GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL DRH30272-MRap-73A
Short Title: Support the State Highway Patrol. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Logan.
Referred to:
*DRH30272 -MRap-73A*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION INCREASES TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE 2
HIGHWAY PATROL, DIRECTING THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO DEVELOP 3
SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, ENCOURAGING RETIRED MEMBERS OF 4
THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO RETURN TO SERVICE WITH THE STATE, 5
SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, AND 6
APPROPRIATING FUNDS. 7
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
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PART I. RETAIN AND ATTRACT MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 10
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PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE 12
HIGHWAY PATROL 13
SECTION 1.1.(a) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General 14
Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway 15
Patrol & Law Enforcement Support Staff the sum of forty million four hundred eighty-two 16
thousand four hundred eighty dollars ($40,482,480) in each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal 17
biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this section. 18
SECTION 1.1.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 19
Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 20
Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 21
0 $56,000 22
1 $62,125 23
2 $68,250 24
3 $75,375 25
4 $80,500 26
5 $86,625 27
6 $92,750 28
7 $98,875 29
8+ $105,000 30
SECTION 1.1.(c) Effective July 1, 2025, sworn State Highway Patrol employees 31
who are not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following 32
rates by rank: 33
Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 34
Sergeant $120,750 35
First Sergeant $132,825 36
H.B. 662
Apr 1, 2025
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Lieutenant $146,108 1
Captain $160,718 2
Major $176,790 3
Lieutenant Colonel $194,469 4
Deputy Commander $204,193 5
Colonel $224,612 6
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ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO WORK OTHER JOBS 8
SECTION 1.2.(a) The Commander of the State Highway Patrol shall develop and 9
maintain secondary employment policies that allow members of the State Highway Patrol to 10
engage in permanent or temporary secondary employment so long as that employment meets 11
each of the following criteria: 12
(1) It will not have an adverse effect on the member's work or performance with 13
the State Highway Patrol or on the mission of the State Highway Patrol. 14
(2) It will not create a conflict of interest with the member's job description or 15
performance with the State Highway Patrol. 16
SECTION 1.2.(b) The policies created pursuant to this section shall allow members 17
with an active, non-probationary law enforcement certification to perform secondary 18
employment that utilizes that certification, so long as the employment does not otherwise conflict 19
with the secondary employment policies. 20
SECTION 1.2.(c) The policies created pursuant to this section shall be completed 21
by July 1, 2025. 22
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ENCOURAGE RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO 24
RETURN TO SERVICE WITH THE STATE 25
SECTION 1.3. No later than January 1, 2026, the State Highway Patrol shall 26
evaluate and update any internal hiring policies or practices to ensure that those hiring policies 27
or practices encourage the return to work of retired members of the State Highway Patrol in a 28
manner that does not impact the retired members' retirement allowances, to the extent allowed 29
by State law, including under Chapter 135 of the General Statutes. 30
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PART II. SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 32
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FUND BULLETPROOF GLASS IN VEHICLES OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT 34
OFFICERS 35
SECTION 2.1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 36
Patrol the sum of three million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000) in recurring funds 37
and twenty million one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($20,150,000) in nonrecurring funds for 38
the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all 39
State Highway Patrol vehicles. 40
SECTION 2.1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 41
Patrol the sum of two hundred twenty-one thousand dollars ($221,000) in recurring funds and 42
one million three hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars ($1,378,000) in nonrecurring funds for 43
the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all 44
State Capitol Police vehicles. 45
SECTION 2.1.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025. 46
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FUNDS TO SUPPORT HUNTERSVILLE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL STATION 48
SECTION 2.2.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 49
Patrol the sum of six hundred forty-three thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($643,150) in 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used for the following purposes at the 1
State Highway Patrol Station in Huntersville, North Carolina: 2
(1) Six hundred forty thousand dollars ($640,000) for fuel infrastructure to 3
include an above-ground storage tank, fuel dispenser, FuelMaster Live 4
functionality, and a concrete island with an awning, lights, and electrical 5
outlets. 6
(2) Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for an air compressor for filling tires to be 7
located on the concrete island funded in subdivision (1) of this subsection. 8
(3) One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for a vehicle vacuum to be located on the 9
concrete island funded in subdivision (1) of this subsection. 10
SECTION 2.2.(b) The State Highway Patrol shall enter into a memorandum of 11
agreement with the Department of Transportation for the creation, use, and maintenance of the 12
items funded by this section. 13
SECTION 2.2.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025. 14
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PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 16
SECTION 3.1. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 17
law. 18