Amends GS 143-254.5 making confidential records that contain site-specific information regarding rare species of plants or animal or the location of sensitive habitats when the Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission finds that disclosure will create a risk of harm, theft, or destruction of the species or habitats or the area where they are located. Excludes requests for release of records by the owner of land where the species, habitats, or areas are located.

Amends GS 20-63 allowing the issuance of a Wildlife Resources license plate. Amend GS 20-79.4 to allow the issuance of a Lifetime Conservationist special license plate. Amends the Wildlife Resources special license plate by adding the phrase that must be included. Amends GS 2081.12 requiring transferring the specified money from the sale of the Lifetime Conservationist plates to the Wildlife Resources Fund. Amends the requirements for the Wildlife Resources plate to no longer include the specified number of applications and plate description.

Amends GS 75A-7 providing that water vessel does not have to be numbered if a vessel that is required to be awarded an identification number under federal law or another state and that number has been awarded, provided that the vessel has not been within this State for a period in excess of 60 (was, 90) consecutive days. Makes conforming changes to GS 75A-5. Amends GS 75A-6.1 requiring vessels operated on waters of this State to comply with navigation rules (was limited to those vessels required to obtain an identification number, that had a valid marine document). Amends GS 7A-13.3 requiring personal watercraft that is equipped by the manufacturer with an engine cut-off switch, to require the switch to be used while the vessel is operating on a plane or above displacement speed (was, those equipped with a lanyard type of engine cut-off switch had to have the lanyard securely attached in the specified manner at all times when the watercraft is being operated in a way to turn off the engine if the operator dismounts while the watercraft is in operation). Refers to navigation rules instead of rules of the road. Effective October 1, 2025, and specifies that prosecutions for offenses committed before that date are not abated or affected by this act and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.