H794 • 2025

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Willis, Paré, Campbell, Loftis, Ager, Belk, Butler, Carney, Cervania, Colvin, Dew, Harrison, F. Jackson, Johnson, Lowery, McNeely, Miller, Morey, Moss, Pickett, G. Pierce, Pike, Pittman, Reeder, Riddell, Ross, Ward, White, Willingham, Zenger
Last action: 2025-04-08
Official status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date: Not listed

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Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale.

What This Bill Does

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale.

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Bill History

2025-04-08 House
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
2025-04-08 House
Passed 1st Reading
2025-04-07 House
Filed

Official Summary Text

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 794

Short Title: Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Willis, Paré, Campbell, and Loftis (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 8, 2025
*H794-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO STUDY THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS AND SALARY SCALES OF THE 2
STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. The State Highway Patrol shall study and develop legislative 5
recommendations regarding each of the following State Highway Patrol items: 6
(1) The overall staffing size based on the needs of the State. 7
(2) The troop staffing size based on the needs of specific regions of the State. 8
(3) The overall salary scale of the Patrol. 9
(4) The salary scale of each rank within the Patrol. 10
SECTION 2. No later than March 1, 2026, the State Highway Patrol shall report to 11
the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justi ce and Public Safety, the House 12
Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and the Senate Appropriations 13
Committee on Justice and Public Safety regarding the findings and recommendations required 14
by Section 1 of this act. 15
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 16