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.
1.5 	BE 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 
1.7 	123, article 1, section 12, and Laws 2024, chapter 123, article 1, section 13, is amended to 
1.8 	read:

1.9	Sec. 6. CORRECTIONS

1.10
1.11	Subdivision 1.Total 
Appropriation
 	$
	12,643,000
	$
	797,937,000
	$
	825,675,000
	
1.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.13 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.14 	subdivisions.

1.15
1.16	Subd. 2.Incarceration and 
Prerelease Services
 	$
	12,643,000
	$
	534,412,000
	$
	561,421,000
	
1.17 	(a) Operating Deficiency
1.18 	$12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023 is to meet 
1.19 	financial obligations in fiscal year 2023. This 
1.20 	is a onetime appropriation.
1.21 	(b) Body-worn Camera Program
2.1 	$1,000,000 each year is to create a body-worn 
2.2 	camera program for corrections officers and 
2.3 	intensive supervised release agents. This 
2.4 	appropriation is onetime.
2.5 	(c) ARMER Radio System
2.6 	$1,500,000 each year is to upgrade and 
2.7 	maintain the ARMER radio system within 
2.8 	correctional facilities. This is a onetime 
2.9 	appropriation.
2.10 	(d) Prison Rape Elimination Act
2.11 	$500,000 each year is for Prison Rape 
2.12 	Elimination 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 
2.16 	corrections safety and security investments. 
2.17 	The base for this appropriation is $2,625,000 
2.18 	beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.19 	(f) Health Services
2.20 	$2,750,000 each year is for increased health 
2.21 	care services. The base for this appropriation 
2.22 	is $3,400,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026.
2.23 	(g) Educational Programming and Support 
2.24 	Services
2.25 	$5,600,000 the first year and $4,000,000
2.26 	$1,000,000 the second year are for educational 
2.27 	programming and support services. The base 
2.28 	for this purpose is $2,000,000 beginning in 
2.29 	fiscal year 2026.
2.30 	(h) Family Support Unit
2.31 	$480,000 each year is for a family support 
2.32 	unit.
3.1 	(i) Inmate Phone Calls
3.2 	$3,100,000 each year is to provide voice 
3.3 	communication services for incarcerated 
3.4 	persons under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.5 	241.252. Any unencumbered balance 
3.6 	remaining at the end of the first year may be 
3.7 	carried forward into the second year. If this 
3.8 	appropriation is greater than the cost of 
3.9 	providing voice communication services, 
3.10 	remaining funds must be used to offset the 
3.11 	cost of other communication services.
3.12 	(j) Virtual Court Coordination
3.13 	$500,000 each year is for virtual court 
3.14 	coordination and modernization.
3.15 	(k) Supportive Arts for Incarcerated 
3.16 	Persons
3.17 	$425,000 the first year is for supportive arts 
3.18 	for incarcerated persons grants as provided 
3.19 	for in section 17. Of this amount, up to ten 
3.20 	percent is for administration, including facility 
3.21 	space, access, liaison, and monitoring. Any 
3.22 	unencumbered balance remaining at the end 
3.23 	of the first year does not cancel but is available 
3.24 	for this purpose in the second year.
3.25 	(l) Successful Re-entry
3.26 	$375,000 the first year and $875,000 $375,000
3.27 	the second year are for reentry initiatives, 
3.28 	including a culturally specific release program 
3.29 	for Native American incarcerated individuals.
3.30 	The base for this appropriation beginning in 
3.31 	fiscal year 2026 is $875,000.
3.32 	(m) Evidence-based Correctional Practices 
3.33 	Unit
4.1 	$750,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and 
4.2 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2025 are to establish 
4.3 	and maintain a unit to direct and oversee the 
4.4 	use of evidence-based correctional practices 
4.5 	across the department and supervision delivery 
4.6 	systems. The base for this appropriation 
4.7 	beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $750,000.
4.8 	(n) Interstate Compact for Adult 
4.9 	Supervision; Transfer Expense 
4.10 	Reimbursement
4.11 	$250,000 each year is for reimbursements 
4.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 243.1609. 
4.13 	This is a onetime appropriation.
4.14 	(o) Task Force on Aiding and Abetting 
4.15 	Felony Murder
4.16 	$25,000 the first year is for costs associated 
4.17 	with the revival of the task force on aiding and 
4.18 	abetting felony murder.
4.19 	(p) Incarceration and Prerelease Services 
4.20 	Base Budget
4.21 	The base for incarceration and prerelease 
4.22 	services is $552,775,000 in fiscal year 2026 
4.23 	and $553,043,000 in fiscal year 2027.
4.24 	(q) Reallocation
4.25 	Up to $4,050,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be 
4.26 	used for other financial obligations.

