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HF 2432

Judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Ron Latz and 2 co-sponsors

HF 2432 enacts Chapter 35 (2025): a comprehensive judiciary/public safety/corrections policy and funding bill, reshaping sentencing, supervision, grants, and agency budgets.

Secretary of State Chapter 35 05/23/25
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Bill Summary · HF 2432

HF 2432 — Judiciary, Public Safety, and Corrections Policy and Finance Bill

Status: Enacted (Chapter 35, signed by Governor and filed with Secretary of State 05/23/2025)
Introduced: 03/17/2025 — Companion bill: SF 1417

This summary describes the bill’s purpose, legislative history, likely substantive scope, affected parties, and where to look for details. The full enrolled text (Chapter 35, 2025) should be consulted for exact statutory changes, dollar amounts, and program-specific language because the bill text was not supplied here.

Purpose and intent

HF 2432 is an omnibus judiciary, public safety, and corrections policy and finance bill. Its principal purpose is to set policy changes and appropriate funding for Minnesota’s judicial branch, public safety programs, law enforcement and public safety agencies, corrections (including state prisons and supervision), and related victim and community services for the relevant fiscal period. Omnibus bills of this type typically combine statute changes (policy) with budget and appropriation language (finance) to implement the Legislature’s priorities for public safety and corrections.

Key provisions (scope and typical components)

The enrolled bill likely includes one or more of the following types of provisions — review the bill text for confirmation and precise language:

  • Appropriations and budget directions for the Judicial Branch, Department of Public Safety (DPS), Department of Corrections (DOC), and related state programs (operations, capital projects, grants).
  • Policy changes affecting criminal justice practice: sentencing, supervised release, probation/parole rules, expungement procedures, pretrial practices, juvenile justice provisions.
  • Changes to corrections policy and operations: prison population management, reentry programs, treatment and programming requirements, staffing, and facility funding.
  • Law enforcement support and oversight: grant programs, officer training, equipment funding, body-worn camera or data collection provisions, and civilian oversight mechanisms if included.
  • Victim services and victim compensation funding and program changes.
  • Grants to local units of government (counties, cities, tribes) for public safety, prosecution, indigent defense support, treatment diversion, and community supervision.
  • Emergency preparedness, traffic/public safety, and other DPS program adjustments.
  • Reporting, accountability, and data-collection requirements for agencies receiving funds or subject to new policy provisions.

Who is affected

  • State agencies: Judicial Branch, Department of Public Safety, Department of Corrections, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Board of Public Defense, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, etc.
  • Local governments and criminal justice partners: counties (sheriffs, probation departments), cities, prosecutors, public defenders, and courts.
  • Law enforcement officers and agencies (state and local).
  • People under supervision, incarcerated individuals, and people involved in the criminal legal system (defendants, victims, probationers/parolees).
  • Service providers and organizations that receive state grants (victim service agencies, treatment providers).
  • Taxpayers and state budgetary planning (through appropriations and fiscal impacts).

Legislative and procedural timeline (high level)

  • Introduced in the House: 03/17/2025; referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy.
  • Passed through House and Senate with amendments; a conference committee resolved differences (conferees named by both chambers).
  • Conference committee issued a “delete everything” conference report; both chambers adopted the report and repassed the bill (mid-May 2025).
  • Presented to Governor: 05/20/2025; Governor signed and approved the bill: 05/23/2025.
  • Became law, filed with Secretary of State as Chapter 35 on 05/23/2025.

Notes and next steps

  • Because the legislative summary here is based on the bill title and legislative actions rather than the full text, consult the enrolled/chaptered bill (HF 2432 — Chapter 35, 2025) for specific statutory changes, exact appropriation amounts, effective dates, and any transition or reporting deadlines.
  • For implementation details, check agency budget documents and administrative rules after the bill’s effective dates, and review conference committee report language for reconciled policy and fiscal intent.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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