Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to corrections; appropriating money for deficiencies in the budget of the
3	3	1.3 Department of Corrections; amending Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 6,
4	4	1.4 as amended.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 52, article 2, section 6, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter
7	7	1.7123, article 1, section 12, and Laws 2024, chapter 123, article 1, section 13, is amended to
8	8	1.8read:
9	9	1.9Sec. 6. CORRECTIONS
10	10	825,675,000$797,937,000$12,643,000$
11	11	1.10Subdivision 1.Total
12	12	1.11Appropriation
13	13	1.12The amounts that may be spent for each
14	14	1.13purpose are specified in the following
15	15	1.14subdivisions.
16	16	561,421,000$534,412,000$12,643,000$
17	17	1.15Subd. 2.Incarceration and
18	18	1.16Prerelease Services
19	19	1.17(a) Operating Deficiency
20	20	1.18$12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023 is to meet
21	21	1.19financial obligations in fiscal year 2023. This
22	22	1.20is a onetime appropriation.
23	23	1.21(b) Body-worn Camera Program
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 3196NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ and Limmer)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading04/01/2025
32	32	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1$1,000,000 each year is to create a body-worn
33	33	2.2camera program for corrections officers and
34	34	2.3intensive supervised release agents. This
35	35	2.4appropriation is onetime.
36	36	2.5(c) ARMER Radio System
37	37	2.6$1,500,000 each year is to upgrade and
38	38	2.7maintain the ARMER radio system within
39	39	2.8correctional facilities. This is a onetime
40	40	2.9appropriation.
41	41	2.10(d) Prison Rape Elimination Act
42	42	2.11$500,000 each year is for Prison Rape
43	43	2.12Elimination Act (PREA) compliance.
44	44	2.13(e) State Corrections Safety and Security
45	45	2.14$1,932,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
46	46	2.15$1,632,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for state
47	47	2.16corrections safety and security investments.
48	48	2.17The base for this appropriation is $2,625,000
49	49	2.18beginning in fiscal year 2026.
50	50	2.19(f) Health Services
51	51	2.20$2,750,000 each year is for increased health
52	52	2.21care services. The base for this appropriation
53	53	2.22is $3,400,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026.
54	54	2.23(g) Educational Programming and Support
55	55	2.24Services
56	56	2.25$5,600,000 the first year and $4,000,000
57	57	2.26$1,000,000 the second year are for educational
58	58	2.27programming and support services. The base
59	59	2.28for this purpose is $2,000,000 beginning in
60	60	2.29fiscal year 2026.
61	61	2.30(h) Family Support Unit
62	62	2.31$480,000 each year is for a family support
63	63	2.32unit.
64	64	2Section 1.
65	65	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 3.1(i) Inmate Phone Calls
66	66	3.2$3,100,000 each year is to provide voice
67	67	3.3communication services for incarcerated
68	68	3.4persons under Minnesota Statutes, section
69	69	3.5241.252. Any unencumbered balance
70	70	3.6remaining at the end of the first year may be
71	71	3.7carried forward into the second year. If this
72	72	3.8appropriation is greater than the cost of
73	73	3.9providing voice communication services,
74	74	3.10remaining funds must be used to offset the
75	75	3.11cost of other communication services.
76	76	3.12(j) Virtual Court Coordination
77	77	3.13$500,000 each year is for virtual court
78	78	3.14coordination and modernization.
79	79	3.15(k) Supportive Arts for Incarcerated
80	80	3.16Persons
81	81	3.17$425,000 the first year is for supportive arts
82	82	3.18for incarcerated persons grants as provided
83	83	3.19for in section 17. Of this amount, up to ten
84	84	3.20percent is for administration, including facility
85	85	3.21space, access, liaison, and monitoring. Any
86	86	3.22unencumbered balance remaining at the end
87	87	3.23of the first year does not cancel but is available
88	88	3.24for this purpose in the second year.
89	89	3.25(l) Successful Re-entry
90	90	3.26$375,000 the first year and $875,000 $375,000
91	91	3.27the second year are for reentry initiatives,
92	92	3.28including a culturally specific release program
93	93	3.29for Native American incarcerated individuals.
94	94	3.30The base for this appropriation beginning in
95	95	3.31fiscal year 2026 is $875,000.
