Minnesota Governor's Proposed Biennial Operating Budget
Compiled by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
The Minnesota state budget operates on a two-year cycle, or biennium, covering two fiscal years. The structure and mechanisms of budgeting for the State of Minnesota are found in Article XI of Minnesota's Constitution. Minnesota Statutes 16A.11 requires that the governor submit a proposed state operating budget, including a budget message, to the Minnesota Legislature in January or February of odd-numbered years.
Following the release of the governor's proposed budget, the process moves to the Legislature. Appropriation bills are introduced in the legislature and make their way through the legislative process. The appropriations bills that are approved by the legislature and signed into law by the governor make up the state’s operating budget. The final operating budget does not appear in a single law but is made up of a number of separate appropriations laws. For more detailed information about Minnesota’s state budget, see the Legislative Library’s guide to the State Budget Process.
Below is a compilation of the proposed operating budget documents of Minnesota governors, beginning with the late 1990s. Included for each biennium are the original proposals for state agencies as well as updates and revisions to those proposals.
2024-2025 Governor's Budget Recommendations
Publisher: Minn. Management & Budget
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Governor's 2024-25 Supplemental Budget Recommendation
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Health Care Access Fund
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Premium Security Plan Account
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] 2022-23 Biennium Where the General Fund Dollars Come From?
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Current Biennium: FY 2022-23 General Fund Budget: Estimates of Nondedicated Revenues
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] General Fund Balance Analysis: Comparisons to February 2023 Forecast
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] General Fund Balance Analysis
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] 2024-25 Biennial Budget Update - Federal Fund Changes
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget Recommendations, Non-General Funds
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Governor's Revised 2024-25 Biennial Budget Recommendations, General Fund
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Changes to Governor's Original General Fund Recommendations
[Governor's 2024-25 Revised Biennial Budget] Revised Recommendations by Agency
General Fund
Non-General Fund Recommendations
General Fund Balance Analysis
General Fund Balance Analysis by Omnibus Bill
Where [do] the General Fund Dollars Come From?
Estimates of Nondedicated Revenues
Health Care Access Fund
Premium Security Plan Account
Making Minnesota the Best State for Kids [Fact sheet]
Investing in Minnesota's Economic Future [Fact sheet]
Protecting the Health and Safety of Minnesotans [Fact sheet]
One Minnesota Budget [Fact sheet]
Governor's Budget Recommendations
State Agency Base Operating Budgets with Background Materials