GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 753
Short Title: NC Highway Patrol Retention Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Bradley, Grafstein, and Everitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE CO MPENSATION INCREASES TO 2
MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 5
the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 6
sum of forty million four hundred eighty-two thousand four hundred eighty dollars ($40,482,480) 7
in each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this act. 8
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 9
Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 10
Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 11
0 $56,000 12
1 $62,125 13
2 $68,250 14
3 $75,375 15
4 $80,500 16
5 $86,625 17
6 $92,750 18
7 $98,875 19
8+ $105,000 20
SECTION 3. Effective July 1, 2025, Sworn State Highway Patrol employees who 21
are not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates 22
by rank: 23
Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 24
Sergeant $120,750 25
First Sergeant $132,825 26
Lieutenant $146,108 27
Captain $160,718 28
Major $176,790 29
Lieutenant Colonel $194,469 30
Deputy Commander $204,193 31
Colonel $224,612 32
SECTION 4. Unless otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law. 33