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SB 631 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Juvenile Justice Workforce Fix/Funds.

SB 631 allocates $10.4 million for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and $14.1 million for 2026-2027 to increase salaries for juvenile justice staff in North Carolina. It directly affects Youth Counselor Technicians, Youth Services Behavioral Specialists, Youth Counselors, and Juvenile Court Counselors within the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The bill establishes new annual salary schedules for these roles, including specific pay rates based on experience levels for the 2025-2027 biennium. Additionally, $3.9 million is specifically designated to address existing pay gaps ("salary compression") among these staff members. The funding is intended to support workforce retention and recruitment within the juvenile justice system.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $24.5M in state funds for juvenile justice staff salaries, directly increasing budget appropriations for public services and personnel.95% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeFunds juvenile justice staff salaries to improve workforce stability and rehabilitation outcomes, aligning with criminal justice reform indicators.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentAllocates $10.4M-$14.1M to increase salaries for juvenile justice state employees, directly advancing public sector wages per bill's salary schedule provisions.95% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025
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Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits
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The bill underwent minor formatting and versioning updates during its transition from the initial filing to the first edition. The primary changes involve updating the bill number format, session dates, and page identifiers to reflect official Senate processing. No substantive policy changes were made to the salary schedules or legislative content.
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Updated bill identifier from DRS15207-LRa-112 to S631-v-1 to reflect official Senate versioning

Added Senate Rules and Operations referral date (March 26, 2025) to the bill header

Changed filing date from March 25, 2025 to reflect first edition processing

Updated page footer from DRS15207-LRa-112 to Senate Bill 631-First Edition

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Total actions
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Committee
2
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Caleb Theodros
Caleb Theodros
DDemocratic
NC
41
P
Photo of Woodson Bradley
Woodson Bradley
DDemocratic
NC
42
Co
Photo of Joyce Waddell
Joyce Waddell
DDemocratic
NC
40
Co
Photo of Kandie Smith
Kandie Smith
DDemocratic
NC
5
Co
Photo of Michael Garrett
Michael Garrett
DDemocratic
NC
27
Co
Photo of Sophia Chitlik
Sophia Chitlik
DDemocratic
NC
22