House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.  Makes language gender neutral.  Expands the entities that can supervise a preliminary investigation under GS 58-79-1 (covering fires investigated, reports, and records) so that both (was, either) the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) through the SBI and the State Fire Marshal [Marshal] through the Office of the State Fire Marshal ([OSFM]), as determined by the official who conducts the preliminary investigation, have the right to supervise the investigation. Makes conforming changes, including to the statute's title.