Senate amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Makes changes throughout GS 14-269.2 to refer to "nonpublic schools" instead of "private schools." Makes conforming changes to the act's long title. 

Senate amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. 

Includes the Department of Adult Correction (Department) as those individuals who are not prevented by the act from accessing a covered application for the described purposes and expands upon those purposes to also include investigating matters involving offenders incarcerated with or under the supervision of the Department or matters related to the misuse of devices owned by the Department. Makes conforming changes. 

Senate amendments to the 1st edition make the following changes. 

Amendment #1

Section 1.

Deletes proposed provisions of GS 131D-10.1, the Foster Care Children’s Bill of Rights, that would have (1) specified in (1) that raising a child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including any related mental health or medical decisions, is not a violation under this subdivision of violence, abuse, neglect, or danger, as those terms are being used and (2) prohibited in (a1) delaying or denying the opportunity to become a foster parent or the placement of a child in foster care because of the adoptive parents’ refusal, unwillingness, or lack of support to enable the child to engage in a gender transition.

Amendment #3

Section 1.

Changes Section 1's effective date from December 1, 2025, to when the act becomes law.

Section 2. 

Changes the effective date of the act's amendments to GS 14-318.2 (misdemeanor child abuse) and GS 14-318.4 (felony child abuse) from December 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025. 

Section 3.

Removes December 1, 2025, general effective date of the act and instead specifies that the act is effective when it becomes law, except as otherwise provided. 

Amendment #5 

Increase the age of the child under GS 14-318.2(c1) (misdemeanor child abuse) and GS 14-318.4(d) (felony child abuse) from a child under 16 to a child under 18. 

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

Modifies the notice requirement under GS 143-215.119 so that an applicant for a proposed wind energy facility/wind energy facility expansion now has to notify all described property owners within one mile of any property boundary of the facility (was, 20 miles). Requires the applicant to provide notice, as described, to each county board of commissioners and the governing body of each municipality within 20 miles of the proposed facility. Changes the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) requirement to publish notice of hearing on the facility for counties outside the proposed facility to require publication in a newspaper of general circulation in any counties within 20 miles of any property boundary of the facility (was, counties bordering the county where the facility will be located). Requires DEQ to also provide written notice of the hearing, as specified, to the governing bodies of each municipality located within 20 miles of the proposed facility. Instructs, in GS 143-215.121.1, that the addition of a light-mitigating technology system to an existing wind energy permit does not require any amendments, revisions, or modifications of any existing wind energy facility permit or any additional permit from DEQ. Requires the permit holder to notify DEQ and to pay a registration fee of $25.

Senate amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Adds to the proposed changes to Section 15, SL 2020-18, as amended, to allow the Environmental Management Commission (Commission) to use the Department of Environmental Quality's (Department) watershed modeling for the Neuse River Basin to adopt new transport zones and delivery factors by rule once the Department has completed the watershed modeling. Eliminates the requirement for the Department to provide the Commission a list of qualified professionals from which the Commission can select at least two to validate the completed watershed modeling before the Department can use the modeling to adopt the new transport zones and delivery factors.

Senate amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Removes all peninsulas extending into the waters of Lake Norman from the definition of shoreline area in GS 77-89.1 (definitions pertaining to the Lake Norman Marine Commission [Commission]).  Now prevents more than 35% of the commissioners from (1) having an ownership interest in any property adjoining the shoreline area of Lake Norman; (2) having an ownership interest in or be employed by any business that generates income from Lake Norman or that has an ownership interest in property that adjoins the lake’s shoreline area under GS 77-89.3. Requires each commissioner to complete a written disclosure statement identifying any of the described conflicts of interest by January 31 each year. Provides for publication of those statements on the Commission’s public website by January 31 annually. Makes organizational changes. Amends GS 77-89.5(b) (organization and meetings) by making all Commission records public, no longer limiting it to those relating to the development, collection, and use of fees. Specifies that the Commission’s regulations under GS 77-89.8 cannot conflict with the exercise of any authority granted under any permit or license issued by any State or federal agency, in addition to State or federal law. Designates authority under GS 77-89.10 (enforcement) to assist a magistrate with primary responsibility for enforcement of the Commission’s regulations as described to each chief district magistrate of a district court district that includes one or more of the four counties (was, the four counties were authorized to assign the described magistrate). Makes a clarifying change to GS 77-89.9 (fees). Specifies that if there is a surplus of fee collections or funding for a given calendar, it should be applied to program-specific expenses for the next calendar year.