Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Makes organizational changes to the act and to GS 48-9-107. Removes provisions authorizing the State Registrar to issue new adoptee birth certificates to county registers of deeds. Instead, directs the State Registrar to provide registers of deeds with access to adoptee birth certificates in the electronic birth registration system so that registers of deeds may issue certified copies or abstracts. Authorizes a register of deeds receiving a request for an adoptee birth certificate that has not been digitized to request the digitization of the record from the State Registrar. Requires the State Registrar to fulfill such requests within two business days. Prohibits registers of deeds from adding adoptee birth certificates to their files or indexes. Specifies that adoptee birth certificates are not open for public examination or inspection. Prevents the State Registrar from charging a fee to a register of deeds who issues an adoptee birth certificate. Requires registers of deeds and their staff who issue certified copies of adoptee birth certificates to complete annual training provided by the State Registrar on adoptee information privacy.  

Makes conforming and organizational change to GS 130A-99 (register of deeds to provide birth and death records) to account for changes to GS 48-9-107.

Changes the effective date to January 1, 2026, and specifies that it applies to adoptee birth certificates available in the electronic birth registration system before, on, or after that date (was, effective October 1, 2025, and intended to apply to new birth certificates of persons adopted before, on, or after that date).