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Committee endorses PCS containing state salary plan for teachers, state employees and law enforcement
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Summary
A PCS tied to Senate Bill 599 that would implement the House salary plan for teachers, state employees and law enforcement was reported favorably; sponsors said increases are contingent on the General Assembly passing a current operations appropriation for 2025–26.
The House Rules Committee gave a favorable report to a committee substitute (PCS) for Senate Bill 5 99, which contains the House's salary plan for teacher pay, state employee pay and increases for local law enforcement, Representative Perret said.
Representative Perret, presenting from his seat, said the measure incorporates the House-passed budget's pay package, including an average 6.4% across-the-board increase for teachers, raising beginning teacher pay to "number 1 in the Southeast," and a 2.5% raise for state employees. He said the PCS increases law-enforcement pay amounts "in almost every case" relative to the Senate version.
Perret said those salary increases would be contingent on the General Assembly passing a current operations appropriation act for 2025–26. "These salary increases that are contained here would be contingent upon the general assembly passing a current operations appropriation act for 25–26," he said.
Representative Rif Sankatha moved for a favorable report to the PCS, "unfavorable to the original bill," and the committee approved the PCS by voice vote; the chair announced the ayes carried. The transcript records the committee granting the favorable report and permitting staff to make technical changes as needed.
The committee record in the session does not include a line-item fiscal note in the transcript; the presenter framed the PCS as solidifying bipartisan support for the House salary package and noted negotiations with the Senate on a comprehensive current-operations measure remain unresolved.
