Amend Business Corporations Act.

Clarified that articles of incorporation may include provisions limiting or eliminating personal liability for directors and officers, with specific exceptions for intentional misconduct and conflicts of interest.

Updated emergency bylaws provisions to clarify when emergency procedures can be adopted and that regular bylaws remain effective during emergencies.

Added explicit language that corporate actions taken in good faith under emergency bylaws cannot be used to impose liability on corporate directors, officers, employees, or agents.

Clarified that emergency exists when a quorum of directors cannot be assembled due to a catastrophic event.

Added detailed definition of 'officer' for liability limitation purposes, specifying which corporate roles qualify and allowing the board to designate additional officers.

Removed references to video notarization sunset provisions throughout the document

Modified expiration date provisions for a related article with specific sunset conditions

Added new definitions for 'Electronic' and 'Record' in G.S. 31-71

Added new provisions for electronic storage of attested written wills by licensed attorneys

Added new section on will revocation procedures in G.S. 31-5.1

Updated multiple statutory references from G.S. 31-71/72 to G.S. 31-73

Short title was rewritten to include emergency video notarization sunset, elective share statutes, trust administration, and year's allowance statutes.

New Part X was added to update elective share statutes with specific valuation rules for partial and contingent property interests.

Valuation rules for partial and contingent interests in trusts were modified to use specific mortality and annuity tables with a 6% presumed rate of return, with special provisions for surviving spouse interests.

Formatting and organizational structure of the bill was changed from a standard bill format to an amendment format with updated page headers and amendment tracking information.

Header information changed from 'Fourth Edition Engrossed 6/23/25' to 'RATIFIED BILL', indicating the bill has been formally approved and enacted into law.

Minor formatting adjustments including line breaks and spacing throughout the document, but no substantive policy language was altered.

Short title was updated to include additional topics: elective share statutes, trust administration, and year's allowance statutes, while removing references to 'attested written will' and 'emergency video notarization'.

Bill version number changed from Edition 3 to Edition 4 with updated committee substitute and engrossed dates.

Line numbers and formatting were adjusted throughout the document, with some text appearing duplicated or misaligned in the diff output.

New short title added that includes authorization for probate of certified copies of attested written wills stored by attorneys as electronic records, and modification of the emergency video notarization sunset provision.

Document header changed from Edition 2 to Edition 3 with updated page number and addition of Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted date of 6/17/25.

Line numbers and text formatting were completely renumbered and restructured, though the substantive business corporation law provisions appear to remain substantively similar.

Added 'Committee Substitute Favorable 3/25/25' designation to indicate the bill has been reviewed and approved by the Judiciary Committee

Removed sponsor information and referral details that were previously included in the header section

Corrected line numbering throughout the document from the original sequence to a new sequence starting at line 1

Fixed minor text inconsistencies in the legal language regarding director indemnification and emergency bylaw provisions