Titles the act the "Traveling Animal and Safety Protection Act." States 14 legislative findings. 

Enacts new Article 2A, Use of Exotic or Wild Animals in Traveling Acts, to GS Chapter 19A, providing the following. Prohibits any person from causing a performance of or allowing for the participation of an exotic or wild animal in a traveling animal act, defined as a performance with one or more animals that transports the animals from place to place in a mobile housing facility (as defined) for the purpose of participation in the performance. Defines exotic or wild animal as 20 identified taxa and their hybrids, regardless of whether the animal was captured from the wild or bred in captivity. Defines causing a performance to include providing, arranging for, sponsoring, or obtaining financial benefit from the use of an exotic or wild animal in a traveling animal act. Defines performance to include any act, circus, ride, carnival, display, exhibition, parade, petting zoo, race, or similar undertaking in which animals are required to perform tricks, give rides, participate in photographic opportunities, or serve as an accompaniment for the entertainment or amusement or other benefit of an audience. Establishes five exemptions, including using an exotic or wildlife animal in an exhibition at a nonmobile, permanent, accredited institution, facility, zoo or aquarium, an exhibition at a wildlife sanctuary (as defined), or an environmental education program (as defined) meeting specified mobile housing facility restrictions and accreditation or licensing standards. 

Makes violations a Class 2 misdemeanor. Provide for enforcement by wildlife protectors of the Wildlife Resources Commission, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers with general subject matter jurisdiction. Grants wildlife protectors the same powers granted in Article 13 (Jurisdiction of Conservation Agencies), GS Chapter 113 to enforce the new Article.

Effective January 1, 2022.

Identical to S 457, filed 4/1/21.

Enacts new Article 3A of GS Chapter 95, to be cited as the Healthy Families and Healthy Workplaces Act (HFHW Act). Denotes that state public policy in promoting the general welfare of the people of North Carolina requires the enactment of new Article 3A under the police power of the state.

Provides definitions for the following terms as used in the HFHW Act: (1) child, (2) domestic violence, (3) employ, (4) employee, (5) employer, (6) federal act, (7) health care provider, (8) immediate family member, (9) paid sick time or paid sick days, (10) parent, (11) sexual assault, (12) stalking, and (13) small business.

Provides that the proposed HFHW Act does not apply to (1) bona fide volunteers in an organization where an employer-employee relationship does not exist or (2) any person who is exempt from the Wage and Hour Act under GS 95-25.14(a)(2) through (8), GS 95-25.14(b), GS 95-25.14 (b1), GS 95-25.14(c), and GS 95-25.14(e). Makes an exception regarding domestic workers, providing that they are exempt only if they are employed in the place of residence of their employer.

Provides that paid sick time begins to accrue at the start of employment at a rate of one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Provides additional guidelines regarding discretionary advancement of sick time by the employer, limits on the amount of paid sick time accrued, and the accrual of paid sick time when there is a separation of employment followed by a rehiring by the same employer. Provides that with the exception of the specified exemptions to the proposed HFHW Act, any employee who works in North Carolina and who must be absent from work for the reasons delineated in proposed new GS 95-31.5(a) is entitled to paid sick time.  