96	96	3.32(m) Evidence-based Correctional Practices
97	97	3.33Unit
98	98	3Section 1.
99	99	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 4.1$750,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
100	100	4.2$500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are to establish
101	101	4.3and maintain a unit to direct and oversee the
102	102	4.4use of evidence-based correctional practices
103	103	4.5across the department and supervision delivery
104	104	4.6systems. The base for this appropriation
105	105	4.7beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $750,000.
106	106	4.8(n) Interstate Compact for Adult
107	107	4.9Supervision; Transfer Expense
108	108	4.10Reimbursement
109	109	4.11$250,000 each year is for reimbursements
110	110	4.12under Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1609.
111	111	4.13This is a onetime appropriation.
112	112	4.14(o) Task Force on Aiding and Abetting
113	113	4.15Felony Murder
114	114	4.16$25,000 the first year is for costs associated
115	115	4.17with the revival of the task force on aiding and
116	116	4.18abetting felony murder.
117	117	4.19(p) Incarceration and Prerelease Services
118	118	4.20Base Budget
119	119	4.21The base for incarceration and prerelease
120	120	4.22services is $552,775,000 in fiscal year 2026
121	121	4.23and $553,043,000 in fiscal year 2027.
122	122	4.24(q) Transfer
123	123	4.25Up to $4,050,000 may be transferred in fiscal
124	124	4.26year 2025 to other appropriations within the
125	125	4.27Department of Corrections for financial
126	126	4.28obligations.
127	127	190,953,000189,939,000
128	128	4.29Subd. 3.Community
129	129	4.30Supervision and Postrelease
130	130	4.31Services
131	131	4.32(a) Community Supervision Funding
132	132	4Section 1.
133	133	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 5.1$143,378,000 each year is for community
134	134	5.2supervision services. This appropriation shall
135	135	5.3be distributed according to the community
136	136	5.4supervision formula in Minnesota Statutes,
137	137	5.5section 401.10.
138	138	5.6(b) Tribal Nation Supervision
139	139	5.7$2,750,000 each year is for Tribal Nations to
140	140	5.8provide supervision or supportive services
141	141	5.9pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
142	142	5.10401.10.
143	143	5.11(c) (b) Postrelease Sex Offender Program
144	144	5.12$1,915,000 each year is for postrelease sex
145	145	5.13offender treatment services and initiatives.
146	146	5.14(d) (c) Community Supervision Advisory
147	147	5.15Committee
148	148	5.16$75,000 the first year is to fund the community
149	149	5.17supervision advisory committee under
150	150	5.18Minnesota Statutes, section 401.17.
151	151	5.19(e) (d) Regional and County Jails Study and
152	152	5.20Report
153	153	5.21$150,000 the first year is to fund the
154	154	5.22commissioner's study and report on the
155	155	5.23consolidation or merger of county jails and
156	156	5.24alternatives to incarceration for persons
157	157	5.25experiencing mental health disorders.
158	158	5.26(f) (e) Work Release Programs
159	159	5.27$500,000 each year is for work release
160	160	5.28programs.
161	161	5.29(g) (f) County Discharge Plans
162	162	5.30$80,000 each year is to develop model
163	163	5.31discharge plans pursuant to Minnesota
164	164	5Section 1.
165	165	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 6.1Statutes, section 641.155. This appropriation
166	166	6.2is onetime.
167	167	6.3(h) (g) Housing Initiatives
168	168	6.4$2,130,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
169	169	6.5$880,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for housing
170	170	6.6initiatives to support stable housing of
171	171	6.7incarcerated individuals upon release. The
172	172	6.8base for this purpose beginning in fiscal year
173	173	6.92026 is $1,685,000. Of this amount:
174	174	6.10(1) $1,000,000 each year is for housing
175	175	6.11stabilization prerelease services and program
176	176	6.12evaluation. The base for this purpose
177	177	6.13beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $760,000;
178	178	6.14(2) $500,000 each year is for rental assistance
179	179	6.15for incarcerated individuals approaching
180	180	6.16release, on supervised release, or on probation
181	181	6.17who are at risk of homelessness;
182	182	6.18(3) $405,000 each year is for culturally
183	183	6.19responsive trauma-informed transitional
184	184	6.20housing. The base for this purpose beginning
185	185	6.21in fiscal year 2026 is $200,000; and
186	186	6.22(4) $225,000 each year is for housing
187	187	6.23coordination activities.
