Amends GS 42-34.1 by making technical corrections.

Recodifies GS 150B-2(1b) and (7) as (1a) and (5a), respectively. Makes technical and organizational changes throughout the statute. Makes language gender neutral. Amends the definition of Rule to exclude standards adopted by the State Chief Information Officer (was, by the Department of Information Technology) and applied to information technology. Amends GS 150B-38 by making technical and clarifying changes; makes language gender neutral. Also makes a conforming change by removing from the statute's scope standards adopted by the State Chief Information Officer and applied to information technology. Amends GS 122C-151.4 by changing the term Appeals Panel to Panel. Makes additional conforming and technical changes. Amends GS 150B-23 by making clarifying and technical changes.

Repeals Section 5 of SL 2020-90, which, if H 593 from 2019-20 became law, would have amended that act to allow the the District Attorney to petition the court for judicial review of the sex offender registration requirement upon making a preliminary determination, and notifying the person and the sheriff, that an identified individual’s out-of-state or federal conviction is substantially similar to an NC offense that would have required registration as a sex offender at the time of the offense.