North Carolina HB 662: Support the State Highway Patrol.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 662

Short Title: Support the State Highway Patrol. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Logan, K. Brown, G. Pierce, and Price (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 2, 2025
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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

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 662-First Edition
First Sergeant $132,825 1
Lieutenant $146,108 2
Captain $160,718 3
Major $176,790 4
Lieutenant Colonel $194,469 5
Deputy Commander $204,193 6
Colonel $224,612 7
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ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO WORK OTHER JOBS 9
SECTION 1.2.(a) The Commander of the State Highway Patrol shall develop and 10
maintain secondary employment policies that allow members of the State Highway Patrol to 11
engage in permanent or temporary secondary employment so long as that employment meets 12
each of the following criteria: 13
(1) It will not have an adverse effect on the member's work or performance with 14
the State Highway Patrol or on the mission of the State Highway Patrol. 15
(2) It will not create a conflict of interest with the member's job description or 16
performance with the State Highway Patrol. 17
SECTION 1.2.(b) The policies created pursuant to this section shall allow members 18
with an active, non-probationary law enforcement certification to perform secondary 19
employment that utilizes that certification, so long as the employment does not otherwise conflict 20
with the secondary employment policies. 21
SECTION 1.2.(c) The policies created pursuant to this section shall be completed 22
by July 1, 2025. 23
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ENCOURAGE RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO 25
RETURN TO SERVICE WITH THE STATE 26
SECTION 1.3. No later than January 1, 2026, the State Highway Patrol shall 27
evaluate and update any internal hiring policies or practices to ensure that those hiring policies 28
or practices encourage the return to work of retired members of the State Highway Patrol in a 29
manner that does not impact the retired members' retirement allowances, to the extent allowed 30
by State law, including under Chapter 135 of the General Statutes. 31
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PART II. SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 33
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FUND BULLETPROOF GLASS IN VEHICLES OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT 35
OFFICERS 36
SECTION 2.1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 37
Patrol the sum of three million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000) in recurring funds 38
and twenty million one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($20,150,000) in nonrecurring funds for 39
the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all 40
State Highway Patrol vehicles. 41
SECTION 2.1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 42
Patrol the sum of two hundred twenty-one thousand dollars ($221,000) in recurring funds and 43
one million three hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars ($1,378,000) in nonrecurring funds for 44
the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to purchase, install, and maintain bulletproof glass on all 45
State Capitol Police vehicles. 46
SECTION 2.1.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025. 47
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FUNDS TO SUPPORT HUNTERSVILLE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL STATION 49
SECTION 2.2.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 50
Patro