Directs that paid sick time is to be provided by an employer to an employee who meets any of the following reasons listed in proposed new GS 95-31.5: (1) to care for a member of the employee's immediate family suffering from health issues or to care for the employee's own health, unless the care is covered under federal law or (2) absence necessary due to the circumstances resulting from the employee or an immediate family member of the employee being a victim of stalking or domestic violence or sexual violence if leave allows the employee or family member to obtain: medical attention needed to recover from physical or psychological injury or disability caused by stalking or domestic violence or sexual violence, services from a designated domestic violence agency or other victim services organization, psychological or other counseling, relocation, or legal services. Permits the employer to require certification of the qualifying health issue or event when a paid sick time period covers more than three consecutive work days. Provides guidelines for determining what may be deemed acceptable certification. Provides that an employer may not require certification from a health care provider that is employed by the employer. Prohibits an employer from requiring the disclosure of details relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or an employee's medical condition as a condition of providing paid sick time to an employee. Directs an employer to treat as confidential any information that the employer acquires about the employee or the employee's immediate family regarding domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or health conditions. Prohibits the employer from requiring an employee to secure a replacement worker as a condition of providing sick time under the proposed HFHW Act. Directs the employee to make a good faith effort, when the use of sick time is foreseeable, to provide the employer with advance notice. States that this act provides minimum requirements regarding paid sick time and should not be construed to limit, preempt, or otherwise affect other applicability of law, regulation, or policy that extends additional or greater protections to employees, nor should this proposed act be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous paid sick time policies. Provides that employers already offering a paid sick time policy do not have to modify that policy providing that the paid sick time policy currently in place offers an employee, at his or her discretion, the option to take paid sick time that is equivalent to the amount and for the same purposes offered under the proposed HFHW Act.

Requires employers to provide notice to employees, in Spanish and English, of their entitlement to paid sick time as well as other related information. Notice may be provided by supplying each employee with a notice in Spanish and English or by conspicuously displaying a poster in the place of employment in both languages. Prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who request or use paid sick time. Provides that an employee has a right to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor (Commissioner) or in the General Court of Justice if an employer (1) denies an employee paid sick time or (2) retaliates against an employee for requesting or taking paid sick time.

Authorizes the Commissioner to enforce and administer the provisions of the proposed HFHW Act. Provides criteria regarding an employer's liability for a violation under the proposed HFHW Act, including provisions for the potential awarding of liquidated damages for a violation of the act. Directs that actions under the proposed HFHW Act must be brought within two years pursuant to GS 1-53. Also provides that the rights and remedies created under the HFHW Act are supplementary to all existing common law and statutory rights and remedies. Directs the Commissioner to adopt rules to implement the proposed act. Provides that the provisions of the proposed act are severable.

Makes conforming changes to GS 95-241(a).

Contains a number of whereas clauses.

Effective July 1, 2021, and applies only to covered employment on or after that date and does not apply to any collective bargaining agreement entered into before July 1, 2021, still in effect on that date.

Enacts GS 14-190.17B, requiring courts to order restitution for first, second, or third degree sexual exploitation of a minor offenses (set forth in GS 14-190.16, 14-190.17, and 14-190.17A, respectively). Also requires courts to order a defendant who viewed child pornography and has been convicted of first, second, or third degree sexual exploitation of a minor to make restitution. Directs the court to determine the full amount of the victim's losses for costs incurred as a proximate result of the offense, including applicable injuries and damages described in GS 15A-1340.35 (Basis for restitution); medical services relating to physical, psychiatric, or psychological care; physical and occupational therapy or rehabilitation; transportation, temporary housing, and childcare expenses; loss of income; litigation costs; and other relevant losses incurred by the victim. Provides for apportionment when more than one defendant contributed to the losses of the victim. Allows for the defendant to petition the court to amend the order upon showing the victim has received restitution in the full amount of the victim's determined losses. Allows the court to require the victim to provide information for amounts paid in other cases for the same losses. Provides for the statute to supersede Article 81C, GS Chapter 15A (governing restitution in criminal cases), in case of conflict. Applies to orders for restitution entered on or after December 1, 2021. 

Amends GS 71A-7.2 recognizing the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation in North Carolina as an American Indian tribe with a recognized tribal governing body and as eligible for special Federal programs and services for Native Americans.

Part I.

Expands GS 126-5(c1) to exempt finance professionals, business office professionals, and auditor professionals, of the University of North Carolina (UNC) from the provisions of GS Chapter 126 (the NC Human Resources Act), except for Articles 6 and 7, which govern equal employment and opportunity and confidentiality of personnel records, respectively. 

Part II.

Eliminates and modifies a variety of reporting by UNC as follows.

