House Public Safety Committee adopts Public Safety budget omnibus, refers House File 2432 to Ways and Means

The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on April 9, 2025, adopted the DE2 omnibus amendment to House File 2,432 (the Public Safety Budget Omnibus Agreement), approved five floor amendments and voted to re‑refer the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee.

The committee first approved a set of budget‑neutral and technical changes packaged in DE2, then adopted five numbered amendments offered to DE2: A1, A2, A3, A5 and A6. Committee members described most amendments as budget neutral or technical fixes; votes were taken by voice and recorded as “motion carries” without a roll‑call tally in the transcript.

Representative Johnson told the committee the A2 amendment "allows [the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa] to use some money that was allocated to them in the past in order to buy some boats for coast guard operations and rescue operations" and said the amendment extends the deadline for payment to June 30, 2027. Representative Feist described the A3 amendment as a set of Department of Corrections policy provisions that are "revenue neutral," saying the changes extend a mental‑health unit pilot established in 2023, update cost‑sharing for the interstate compact unit and adjust community supervision distribution formulas and other technical fiscal transfers.

Committee members repeatedly described the amendments as budget neutral. Representative Pinto and Representative Hollins each offered expressions of thanks to the chairs and staff for work on the omnibus package during member discussion. Chair Novotny (as recorded in the transcript) and the bill sponsor moved adoption and re‑referral motions.

Votes at a glance: all recorded motions on the record were adopted by voice vote. - Approval of minutes for April 8, 2025 — motion carried (voice vote). - Adoption of A1 amendment to DE2 (adds two Department of Public Safety budget‑neutral provisions including a change to fire marshal inspection fees and retention of a percentage of grants) — adopted (voice vote). - Adoption of A2 amendment to DE2 (extends deadline for previously allocated funds for construction of rescue boats for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to June 30, 2027) — adopted (voice vote). - Adoption of A3 amendment to DE2 (Department of Corrections technical and policy provisions described as revenue neutral, including extension of a mental‑health unit pilot and supervision funding formula updates) — adopted (voice vote). - Adoption of A5 amendment to DE2 (restores rider language related to housing dollars that had been unintentionally omitted when a deficiency funding bill was separated out) — adopted (voice vote). - Adoption of A6 amendment to DE2 (deletes the Brady/Giglio advisory panel provision identified in the DE2 text) — adopted (voice vote). - Adoption of DE2 as amended and final motion to re‑refer House File 2,432, as amended, to the Ways and Means Committee — adopted (voice vote).

Committee staff directed nonpartisan staff to make any needed technical corrections to the bill spreadsheet and language before further consideration. The transcript records no roll‑call vote counts or individual recorded aye/nay tallies for the motions; outcomes were announced as carried on the record.

The committee chair closed the meeting noting there were no additional meetings scheduled for the House Public Safety Committee at that time and that the bill would proceed to the Ways and Means Committee for further consideration.