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Yea
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Not Voting
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Val Applewhite Democratic Yea
Woodson Bradley Democratic Not Voting
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Not Voting
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Not Voting
Mark Hollo Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Not Voting
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Subjects

taxation education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 378?
HB 378 is sponsored by Bill Ward (Republican), James Roberson (Democratic), Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic), Jarrod Lowery (Republican), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Carla D. Cunningham (U), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Amber M. Baker (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Ya Liu (Democratic), Tricia Ann Cotham (Republican), Ray Pickett (Republican), and Neal Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 378?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2025. Enacted.
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