Alabama Rep. Phillip Pettus, R-Green Hill, is trying again this year to get a pay raise for Alabama troopers and others within the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Last year, after the Alabama Department of Corrections gave a significant pay raise in an effort to recruit and keep correctional officers, Pettus brought a bill increasing troopers’ pay. It did not pass.

This year, Pettus’ House Bill 1 outlines salary step placements for troopers, including those in training, as well as sergeants, lieutenants and captains in the Department of Public Safety, a division of ALEA.