Bill > HF2890

This bill appropriates funds for public safety and criminal justice initiatives for the fiscal years 2024 and 2025, totaling $702,169,000. * **Sentencing Guidelines Commission:** $1,549,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,488,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * **Department of Public Safety:** * Public Safety Officer Survivor Benefits: $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023, $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2024, and $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * Soft Body Armor Reimbursements: $1,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Supplemental Nonprofit Security Grants: $250,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * School Safety Center: $300,000 each year from the General Fund. * Local Government Emergency Management Grants: $2,000,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Emergency Management Coordinator Grant: $145,000 each year from the General Fund. * Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe Coast Guard Services: $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * DWI Lab Analysis: $2,429,000 each year from the Trunk Highway Fund. * State Fraud Unit: $1,300,000 each year from the General Fund. * FBI Compliance, Critical IT Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity Upgrades: $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * Costs of Medical Examinations for Victims of Criminal Sexual Conduct: $3,967,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,767,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * Clean Slate Program: $3,737,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $190,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * Firearm Eligibility Background Checks: $70,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund. * Firearm Storage Grants: $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Use of Force Investigations Unit: $4,419,000 each year from the General Fund. * Fusion Center Report: $115,000 each year from the General Fund. * **Fire Marshal:** $16,013,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $16,272,000 in fiscal year 2025, with $4,184,000 and $4,190,000 from the General Fund, respectively, and the remainder from the Fire Safety Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * Hazardous Materials and Emergency Response Teams: $453,000 each year from the Fire Safety Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * Hometown Heroes Assistance Program: $4,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * **Firefighter Training and Education Board:** $6,175,000 each year from the Fire Safety Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * **Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement:** $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,754,000 in fiscal year 2025, with the majority from the General Fund and $70,000 each year from the Lawful Gambling Regulation Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * **Office of Justice Programs:** $82,390,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $77,889,000 in fiscal year 2025, primarily from the General Fund, with smaller amounts from the State Government Special Revenue Fund. * Domestic and Sexual Violence Housing: $1,250,000 each year from the General Fund. * Office for Missing and Murdered African American Women: $1,248,000 each year from the General Fund. * Office of Restorative Practices: $500,000 each year from the General Fund. * Crossover and Dual-Status Youth Model Grants: $1,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Restorative Practices Initiatives Grants: $5,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Ramsey County Youth Treatment Homes Acquisition and Betterment: $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund. * Ramsey County Violence Prevention: $1,250,000 each year from the General Fund. * Youth Intervention Programs: $7,500,000 each year from the General Fund. * Community-Co-Responder Grants: $3,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Prosecutor Training: $100,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Violence Prevention Research Center: $250,000 each year from the General Fund. * First Responder Mental Health Curriculum: $25,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund. * First Responder Therapy Grant: $100,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Peer-to-Peer First Responder Mental Health Treatment Grant: $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Illicit Drug Use Study and Reports: $118,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Legal Representation for Children: $150,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Mental Health Services for First Responders Grant Program: $1,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Pretrial Release Study and Report: $250,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * Increased Staffing in Office of Justice Programs: $667,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,334,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * **Emergency Communication Networks:** $76,329,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $69,597,000 in fiscal year 2025, funded by the General Fund and the 911 Fund. * Public Safety Answering Points: $28,011,000 each year from the 911 Fund. * Transition to Next Generation 911: $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 from the 911 Fund (one-time appropriation). * ARMER State Backbone Operating Costs: $10,116,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $10,384,000 in fiscal year 2025 transferred to the Commissioner of Transportation. * Statewide Emergency Communications Board: $1,000,000 each year from the General Fund. * Statewide Public Safety Radio Communication System Equipment Grants: $1,000,000 each year from the General Fund (one-time appropriation). * **Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board:** $13,286,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $12,892,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the General Fund. * Peace Officer Training Reimbursements: $2,949,000 each year from the General Fund. * **Private Detective Board:** $758,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $688,000 in fiscal year 2025. * **Department of Corrections:** $12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023, $621,203,000 in fiscal year 2024, and $658,025,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Body-worn Camera Program: $1,000,000 each year. * Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance: $1,000,000 each year. * ARMER Radio System Upgrades: $1,500,000 each year. * Special Investigations Office: $999,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,865,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Health Services: $1,072,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,542,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Educational Programming and Support Services: $2,320,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,145,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Inmate External Communication Fees: $2,000,000 each year. * Supportive Arts for Incarcerated Persons Grants: $150,000 in fiscal year 2024. * Operating Deficiency: $12,643,000 in fiscal year 2023 (one-time appropriation). * Community Supervision and Postrelease Services: $48,400,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $49,484,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Tribal Nation Supervision Grants: $2,750,000 each year. * Alternatives to Incarceration (Mower County): $160,000 each year. * Reentry Peer Support Project: $266,000 each year. * Postrelease Sex Offender Program: $2,415,000 each year. * Regional and County Jails Study and Report: $150,000 in fiscal year 2024. * Work Release Programs: $500,000 each year. * County Discharge Plans: $1,080,000 each year. * Housing Initiatives: $2,130,000 each year. * Organizational, Regulatory, and Administrative Services: $47,414,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $50,901,000 in fiscal year 2025. * Public Safety Data Infrastructure: $1,000,000 each year. * Indeterminate Sentence Release Board: $40,000 each year. * Clemency Review Commission: $986,000 each year. * **Ombudsperson for Corrections:** $1,105,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,099,000 in fiscal year 2025. * **Board of Public Defense:** $750,000 in fiscal year 2024 for felony murder petitions. * **Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities:** $500,000 each year for transfer to Metropolitan State University for juvenile justice services and resources. * **Office of Higher Education:** $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 for reimbursement grants for peace officer education and training. * **Supreme Court:** $91,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $182,000 in fiscal year 2025 for hearing costs related to extreme risk protection orders. * **Violent Crime Reduction and Clearance Support Account:** $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund. * **Community Crime and Violence Prevention Account:** $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund. * **Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer Education and Training Account:** $5,000,000 each year transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund (one-time transfer). * **Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag Reward Account:** $250,000 in fiscal year 2024 transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund. * **Community Supervision Targeted Innovation Account:** $5,000,000 each year transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund. * **Community Supervision Account:** $142,975,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $142,971,000 in fiscal year 2025 transferred from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund and appropriated to the Commissioner of Corrections. * **Community Supervision Targeted Innovation Grants:** Up to $5,000,000 each year from the Community Supervision Targeted Innovation Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * **Violent Crime Reduction and Clearance Support:** $15,000,000 each year appropriated to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from the Violent Crime Reduction and Clearance Support Account in the Special Revenue Fund. * **Community Crime and Violence Prevention Grants:** Up to $30,000,000 each year appropriated to the Commissioner of Public Safety for grants administered by the Office of Justice Programs from the Community Crime and Violence Prevention Account in the Special Revenue Fund. The bill also includes various policy changes related to crime, public safety, victim services, sentencing, expungement, clemency, evidence, policing, private security, corrections, firearms, controlled substances, community supervision, and the 911 Emergency Communication System.