1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to corrections; appropriating money for deficiencies in the budget of the
1.3 Department of Corrections; amending Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 6,
1.4 as amended.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 6, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter
1.7123, article 1, section 12, and Laws 2024, chapter 123, article 1, section 13, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9Sec. 6. CORRECTIONS
825,675,000$797,937,000$12,643,000$
1.10Subdivision 1.Total
1.11Appropriation
1.12The amounts that may be spent for each
1.13purpose are specified in the following
1.14subdivisions.
561,421,000$534,412,000$12,643,000$
1.15Subd. 2.Incarceration and
1.16Prerelease Services
1.17(a) Operating Deficiency
1.18$12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023 is to meet
1.19financial obligations in fiscal year 2023. This
1.20is a onetime appropriation.
1.21(b) Body-worn Camera Program
1Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3196NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ and Limmer)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading04/01/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1$1,000,000 each year is to create a body-worn
2.2camera program for corrections officers and
2.3intensive supervised release agents. This
2.4appropriation is onetime.
2.5(c) ARMER Radio System
2.6$1,500,000 each year is to upgrade and
2.7maintain the ARMER radio system within
2.8correctional facilities. This is a onetime
2.9appropriation.
2.10(d) Prison Rape Elimination Act
2.11$500,000 each year is for Prison Rape
2.12Elimination Act (PREA) compliance.
2.13(e) State Corrections Safety and Security
2.14$1,932,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
2.15$1,632,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for state
2.16corrections safety and security investments.
2.17The base for this appropriation is $2,625,000
2.18beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.19(f) Health Services
2.20$2,750,000 each year is for increased health
2.21care services. The base for this appropriation
2.22is $3,400,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.23(g) Educational Programming and Support
2.24Services
2.25$5,600,000 the first year and $4,000,000
2.26$1,000,000 the second year are for educational
2.27programming and support services. The base
2.28for this purpose is $2,000,000 beginning in
2.29fiscal year 2026.
2.30(h) Family Support Unit
2.31$480,000 each year is for a family support
2.32unit.
2Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 3.1(i) Inmate Phone Calls
3.2$3,100,000 each year is to provide voice
3.3communication services for incarcerated
3.4persons under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.5241.252. Any unencumbered balance
3.6remaining at the end of the first year may be
3.7carried forward into the second year. If this
3.8appropriation is greater than the cost of
3.9providing voice communication services,
3.10remaining funds must be used to offset the
3.11cost of other communication services.
3.12(j) Virtual Court Coordination
3.13$500,000 each year is for virtual court
3.14coordination and modernization.
3.15(k) Supportive Arts for Incarcerated
3.16Persons
3.17$425,000 the first year is for supportive arts
3.18for incarcerated persons grants as provided
3.19for in section 17. Of this amount, up to ten
3.20percent is for administration, including facility
3.21space, access, liaison, and monitoring. Any
3.22unencumbered balance remaining at the end
3.23of the first year does not cancel but is available
3.24for this purpose in the second year.
3.25(l) Successful Re-entry
3.26$375,000 the first year and $875,000 $375,000
3.27the second year are for reentry initiatives,
3.28including a culturally specific release program
3.29for Native American incarcerated individuals.
3.30The base for this appropriation beginning in
3.31fiscal year 2026 is $875,000.
3.32(m) Evidence-based Correctional Practices
3.33Unit
3Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 4.1$750,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
4.2$500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are to establish
4.3and maintain a unit to direct and oversee the
4.4use of evidence-based correctional practices
4.5across the department and supervision delivery
4.6systems. The base for this appropriation
4.7beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $750,000.
4.8(n) Interstate Compact for Adult
4.9Supervision; Transfer Expense
4.10Reimbursement
4.11$250,000 each year is for reimbursements
4.12under Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1609.
4.13This is a onetime appropriation.
4.14(o) Task Force on Aiding and Abetting
4.15Felony Murder
4.16$25,000 the first year is for costs associated
4.17with the revival of the task force on aiding and
4.18abetting felony murder.
4.19(p) Incarceration and Prerelease Services
4.20Base Budget
4.21The base for incarceration and prerelease
4.22services is $552,775,000 in fiscal year 2026
4.23and $553,043,000 in fiscal year 2027.
4.24(q) Transfer
4.25Up to $4,050,000 may be transferred in fiscal
4.26year 2025 to other appropriations within the
4.27Department of Corrections for financial
4.28obligations.
190,953,000189,939,000
4.29Subd. 3.Community
4.30Supervision and Postrelease
4.31Services
4.32(a) Community Supervision Funding
4Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 5.1$143,378,000 each year is for community
5.2supervision services. This appropriation shall
5.3be distributed according to the community
5.4supervision formula in Minnesota Statutes,
5.5section 401.10.
5.6(b) Tribal Nation Supervision
5.7$2,750,000 each year is for Tribal Nations to
5.8provide supervision or supportive services
5.9pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
5.10401.10.
