Amends GS 7A-38.1(l) (concerning mediated settlement conferences in superior court), GS 7A-38.3B(i) (concerning mediation in matters within the jurisdiction of the clerk of superior court), GS 7A-38.3D (concerning mediation in matters within the jurisdiction of the district criminal courts), GS 7A-38.4A(j) (concerning settlement procedures in district court actions), and GS 8-110(a) (concerning the inadmissibility of negotiations in regards to evidence) amending the requirements for the specified settlement agreements, now providing that no such agreement is enforceable unless the settlement agreement or some memorandum or note of the agreement has been reduced to writing and signed by the party to be charged (previously, specified the agreement had to be reduced to writing and signed by all parties). 

Effective July 1, 2015, applying to agreements entered into on or after that date.