4.27
4.28
4.29	Subd. 3.Community 
Supervision and Postrelease 
Services
 				189,939,000
		190,953,000
	
4.30 	(a) Community Supervision Funding
4.31 	$143,378,000 each year is for community 
4.32 	supervision services. This appropriation shall 
4.33 	be distributed according to the community 
5.1 	supervision formula in Minnesota Statutes, 
5.2 	section 401.10.
5.3 	(b) Tribal Nation Supervision
5.4 	$2,750,000 each year is for Tribal Nations to 
5.5 	provide supervision or supportive services 
5.6 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.7 	401.10.
5.8 	(c) (b)Postrelease Sex Offender Program
5.9 	$1,915,000 each year is for postrelease sex 
5.10 	offender treatment services and initiatives.
5.11 	(d) (c)Community Supervision Advisory 
5.12 	Committee
5.13 	$75,000 the first year is to fund the community 
5.14 	supervision advisory committee under 
5.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 401.17.
5.16 	(e) (d)Regional and County Jails Study and 
5.17 	Report
5.18 	$150,000 the first year is to fund the 
5.19 	commissioner's study and report on the 
5.20 	consolidation or merger of county jails and 
5.21 	alternatives to incarceration for persons 
5.22 	experiencing mental health disorders.
5.23 	(f) (e)Work Release Programs
5.24 	$500,000 each year is for work release 
5.25 	programs.
5.26 	(g) (f)County Discharge Plans
5.27 	$80,000 each year is to develop model 
5.28 	discharge plans pursuant to Minnesota 
5.29 	Statutes, section 641.155. This appropriation 
5.30 	is onetime.
5.31 	(h) (g)Housing Initiatives
6.1 	$2,130,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and 
6.2 	$880,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for housing 
6.3 	initiatives to support stable housing of 
6.4 	incarcerated individuals upon release. The 
6.5 	base for this purpose beginning in fiscal year 
6.6 	2026 is $1,685,000. Of this amount:
6.7 	(1) $1,000,000 each year is for housing 
6.8 	stabilization prerelease services and program 
6.9 	evaluation. The base for this purpose 
6.10 	beginning in fiscal year 2026 is $760,000;
6.11 	(2) $500,000 each year is for rental assistance 
6.12 	for incarcerated individuals approaching 
6.13 	release, on supervised release, or on probation 
6.14 	who are at risk of homelessness;
6.15 	(3) $405,000 each year is for culturally 
6.16 	responsive trauma-informed transitional 
6.17 	housing. The base for this purpose beginning 
6.18 	in fiscal year 2026 is $200,000; and
6.19 	(4) $225,000 each year is for housing 
6.20 	coordination activities.
6.21 	(i) (h)Community Supervision and 
6.22 	Postrelease Services Base Budget
6.23 	The base for community supervision and 
6.24 	postrelease services is $189,272,000 in fiscal 
6.25 	year 2026 and $189,172,000 in fiscal year 
6.26 	2027.
6.27 	(j) (i)Naloxone
6.28 	$2,000 each year is to purchase naloxone for 
6.29 	supervised release agents to use to respond to 
6.30 	overdoses.
6.31 	(j) Reallocation
6.32 	Up to $5,750,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be 
6.33 	used for other financial obligations.

7.1
7.2	Subd. 4.Organizational, Regulatory, and 
Administrative Services
 		73,586,000
		73,301,000
	
7.3 	(a) Public Safety Data Infrastructure
7.4 	$22,914,000 the first year and $22,915,000 
7.5 	the second year are for technology 
7.6 	modernization and the development of an 
7.7 	information-sharing and data-technology 
7.8 	infrastructure. The base for this purpose is 
7.9 	$4,097,000 beginning in fiscal year 2026. Any 
7.10 	unspent funds from the current biennium do 
7.11 	not cancel and are available in the next 
7.12 	biennium.
7.13 	(b) Supervised Release Board
7.14 	$40,000 each year is to establish and operate 
7.15 	the supervised release board pursuant to 
7.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 244.049.
7.17 	(c) Recruitment and Retention
7.18 	$3,200,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
7.19 	second year are for recruitment and retention 
7.20 	initiatives. Of this amount, $2,800,000 the first 
7.21 	year is for staff recruitment, professional 
7.22 	development, conflict resolution, and staff 
7.23 	wellness, and to contract with community 
7.24 	collaborative partners who specialize in trauma 
7.25 	recovery.
7.26 	(d) Clemency Review Commission
7.27 	$986,000 the first year is for the clemency 
7.28 	review commission described in Minnesota 
7.29 	Statutes, section 638.09. Of this amount, 
7.30 	$200,000 each year is for grants to support 
7.31 	outreach and clemency application assistance. 
7.32 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in the 
7.33 	first year does not cancel, but must be 
7.34 	transferred to the Clemency Review 
8.1 	Commission by July 30, 2024. Funds 
8.2 	transferred under this paragraph are available 
8.3 	until June 30, 2025.
8.4 	(e) Accountability and Transparency
8.5 	$1,000,000 each in fiscal year is 2024 and 
8.6 	$800,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for 
8.7 	accountability and transparency initiatives. 
8.8 	The base for this appropriation is $1,480,000 
8.9 	beginning in fiscal year 2026.
8.10 	(f) Organizational, Regulatory, and 
8.11 	Administrative Services Base Budget
8.12 	The base for organizational, regulatory, and 
8.13 	administrative services is $54,863,000 in fiscal 
8.14 	year 2026 and $54,663,000 in fiscal year 2027.
8.15 	(g) Reallocation
8.16 	Up to $200,000 in fiscal year 2025 may be 
8.17 	used for other financial obligations.

8.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

8.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; INCARCERATION AND PRERELEASE SERVICES.
 8.20 	$9,091,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
8.21 	of corrections for the operating deficiency in incarceration and prerelease services. Any 
8.22 	balance remaining in this appropriation may be transferred to other programs within the 
8.23 	department. This is a onetime appropriation.

8.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.