H.B. 928
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 30, 2024
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40536-LRa-135B
Short Title: NC State Highway Patrol Retention Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Logan.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO
3 MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Effective July 1, 2024, there is appropriated from the General Fund to
6 the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol &
7 Law Enforcement Support Staff the sum of forty-one million two hundred eighteen thousand
8 eighty dollars ($41,218,080) in each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to establish the pay
9 scales set forth in this act.
10 SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2024, the law enforcement officers of the State
11 Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule:
12 Years of Experience 2023-2025 Biennium
13 0 $56,000
14 1 $62,125
15 2 $68,250
16 3 $75,375
17 4 $80,500
18 5 $86,625
19 6 $92,750
20 7 $98,875
21 8+ $105,000
22 SECTION 3. Effective July 1, 2024, Sworn State Highway Patrol employees who
23 are not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates
24 by rank:
25 Rank 2023-2025 Biennium
26 Sergeant $120,750
27 First Sergeant $132,825
28 Lieutenant $146,108
29 Captain $160,718
30 Major $176,790
31 Lieutenant Colonel $194,469
32 Deputy Commander $204,193
33 Colonel $224,612
34 SECTION 4. Unless otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRH40536-LRa-135B*