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Appropriations committee lowers planned highway patrol salary increase to 9% after market review
Summary
Committee amended HB2 to reduce a proposed 14% highway patrol entry pay increase to 9%, citing market data and county entry pay adjustments; the amendment passed narrowly and will affect how the salary survey is funded in the bill.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to adjust the salary‑survey increase for the Montana Highway Patrol from a proposed 14% to 9%, moving the entry-level pay for troopers closer to market data from municipal police departments.
Vice Chair Mercer offered a global amendment that replaced the 14% increase with a 9% increase after staff calculated the cost differences. Mercer…
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