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North CarolinaSB 1242025-2026 SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO STATE EMPLOYMENT.
Sponsored By: Kevin Corbin (Republican), Todd Johnson (Republican), Michael V. Lee (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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6 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Agencies get more hiring and pay flexibility
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Council of State, executive agencies, the Community Colleges System Office, and UNC gain new hiring tools. They can consider your application for future jobs in the same or similar classification across agencies. They can recruit from postings that cover all vacancies in a classification statewide. They can classify or reclassify jobs and set pay within State-approved salary ranges.
Faster hires from temps and prior pools
Agencies can hire a temporary worker straight into a vacant permanent job. The temp must have at least six months in a similar role with satisfactory performance, meet minimum qualifications, and be paid within the range. The Director can waive the education or experience rule. It applies to temps hired through Temporary Solutions or directly by a State agency. Agencies can also hire from a prior most-qualified pool for the same or comparable classification if the person applied before, meets minimums, and pay is within range. These hires skip reposting and some steps, and standard State HR protections apply after hire.
Fewer degree barriers for state jobs
The law reduces degree barriers for State jobs. The State Human Resources Commission reviews job requirements and removes four-year degree language when experience can substitute. Experience like military service, apprenticeships, or trade school can count in place of a degree. Only the class minimum education and experience are required; extra skills in a posting are preferences. Adding more than five extra skills needs approval. Progress reports start October 1, 2025 and then yearly.
Simpler state job applications by November 2025
You can upload your resume or profile and import it into the State job application. You must check that the imported details needed for first-round screening are correct. Agencies can collect references and other extras later in the process. The application process is updated by November 1, 2025. OSHR shows the import process each year starting in 2026.
New performance reviews replace old rules
The law repeals the old State rules for performance reviews. OSHR must design an improved process, and a new policy is adopted by March 15, 2026 with the Governor’s approval. State employees will follow the new evaluation system once adopted. This helps modernize reviews but creates a transition period.
Some state jobs stay open longer
Most State job postings show a closing date. For some critical job types, agencies can approve a posting with no end date and keep it open. Existing exceptions stay unless the agency ends them. This can give you more chances to apply, but some postings will not have a set deadline.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Kevin Corbin
Republican • Senate
Todd Johnson
Republican • Senate
Michael V. Lee
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Gale Adcock
Democratic • Senate
W. Ted Alexander
Republican • Senate
Bob Brinson
Republican • Senate
Danny Earl Britt, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Jim Burgin
Republican • Senate
Sophia Chitlik
Democratic • Senate
Carl Ford
Republican • Senate
Amy S. Galey
Republican • Senate
Lisa Grafstein
Democratic • Senate
Bobby Hanig
Republican • Senate
Ralph Hise
Republican • Senate
Mark Hollo
Republican • Senate
Dana Jones
Republican • Senate
Paul A. Lowe, Jr.
Democratic • Senate
Julie Mayfield
Democratic • Senate
Tom McInnis
Republican • Senate
Mujtaba A. Mohammed
Democratic • Senate
Brad Overcash
Republican • Senate
DeAndrea Salvador
Democratic • Senate
Eddie D. Settle
Republican • Senate
Joyce Waddell
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/24/2025
SB 124: State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization.
Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 5
House vote • 6/17/2025
SB 124: State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization.
Yes: 110 • No: 3 • Other: 7
Senate vote • 4/3/2025
SB 124: Reduce Barriers to State Employment.
Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 4
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