North Carolina SB 124: Predatory Roofing/Ins. Rebate Reform.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-34
SENATE BILL 124

*S124-v-4*
AN ACT TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO STATE EMPLOYMENT AND TO MODERNIZE
THE STATE HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

REDUCE BARRIERS TO STATE EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 1. Article 2 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding
a new section to read:
"§ 126-8.7. Reducing barriers to State employment.
(a) The State Human Resources Commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Regularly assess the educational, experiential, and training requirements
necessary for each position within each State agency, department, and
institution.
(2) Determine when practical experience and training, such as military service, an
apprenticeship, or a trade school education, rather than a four-year college
degree, is the appropriate qualification for a position.
(3) Identify jobs for which the educational, experiential, and training
requirements could be reduced from their present level.
(4) Remove language for a four-year college degree in position descriptions, to
the extent practicable, when they are not necessary for the position.
(b) Beginning October 1, 2025, and then annually thereafter, the State Human Resources
Commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government
on its efforts to reduce barriers to State employment as required by this section."

MAKE APPLYING FOR STATE JOBS EASIER
SECTION 2.(a) Article 5 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by
adding a new section to read:
"§ 126-14.3A. Increasing efficiency of State job application process.
(a) The Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) shall streamline the job application
process for State positions by enabling applicants to upload resumes or website profiles. An
electronic tool shall be utilized to import information from these documents into the State job
application format, making the process more efficient while still collecting information necessary
for merit-based hiring under G.S. 126-14.2 and G.S. 126-14.3. An applicant remains responsible
for ensuring that all information required for initial screening appears correctly in the completed
State job application after importing the applicant's resume or profile.
(b) For job applications requiring references, supplemental questions, or other
information not typically found on resumes and not needed for initial screening, State agencies
may collect this information later in the selection process, including during job interviews.
(c) Beginning in 2026 and then annually thereafter, the OSHR shall present the State
application form and demonstrate the import process to the State Human Resources Commission
to receive the Commission's informal feedback."
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 126-5(c7) reads as rewritten:

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"(c7) Except as to the policies, rules, and plans established by the Commission pursuant to
G.S. 126-4(1), 126-4(2), 126-4(3), 126-4(4), 126-4(5), 126-4(6), 126-14.3, 126-14.3A, and
except as to G.S. 126-14.2, G.S. 126-34.02(b)(1) G.S. 126-3.1, 126-14.2, 126-14.3B,
126-34.02(b)(1) and (2), and Articles 6 and 7 of this Chapter, this Chapter does not apply to
exempt managerial positions."
SECTION 2.(c) G.S. 126-5(c17) reads as rewritten:
"(c17) Except as to the policies, rules, and plans established by the Commission pursuant to
G.S. 126-4(1), 126-4(2), 126-4(3), 126-4(4), 126-4(5), 126-4(6), 126-7, 126-14.3, 126-14.3A,
and except as to the provisions of G.S. 126-14.2, G.S. 126-34.1(a)(2), G.S. 126-3.1, 126-14.2,
126-14.3B, 126-34.1(a)(2), and Articles 6 and 7 of this Chapter, the provisions of this Chapter
shall not apply to a warden of an adult corrections facility."
SECTION 2.(d) G.S. 126-5(c18) reads as rewritten:
"(c18) Except as to the policies, rules, and plans established by the Commission pursuant to
G.S. 126-4(1), 126-4(2), 126-4(3), 126-4(4), 126-4(5), 126-4(6), 126-4(7), and 126-14.3, and
except as to the provisions of G.S. 126-14.2, G.S. 126-3.1, 126-14.2, 126-14.3A, 126-14.3B,
126-34.02(b)(1) and (2), and Articles 6 and 7 of this Chapter, this Chapter does not apply to the
warden of a State adult correctional facility. Employees in these positions shall be public servants
under G.S. 138A-3(70) and shall file Statements of Economic Interest under G.S. 138A-22.
Employees in these positions shall receive the protections of former G.S. 126-5(e) if the
employees were hired before the date of its repeal and have the minimum cumulative service to
qualify under that subsection."
SECTION 2.(e) The Office of State Human Resources shall modify the State job
application process in accordance with this section by no later than November 1, 2025.
SECTION 2.(f) This section is effective when it becomes law.

MAKE JOB POSTINGS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND EASIER FOR EMPLOYEES
TO QUALIFY
SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 126-14.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 126-14.2. Political hirings limited.
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(b) All State departments, ag