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Senate Rules and Administration committee adopts biennial budget and staff compensation package
Summary
On June 13, 2025, the Minnesota Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved its 2025–27 biennial budget and a companion personnel package that includes a 3.5% across‑the‑board pay increase, a 2% merit base, changes to comp‑time caps, deferred‑compensation options, and updated travel per diems.
On June 13, 2025, the Minnesota Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved its 2025–27 biennial budget and a set of personnel policies that increase pay and adjust leave and travel rules for senate employees.
The budget document presented to the committee is a reformat of prior documents and reflects the first biennium in which some member‑related expenses are provided through a statutory appropriation, Secretary of the Senate Bodnar said. "What the document before you shows only what was proposed for the direct appropriation," Bodnar said, noting he will follow up with a separate flow‑of‑funds document to describe statutory appropriations and how they interact with the direct appropriation.
Committee members were told the only increases in the presented budget are related to the compensation resolution included in the…
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