House amendment amends the 2nd edition as follows.

Modifies the proposed exemption for medical services personnel under GS 14-269 from the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons. Now more specifically exempts emergency medical services personnel while on duty who are deployed as part of their official duties providing tactical medical assistance to a law enforcement SWAT team in an emergency situation (previously exempt when providing tactical medical assistance to law enforcement in an emergency situation, including a SWAT operation).

House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows.

Amends proposed GS 90-12.8, which establishes new requirements for practitioners prescribing Schedule II controlled substances identified in GS 90-90(1), including opium, opiates, and opioids. Excludes from the statute's requirements veterinarians, animal hospitals, and veterinary practices.

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

Part I

Modifies new subsection (k1) in GS 14-269.2, which creates a new exception for concealed carry permit holders and others exempt from obtaining a permit from the prohibition against carrying weapons on campus and other education property. Changes the conditions for the exception to include that the person possesses and carries a handgun on educational property other than an institution of higher learning or a nonpublic, postsecondary education institution, rather than restricting the exception to carrying on education property of a nonpublic school. Adds a new provision to specify that property owned by a local board of education or county commission is not a building that is a place of worship, as the term is used to condition the exception to carrying on education property that is the location of both a school and a building that is a place of worship. Eliminates the specifications for a nonpublic school's operating hours, previously included in the conditions of the new exception which require carrying outside of operating hours. Instead, enacts a new subsection (1c) to define school operating hours to by ant time when (1) the premises are being used for curricular or extracurricular activities; (2) the premises are being used for educational, instructional, or school-sponsored activities; or (3) the premises is being used for programs for minors by entities not affiliated with the religious institution. Makes technical changes.

Makes conforming changes to GS 14-415.11(c) to provide for the exception to GS 14-269.2(k1). Adds to GS 14-415.11(c) to prohibit conceal carry permit holders from carrying in areas prohibited by GS 14-269.3 (Carrying weapons into assemblies and establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed) and GS 14-277.2 (Weapons at parades, etc., prohibited).

Part IV

Modifies the proposed exemption for medical services personnel under GS 14-269 from the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons. Now more generally exempts emergency medical services personnel while on duty who are deployed as part of their official duties providing tactical medical assistance to law enforcement in a SWAT operation (previously specified in an emergency situation).

House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows.

Makes organizational changes to clarify that the proposed changes to GS 114-12.1, regarding minority sensitivity training of law enforcement personnel, are effective October 1, 2021. 

Makes further technical changes. 

Amends GS 147-69.2 to authorize the State Treasurer to make investments to the credit of the Catawba Unit No. 1 Decommissioning Trust Fund and the Catawba Unit No. 2 Decommissioning Trust Fund, as identified (Trust Funds). Authorizes the State Treasurer to invest the funds deposited in the Trust Funds as general obligations, obligations of other states, obligations of cities, obligations of domestic and foreign companies meeting specified rating requirements, and asset-backed securities meeting specified rating requirements, as described in subdivisions (b)(1) through (6) of the statute.

Additionally authorizes the State Treasurer to invest funds deposited in the Trust Funds pursuant to subdivision (b)(6c), which allows domestic and foreign investment in obligations, debt securities, and asset-backed securities that do not meet the requirements of subdivisions (b)(1) through (6); excludes these investments from the 7.5% cap placed on the market value of all invested assets of Retirement Systems under the subdivision. Additionally authorizes the State Treasurer to invest funds deposited in the Trust Funds pursuant to subdivision (b)(8), in a strategy composed primarily of equity securities traded on a public securities exchange or market organized and regulated pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction of the exchange or market and issued by any company incorporated or otherwise created or located within or outside the United States as long as the investments meet the two specified conditions of the subdivision; however, excludes these investments from the 65% cap placed on the market value of all invested assets of Retirement Systems under the subdivision. Authorizes the State Treasurer to require a minimum deposit of up to $100,000 and assess reasonable fees of up to 15 basis points per annum to defray administration costs as a condition of making an investment pursuant to subdivisions (b)(6c) and (b)(8). 

Amends GS 159B-18 to authorize the investment of funds deposited in the Trust Funds as provided in GS 147-69.2(b6), as enacted. Further describes the Trust Funds. 

Enacts GS 163-165.7(k) to require the State Board of Elections to mandate that all voting systems, including software, used for elections be manufactured in the US by US-owned companies. Applies to voting systems acquired on or after the date the act becomes law. 

