Public Workforce Modernization Act.

Added a new definition for 'Temporary employee' to clarify the status of workers classified as temporary under Part 2 of the Act.

Added a specific definition for 'The University of North Carolina' to clarify that constituent institutions only hold authority delegated by the Board of Governors or the System Office.

Updated the bill header to reflect its status as a 'Ratified Bill' and removed previous draft markings, indicating the legislation is now final law.

Updated the bill version number from Edition 3 to Edition 4 and added the 'Fourth Edition Engrossed' date of 6/18/26 to reflect the latest committee actions and final approval status.

The bill header was updated to include the Finance Committee Substitute adoption date (6/16/26) and the page number was incremented from 2 to 3.

The bill title changed from 'Public Workforce Modernization Act' to 'North Carolina Human Resources Act'.

The definition of 'Agency' was expanded to include local agencies, broadening the bill's applicability beyond just state departments.

References to universities and specific exclusions regarding local employees paid with federal funds were removed or simplified in the purpose section.

New definitions were added for 'Local agency', 'Local employee', 'Director', and 'Supervisor' to clarify roles and covered entities.

The definition of 'Employee' was updated to remove the specific exclusion of local employees paid from federal funds.

Created a new Chapter 126A titled the Public Workforce Modernization Act to modernize and simplify the state human resources system.

Introduced new legal definitions for key terms including 'Agency', 'Agency head', 'Career State employee', 'Exempt managerial position', and 'Personnel professional'.

Established core principles for the human resources system, such as equal opportunity, fair compensation, and accountability, which override conflicting policies.

Defined specific roles for the Office of State Human Resources (oversight) and Agency heads (execution of policies).

Removed the previous amendment text which only proposed repealing Chapter 126 and replaced it with the full new legislative text.

Added a specific instruction to amend the bill by inserting language to repeal Section 4.90 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes.

Removed the full text of the 'Public Workforce Modernization Act,' including its purpose, goals, and definitions for terms like 'Agency' and 'Employee.'

Changed the document header from 'FILED SENATE' to 'ADOPTED' and updated the bill version identifier to 'A1: ATC-44-V-1'.