Authorizes the Legislative Research Commission to study the State’s criminal and sentencing laws regarding sex offenses and the State’s sex offender registration laws. Specifies that the Commission may consider the offenses that currently require registration; whether there are offenses that should be added to or deleted from the registration requirement; whether the registration requirements should be modified; whether the amount of time an individual is required to remain on the registry for a sex offense should be increased, decreased, or remain as it is; the federal requirements regarding sex offender registration and may also compare the sex offender registration laws in North Carolina with those of other states; and any other issues relevant to this study.