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North CarolinaHB 502025-2026 SessionHouse
AN ACT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SEPARATION ALLOWANCE OPTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.
Sponsored By: Allen Chesser (Republican), Tricia Ann Cotham (Republican), Charles W. Miller (Republican), Jr. A. Reece Pyrtle (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Local officers: choose separation pay
Starting July 1, 2025, local law enforcement retirees can choose how their special separation allowance is calculated. Choose 0.85% of your most recent base annual pay times your creditable years, or 0.85% of the pay you had when you reached 30 years times 30. You must be under 62, have at least five years of continuous law‑enforcement service before retirement, and meet service rules (30+ years, or age 55 with 5+ years; for the 30‑year method, at least half your service is as a law officer). The election is one‑time before the first payment; if you do not choose, the pay‑at‑30 method applies. Payments follow your employer’s payroll and end at 62 for method 1, or last from your 30‑year date until age 62 for method 2.
State officers: choose separation pay
Starting July 1, 2025, State law enforcement retirees can choose how their special separation allowance is calculated. Pick either: 0.85% of your most recent base annual pay times your creditable years, or 0.85% of the pay you had when you reached 30 years times 30. You must be under 62, have at least five years of continuous law‑enforcement service before retirement, and meet service rules (30+ years, or age 55 with 5+ years; for the 30‑year method, at least half your service is as a law officer; pre‑July 1, 2017 probation/parole service counts). The election is one‑time before the first payment; if you do not choose, the pay‑at‑30 method applies. Payments follow your employer’s payroll and end at 62 for method 1, or run from your 30‑year date until age 62 for method 2.
State rehire can stop payments
Beginning July 1, 2025, if you retire from State law enforcement and get the special separation allowance, payments stop on the first day you are reemployed by any State department, agency, or institution. Payments can continue only if you return to a State job that is exempt from the North Carolina Human Resources Act and it is in a different agency than the one you retired from.
Rules start July 1, 2025
The law takes effect July 1, 2025. It applies only to law enforcement officers who retire on or after that date. Officers who retired before July 1, 2025 are not covered.
Some local jobs keep payments
Starting July 1, 2025, some local rehires can keep getting the special separation allowance. Payments do not stop if you take a public safety job that does not require the Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System (LGERS). Payments also do not stop if you work for a county board of elections on election day or during early voting, in a role allowed by G.S. 128-21(19) that does not suspend LGERS benefits.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Allen Chesser
Republican • House
Tricia Ann Cotham
Republican • House
Charles W. Miller
Republican • House
Jr. A. Reece Pyrtle
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jonathan L. Almond
Republican • House
Amber M. Baker
Democratic • House
Mary Belk
Democratic • House
Brian Biggs
Republican • House
Jerry "Alan" Branson
Republican • House
Carson Smith
Republican • House
Todd Carver
Republican • House
Bryan Cohn
Democratic • House
Dudley Greene
Republican • House
Pricey Harrison
Democratic • House
Frank Iler
Republican • House
Kanika Brown
Democratic • House
Keith Kidwell
Republican • House
Donnie Loftis
Republican • House
Carolyn G. Logan
Democratic • House
Jeffrey C. McNeely
Republican • House
Marcia Morey
Democratic • House
Jr. Ben T. Moss
Republican • House
Ray Pickett
Republican • House
Renée A. Price
Democratic • House
Rodney D. Pierce
Democratic • House
MD Timothy Reeder
Republican • House
Dennis Riddell
Republican • House
Stephen M. Ross
Republican • House
Paul Scott
Republican • House
Bill Ward
Republican • House
Harry Warren
Republican • House
Shelly Willingham
Democratic • House
David Willis
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/10/2025
HB 50: LEO Special Separation Allowance Options.
Yes: 43 • No: 0 • Other: 7
House vote • 4/1/2025
HB 50: Law Enforcement Officers Special Separation Allowance Options.
Yes: 117 • No: 0 • Other: 3
Actions Timeline
Ch. SL 2025-8
6/13/2025HouseSigned by Gov. 6/13/2025
6/13/2025HousePres. To Gov. 6/12/2025
6/12/2025HouseRatified
6/11/2025HouseOrdered Enrolled
6/10/2025SenatePassed 3rd Reading
6/10/2025SenatePassed 2nd Reading
6/10/2025SenateReptd Fav
6/9/2025SenateRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
5/20/2025SenateReptd Fav
5/20/2025SenateRe-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
5/19/2025SenateWithdrawn From Com
5/19/2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
4/3/2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
4/3/2025SenateRegular Message Received From House
4/3/2025SenateRegular Message Sent To Senate
4/2/2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
4/1/2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
4/1/2025HousePlaced On Cal For 04/01/2025
3/31/2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
3/31/2025HouseReptd Fav
3/31/2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
3/26/2025HouseReptd Fav
3/26/2025HouseRe-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement
3/18/2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
3/18/2025House
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