Repeals required reporting by specified schools of medicine and State-operated health professional schools of their plans for residents to enter primary care disciplines, reach goals set by the Board of Governors (BOG) for graduates entering primary care disciplines, or increase the percentage of graduates entering clinical programs and careers in primary care, as specified, to the BOG, as set forth in GS 143-613. Beginning April of 2022, requires the BOG to certify data on graduates, their residencies and clinical training programs, and subsequent careers by April 15 of each calendar year (was, November 15) to the specified NCGA division and committee.

Amends GS 143C-9-4 to exclude UNC from the Office of State Budget and Management's biennial report on fees charged by State entities.

Amends GS 116-11, adding to the required content of the BOG's annual report to the specified NCGA committees and divisions regarding necessary actions and adjustments to budgetary policies, regulations and standards resulting from the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the administration and operation of UNC and the distribution of State and federal funds to constituent institutions. Now requires inclusion of (1) the total amount of mandatory student fee revenue collected by institution and fee type; (2) any source of student auxiliary revenue that represents greater than 10% of the overall student auxiliary revenue by institution and revenue type; and (3) any source of sales revenue that represents greater than 10% of the overall sales revenue by institution and sales revenue type. 

Revises the reporting requirement of the UNC System Office (previously, known as the General Administration of UNC) under Section 10 of SL 2011-185. Now requires the System Office to annually report, beginning July 1, 2021, to the House Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee (was, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee and House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Health and Human Services) on research collaborations addressing the behavioral health problems and challenges facing military personnel, veterans, and their families.

Repeals UNC's reporting requirements under GS 116-74.21(c) (regarding a determination of the number of school administrators to be trained in school administrator programs based on supply and demand), GS 116-41.32 (regarding Future Teachers of North Carolina), and Section 9.7(c) of SL 2008-107 (regarding the UNC-NCCCS 2+2 E-Learning Initiative). Revises GS 116-11(12d) to require the BOG to provide a comprehensive annual report on educator preparation efforts at UNC, including information on educator education and recruitment initiatives to improve educator quality, student success measures, and strategic research and related efforts, by October 15, to the specified NCGA committee, with a copy of the report provided to the State Board of Education (was, focused on teacher education efforts, and due annually by April 15 to the NCGA committee and the State Board). 

Repeals GS 66-58(h), which requires UNC institutions and entities to consult with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations before issuing debt or executing a contract for a golf course or for any transient accommodations facility, including a hotel or motel.

Prohibits requiring the UNC System Office from annually reporting to the specified NCGA committee on the use of funds from the UNC President's Strategic Initiative Reserve. Requires the UNC System Office to instead make the information available upon request to the NCGA Fiscal Research Division. 

Repeals GS 116-30.7, which requires biennial reporting by the UNC System Office of enrollment growth for UNC.

Modifies Section 1.2 of SL 2010-148 to no longer require UNC and its constituent institutions to annually report its projects let without a performance or payment bond and their defaults to the specified NCGA committee. 

Enacts new subsection (e) to GS 143-133.1 to prohibit requiring UNC to report to the Secretary of Administration upon contracting with a construction manager at risk, design-builder, or private developer under a public-private partnership as required by subsection (a), and exempts UNC from the Secretary's rules adopted to implement subsection (a). Directs the BOG to adopt rules to implement the statute for UNC, including the format and frequency of reporting, with constituent institution annually reporting the information required in subsection (a) to the BOG and within 12 months of beneficial occupancy of the project, the Secretary of Administration, in accordance with subsection (c).

Part III.

Amends GS 116-143.3A, which provides for in-State tuition for veterans and their dependents for enrollment in an institution of higher education, to the extent required by specified federal law, without satisfying the 12-month residency requirements, if the individual meets specified criteria. Eliminates subsection (d), which provides for continued eligibility for in-State tuition if the individual remains continuously enrolled after the expiration of the three-year period following discharge as described in specified federal law. 

Amends Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes (Child Care Facilities) to add GS 110-102.1B directing the Department of Health and Human Services to require child care facilities to implement morning safety calls to parents/guardians of children age 5 and under who are absent without notice, to make parents/guardians aware of the morning safety call process, and to keep a log of morning safety calls.