188	188	6.24(i) (h) Community Supervision and
189	189	6.25Postrelease Services Base Budget
190	190	6.26The base for community supervision and
191	191	6.27postrelease services is $189,272,000 in fiscal
192	192	6.28year 2026 and $189,172,000 in fiscal year
193	193	6.292027.
194	194	6.30(j) (i) Naloxone
195	195	6.31$2,000 each year is to purchase naloxone for
196	196	6.32supervised release agents to use to respond to
197	197	6.33overdoses.
198	198	6Section 1.
199	199	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 7.1(j) Transfer
200	200	7.2Up to $5,750,000 may be transferred in fiscal
201	201	7.3year 2025 to other appropriations within the
202	202	7.4Department of Corrections for financial
203	203	7.5obligations.
204	204	73,301,00073,586,000
205	205	7.6Subd. 4.Organizational, Regulatory, and
206	206	7.7Administrative Services
207	207	7.8(a) Public Safety Data Infrastructure
208	208	7.9$22,914,000 the first year and $22,915,000
209	209	7.10the second year are for technology
210	210	7.11modernization and the development of an
211	211	7.12information-sharing and data-technology
212	212	7.13infrastructure. The base for this purpose is
213	213	7.14$4,097,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026. Any
214	214	7.15unspent funds from the current biennium do
215	215	7.16not cancel and are available in the next
216	216	7.17biennium.
217	217	7.18(b) Supervised Release Board
218	218	7.19$40,000 each year is to establish and operate
219	219	7.20the supervised release board pursuant to
220	220	7.21Minnesota Statutes, section 244.049.
221	221	7.22(c) Recruitment and Retention
222	222	7.23$3,200,000 the first year and $400,000 the
223	223	7.24second year are for recruitment and retention
224	224	7.25initiatives. Of this amount, $2,800,000 the first
225	225	7.26year is for staff recruitment, professional
226	226	7.27development, conflict resolution, and staff
227	227	7.28wellness, and to contract with community
228	228	7.29collaborative partners who specialize in trauma
229	229	7.30recovery.
230	230	7.31(d) Clemency Review Commission
231	231	7.32$986,000 the first year is for the clemency
232	232	7.33review commission described in Minnesota
233	233	7Section 1.
234	234	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC 8.1Statutes, section 638.09. Of this amount,
235	235	8.2$200,000 each year is for grants to support
236	236	8.3outreach and clemency application assistance.
237	237	8.4Any unencumbered balance remaining in the
238	238	8.5first year does not cancel, but must be
239	239	8.6transferred to the Clemency Review
240	240	8.7Commission by July 30, 2024. Funds
241	241	8.8transferred under this paragraph are available
242	242	8.9until June 30, 2025.
243	243	8.10(e) Accountability and Transparency
244	244	8.11$1,000,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and
245	245	8.12$800,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for
246	246	8.13accountability and transparency initiatives.
247	247	8.14The base for this appropriation is $1,480,000
248	248	8.15beginning in fiscal year 2026.
249	249	8.16(f) Organizational, Regulatory, and
250	250	8.17Administrative Services Base Budget
251	251	8.18The base for organizational, regulatory, and
252	252	8.19administrative services is $54,863,000 in fiscal
253	253	8.20year 2026 and $54,663,000 in fiscal year 2027.
254	254	8.21(g) Transfer
255	255	8.22Up to $200,000 may be transferred in fiscal
256	256	8.23year 2025 to other appropriations within the
257	257	8.24Department of Corrections for financial
258	258	8.25obligations.
259	259	8.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
260	260	8.27 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; INCARCERATION AND PRERELEASE SERVICES.
261	261	8.28 $9,091,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
262	262	8.29of corrections for the operating deficiency in incarceration and prerelease services. Any
263	263	8.30balance remaining in this appropriation may be transferred to other programs within the
264	264	8.31department. This is a onetime appropriation.
265	265	8.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
266	266	8Sec. 2.
267	267	25-00508 as introduced03/25/25 REVISOR KLL/AC