Raises NC State Highway Patrol pay with an experience-based schedule and rank salaries, funded at about $40.48M/year for 2025–27 to boost recruitment and retention.

Would allow Maryland counties to appoint special police officers to protect county employees and public officials, granting limited police powers during assigned protection duties.

Adds a statutory definition of ecological restoration and requires MDE to align regulations with it, clarifying restoration terms for permits, projects, and guidance statewide.