North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1080: Public Safety Reinvestment Act.
Status: In committee, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to appropriate funds to hire additional assistant and deputy clerks of court in wake and mecklenburg counties, to appropriate funds for salary increases at the department of adult correction, to appropriate funds for salary increases for members of the state highway patrol, to appropriate funds to modernize public transit safety by making trauma kits available on public transportation and improving fare enforcement and anti-fare-dodging measures, to appropriate funds for the support of the division of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and the state crime…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO HIRE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT AND DEPUTY CLERKS OF COURT IN WAKE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SALARY INCREASES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ADULT CORRECTION, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO MODERNIZE PUBLIC TRANSIT SAFETY BY MAKING TRAUMA KITS AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND IMPROVING FARE ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI-FARE-DODGING MEASURES, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND THE STATE CRIME LABORATORY, AND TO ENHANCE THE BENEFITS OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes that chronic and historic underfunding and workforce instability in critical State institutions have contributed to a public safety crisis where courts and jail systems are overburdened, weakening timely responses and increasing the risk of harm to the public, victims, and frontline personnel; and Whereas, the General Assembly finds that high-volume judicial districts require sufficient clerk and prosecutorial capacity to ensure the timely administration of justice and maintain public confidence in the courts; and Whereas, the General Assembly finds that safe and reliable operations in correctional institutions, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement agencies, forensic laboratories, and public transportation systems depend upon the recruitment and retention …