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House Public Safety Committee hears overview of agency budgets; staff cite large biennial increase
Summary
House fiscal and research staff presented agency budgets under the committee’s jurisdiction and answered questions about a large increase to the public‑safety budget in the 2024‑25 biennium and a $70 million special revenue account for community programs.
House fiscal staff briefed the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on the 2024–25 biennial budgets for agencies under its jurisdiction and described where recent budget increases were allocated.
John Walls of House Fiscal Staff ran through the agencies and their biennial general‑fund spending figures, noting the 2024–25 general‑fund total for the committee’s agencies was roughly $2.25 billion. Walls said the Department of Corrections represents roughly 72 percent of overall general‑fund spending in the committee’s portfolio; the Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), Emergency Communications Networks (911), the State Fire Marshal and related boards, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) Board, Sentencing Guidelines Commission, and several small licensing and review boards complete the list.
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