Amends GS 7B-1501 to limit the scope of the defined terms delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile, as used in Subchapter II, to juveniles at least 10 years old (was, at least 6 years old). 

Similarly, amends GS 143B-805 to limit the scope of the defined terms delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile, as used in Part 3 of Article 13 governing the Juvenile Justice Section of the Department of Public Safety, to juveniles at least 10 years old (was, at least 6 years old). 

Applies to delinquent and undisciplined acts committed on or after the date the act becomes law.

Effective four years from the date the act becomes law, repeals GS 7B-1903(f), which prohibits using physical restraints on a juvenile less than 10 years old during transport when the court determines the juvenile needs an evaluation for medical or psychiatric treatment and there is no pending delinquency charge, unless determined to be reasonably necessary for safety.

Makes conforming changes to GS 7B-2102 to remove the age restrictions for fingerprinting and photographing juveniles (currently, requires juveniles be 10 years or older at the time of the offense).

Makes conforming changes to GS 7B-2513 to remove the age restrictions for commitment of a delinquent juvenile to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice for placement in a youth development center (currently, requires juveniles to be at least 10 years old).

Amends GS 166A-19.20 to provide for the expiration of a gubernatorially or legislatively declared state of emergency applicable to a statewide emergency area seven days after issuance without concurrence of the Council of State. Allows for a 30-day extension with concurrence of the Council of State. Prohibits the Governor from issuing or extending a declaration applicable to a statewide emergency area the same or substantially similar to that which failed concurrence of the Council of State based on the same emergency.

Amends GS 166A-19.3 to define concurrence of the Council of State to mean the consensus, within 48 hours of contact, of a majority of the Council of State prior to the Governor exercising a power of authority requiring a concurrence of the Council of State. Requires the Governor to document and release each contact and response, and deems the documentation a public record. Deems failure to respond a concurrence. Also defines statewide emergency area to mean any emergency area applicable to two-thirds or more of the counties in the state. Defines Council of State.

Amends GS 166A-19.30, which states additional powers of the Governor in the event of insufficient local control of a gubernatorially or legislatively declared state of emergency to assure adequate protection for lives and property. Adds the following requirements and limitations with respect to the exercise of those additional powers, including (1) immediate notification of the affected local authorities, (2) concurrence of the Council of State, and (3) expiration of the exercise in the same manner as statewide declarations of emergency under GS 166A-19.20, as amended.

Amends GS 130A-20, which provides authority for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), Secretary of Environmental Quality, and local health directors to order abatement of an imminent hazard; enter upon property and take abatement action upon noncompliance after notice; and take a lien on the property for cost of abatement. Separates the authority of the Secretaries from the local health directors. Clarifies that the authority of local health directors applies to specific properties.

Adds new subsection (c) to grant the Secretary the authority to determine that a class or category of property uses presents a statewide imminent hazard and to order persons in control of that type of class or category of property uses to abate the statewide imminent hazard upon notification to the Governor and the Governor's concurrence of the Council of State. Explicitly prohibits any action to close a category or class of properties without a concurrence of the Council of State. Allows the Secretary to enter the property and take necessary abatement actions for noncompliance with the order after notice or a reasonable attempt to notify the persons in control of a specific property. Deems the Secretary of Environmental Quality to share the rights set out in new subsection (c) to enforce the waste management and drinking water regulations of Articles 9 and 10. Aligns the defined terms concurrence of Council of State, and statewide, with the new terms set out in GS 166A-19.3, as amended. 

Deems any power exercised under a state of emergency or declaration of emergency existing on the date the act becomes law that would require a concurrence of the Council of State pursuant to the act to expire two days after the act becomes law, unless a concurrence of the Council of State is sought and received in accordance with the act. 

Amend GS 14-415.13(a) to require applicants for a concealed handgun permit to provide the sheriff with a copy of a current and valid photo identification (was, photographs). Amends GS 14-415.10 by defining photo identification as a North Carolina drivers license or special identification card. Amends GS 14-415.16 to require submission of a copy of a current and valid photo identification when applying to renew the concealed handgun permit. Amend GS 14-415.17 to require the inclusion of the photo from the photo identification on the permit.

Requires the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) to adopt rules establishing the size of the photo required and placement on the permit. Allows the SBI to adopt temporary rules to implement this act. 

Applies to permits issued or renewed on or after October 1, 2021.

Enacts GS 116-4.2 as title indicates.