5.11(c) (b) Postrelease Sex Offender Program
5.12$1,915,000 each year is for postrelease sex
5.13offender treatment services and initiatives.
5.14(d) (c) Community Supervision Advisory
5.15Committee
5.16$75,000 the first year is to fund the community
5.17supervision advisory committee under
5.18Minnesota Statutes, section 401.17.
5.19(e) (d) Regional and County Jails Study and
5.20Report
5.21$150,000 the first year is to fund the
5.22commissioner's study and report on the
5.23consolidation or merger of county jails and
5.24alternatives to incarceration for persons
5.25experiencing mental health disorders.
5.26(f) (e) Work Release Programs
5.27$500,000 each year is for work release
5.28programs.
5.29(g) (f) County Discharge Plans
5.30$80,000 each year is to develop model
5.31discharge plans pursuant to Minnesota
5Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 6.1Statutes, section 641.155. This appropriation
6.2is onetime.
6.3(h) (g) Housing Initiatives
6.4$2,130,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
6.5$880,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for housing
6.6initiatives to support stable housing of
6.7incarcerated individuals upon release. The
6.8base for this purpose beginning in fiscal year
6.92026 is $1,685,000. Of this amount:
6.10(1) $1,000,000 each year is for housing
6.11stabilization prerelease services and program
6.12evaluation. The base for this purpose
6.13beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $760,000;
6.14(2) $500,000 each year is for rental assistance
6.15for incarcerated individuals approaching
6.16release, on supervised release, or on probation
6.17who are at risk of homelessness;
6.18(3) $405,000 each year is for culturally
6.19responsive trauma-informed transitional
6.20housing. The base for this purpose beginning
6.21in fiscal year 2026 is $200,000; and
6.22(4) $225,000 each year is for housing
6.23coordination activities.
6.24(i) (h) Community Supervision and
6.25Postrelease Services Base Budget
6.26The base for community supervision and
6.27postrelease services is $189,272,000 in fiscal
6.28year 2026 and $189,172,000 in fiscal year
6.292027.
6.30(j) (i) Naloxone
6.31$2,000 each year is to purchase naloxone for
6.32supervised release agents to use to respond to
6.33overdoses.
6Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 7.1(j) Transfer
7.2Up to $5,750,000 may be transferred in fiscal
7.3year 2025 to other appropriations within the
7.4Department of Corrections for financial
7.5obligations.
73,301,00073,586,000
7.6Subd. 4.Organizational, Regulatory, and
7.7Administrative Services
7.8(a) Public Safety Data Infrastructure
7.9$22,914,000 the first year and $22,915,000
7.10the second year are for technology
7.11modernization and the development of an
7.12information-sharing and data-technology
7.13infrastructure. The base for this purpose is
7.14$4,097,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026. Any
7.15unspent funds from the current biennium do
7.16not cancel and are available in the next
7.17biennium.
7.18(b) Supervised Release Board
7.19$40,000 each year is to establish and operate
7.20the supervised release board pursuant to
7.21Minnesota Statutes, section 244.049.
7.22(c) Recruitment and Retention
7.23$3,200,000 the first year and $400,000 the
7.24second year are for recruitment and retention
7.25initiatives. Of this amount, $2,800,000 the first
7.26year is for staff recruitment, professional
7.27development, conflict resolution, and staff
7.28wellness, and to contract with community
7.29collaborative partners who specialize in trauma
7.30recovery.
7.31(d) Clemency Review Commission
7.32$986,000 the first year is for the clemency
7.33review commission described in Minnesota
7Section 1.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 8.1Statutes, section 638.09. Of this amount,
8.2$200,000 each year is for grants to support
8.3outreach and clemency application assistance.
8.4Any unencumbered balance remaining in the
8.5first year does not cancel, but must be
8.6transferred to the Clemency Review
8.7Commission by July 30, 2024. Funds
8.8transferred under this paragraph are available
8.9until June 30, 2025.
8.10(e) Accountability and Transparency
8.11$1,000,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
8.12$800,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for
8.13accountability and transparency initiatives.
8.14The base for this appropriation is $1,480,000
8.15beginning in fiscal year 2026.
8.16(f) Organizational, Regulatory, and
8.17Administrative Services Base Budget
8.18The base for organizational, regulatory, and
8.19administrative services is $54,863,000 in fiscal
8.20year 2026 and $54,663,000 in fiscal year 2027.
8.21(g) Transfer
8.22Up to $200,000 may be transferred in fiscal
8.23year 2025 to other appropriations within the
8.24Department of Corrections for financial
8.25obligations.
8.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
8.27 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; INCARCERATION AND PRERELEASE SERVICES.
8.28 $9,091,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
8.29of corrections for the operating deficiency in incarceration and prerelease services. Any
8.30balance remaining in this appropriation may be transferred to other programs within the
8.31department. This is a onetime appropriation.
8.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
8Sec. 2.
25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC