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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Enacts GSC Technical Corrections Act Updating General Statutes and Session Laws Across Multiple Agencies
Last action · June 26, 2025: Ch. SL 2025-25Sponsor: Ted Davis
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina enacted House Bill 40 to make technical corrections, statutory updates, and administrative adjustments across multiple General Statutes and Session Laws, including provisions affecting estate life estates, divorce rights, insurance charges, geological licensing, small employer health plans, and retirement system administration.
Changes legal procedures and compliance standards for state agencies, small employers offering health benefit plans, surviving spouses claiming life estates, divorcing couples seeking equitable distribution, and public retirement system members by revising statutory definitions, filing timelines, and administrative requirements.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Surviving spouses
Surviving spouses electing to take a life estate in lieu of an intestate or elective share are subject to updated petition procedures, filing timelines, and property valuation rules.
Small employers
Small employers purchasing health benefit plans and stop-loss coverage are subject to revised underwriting, rating, and attachment point standards.
Licensed geologists
Licensed geologists and applicants are subject to updated definitions, licensing exemptions, seal requirements, and Board disciplinary procedures.
State and local retirement system members
Members of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System are affected by administrative updates, Board governance rules, and compliance investigation powers.
First responders
First responders are eligible for nomination and receipt of the newly established Medal of Valor Award for acts of heroism.
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Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 18, 2025HouseOrdered Enrolled
- Jun 18, 2025HouseConcurred In S Com Sub
- Jun 17, 2025HousePlaced On Cal For 06/18/2025
- Jun 17, 2025HouseCal Pursuant 36(b)
- Jun 17, 2025HouseSpecial Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- Jun 17, 2025SenateSpecial Message Sent To House
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- Jun 17, 2025SenatePassed 3rd Reading
- Jun 17, 2025SenatePassed 2nd Reading
- Jun 16, 2025SenateReptd Fav
- Jun 10, 2025SenateRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Jun 10, 2025SenateCom Substitute Adopted
- Jun 10, 2025SenateReptd Fav Com Substitute
- May 27, 2025SenateRe-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
- May 27, 2025SenateWithdrawn From Com
- Feb 27, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Feb 27, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 27, 2025SenateRegular Message Received From House
- Feb 27, 2025HouseRegular Message Sent To Senate
- Feb 26, 2025HouseOrdered Engrossed
- Feb 26, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- Feb 26, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
- Feb 26, 2025HouseAmend Adopted A1
- Feb 24, 2025HousePlaced On Cal For 02/26/2025
- Feb 24, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- Feb 24, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Feb 11, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Feb 11, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Feb 5, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Feb 5, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Comprehensive Omnibus Statutory Update
The bill aggregates technical corrections across disparate areas of state law, ranging from estate law and family law to insurance regulation, geologist licensing, underground storage tanks, and retirement system administration.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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