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To: Appropriations C;
Appropriations A
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026
By: Representatives Carpenter, Blackwell,
Nelson, Foster, Holloway (27th), Mattox, Byrd
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 660
AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1
1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS OF THE 2
MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF 3
NARCOTICS AND THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITHIN 4
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 6
SECTION 1. Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 7
brought forward as follows: 8
45-1-12. (1) The salaries of all officers of the 9
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of 10
instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on 11
general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the 12
Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of 13
Mississippi, including service in any other division of the 14
Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement 15
officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be 16
determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers 17
salaries as provided in this subsection: 18
Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule 19
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Rank Years of Experience 20
Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 21
Trooper 54,000 22
Trooper FC 57,000 23
Corporal 60,000 24
Sergeant 62,750 25
Rank Years of Experience 26
Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 27
Staff Sgt. 65,750 28
Sr. Staff Sgt. 68,750 29
Sgt. 1st Class 72,000 75,000 30
Promotional Rank Years of Experience 31
Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29 32
Master Sgt. 68,750 71,500 74,500 77,500 80,500 83,250 33
Lieutenant 78,500 81,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 34
Captain 91,500 95,000 98,250 101,500 104,500 35
Promotional Rank 36
Major 111,000 37
Lt. Colonel 120,500 38
Colonel 131,750 39
Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics 40
Sworn Officers Salary Schedule 41
Rank Years of Experience 42
Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 43
LE-Agent I 54,000 44
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LE-Agent II 57,000 45
LE-Agent III 60,000 46
LE-Agent IV 62,750 47
Rank Years of Experience 48
Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 49
LE-Agent V 65,750 50
LE-Agent VI 68,750 51
LE-Officer VII 72,000 52
LE-Officer VIII 75,000 53
Promotional Rank Years of Experience 54
Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29 55
Master Sgt. 68,750 71,500 74,500 77,500 80,500 83,250 56
Lieutenant 78,500 81,500 84,500 87,500 90,500 93,500 57
Captain 91,750 95,000 98,250 101,250 104,500 58
Promotional Rank 59
Major 111,000 60
Lt. Colonel 120,500 61
Colonel 131,750 62
(2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and 63
the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis 64
shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. 65
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any 66
rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion 67
or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the 68
appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board. 69
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The rank and years of experience of each sworn officer to be used 70
in establishing the salary shall be determined by the rank and 71
years of experience on July 1 of the current fiscal year. 72
(3) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the 73
above scale, the following job classifications of the State 74
Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Highway 75
Patrol: 76
Rank Job Classes 77
(a) Trooper DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I 78
LE-Investigator II 79
(b) Trooper First Class DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II 80
LE-Investigator III 81
(c) Corporal DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III 82
LE-Investigator IV 83
(d) Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV 84
LE-Investigator V 85
(e) Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V 86
(f) Senior Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI 87
Tech Spec 88
(g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C DPS-Assistant Inspector 89
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII 90
DPS-Investigator I 91
DPS-Supv. Driver Serv. 92
(h) Lieutenant DPS-Air Operations Officer 93
DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence 94
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DPS-Dist. Executive Officer 95
DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv. 96
DPS-Branch Director 97
LE-Dir/Training 98
LE-Dist. Investigator 99
(i) Captain DPS-Staff Officer (MHP) 100
(j) Major DPS-Bureau Director II 101
(k) Lt. Colonel DPS-Deputy Administrator; 102
DPS-Chief of Staff 103
(l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol 104
(4) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the 105
above scale, the following job classifications of the State 106
Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Bureau of 107
Narcotics: 108
Rank Job Classes 109
(a) Agents LE-Agent I 110
LE-Agent II 111
LE-Agent III 112
LE-Agent IV 113
LE-Agent V 114
LE-Agent VI 115
(b) Lieutenant BN-District Investigator (LT) 116
(c) Captain BN-District Commander 117
(d) Major BN-Bureau Director II 118
Office Director I 119
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(e) Lt. Colonel BN-Deputy Administrator 120
(f) Colonel Director, Bureau of Narcotics 121
(5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, in the event the 122
Legislature provides across-the-board salary increases to state 123
employees whose compensation is paid from the State General Fund 124
and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, 125
the State Personnel Board shall revise the salary scale above to 126
provide the same percentage or dollar amount increase as has been 127
appropriated for other state employees. 128
(6) It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of 129
Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the 130
State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required 131
to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal 132
Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate 133
the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety according to 134
the requirements of the salary scale. Such data and information 135
so filed may be revised from time to time as necessitated to 136
reflect the current number and experience of sworn officers 137
employed by the department. 138
(7) The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the 139
State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably 140
of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial 141
Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of 142
Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale 143
contained in this section. 144
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ST: MHP, MBN and CTED officers within the
Department of Public Safety; bring forward
salary section for.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 145
and after July 1, 2026. 146