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] 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
2022-2023 Governor's Budget Recommendations.
Publisher: Minnesota Management & Budget
COVID-19 Recovery Budget
Health Care Access Fund
2020/2021 Estimates of Nondedicated Revenues
2020/2021 Where [do] the General Fund Dollars Come From?
General Fund Balance Analysis Expenditures by Omnibus Bill
General Fund Balance Analysis
Non-General Fund Recommendations
General Fund
Governor's Budget Recommendations
State Agency Base Operating Budgets with Background Materials
2020-2021 Governor's Budget Recommendations.
Publisher: Minnesota Management & Budget
Interim Stadium Reserve Balance
Interim Health Care Access Fund
Interim Selected Updated CFS Statements:
Interim Current Biennium: General Fund Budget Estimates of Non-dedicated Revenues
Interim General Fund Detail
Interim General Fund Summary
Interim Budget Projection [data presentation]
Supplemental Budget: Additional Federal Funds
Supplemental Budget: Health Care Access Fund
Supplemental Budget: Consolidated Fund Statement
Supplemental Budget: All Funds by Agency: Recommendations
Supplemental Budget: All Funds by Agency
Supplemental Budget: General Fund Pie Charts
Supplemental Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis: Comparisons to 2020 February Forecast
Supplemental Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis
Supplemental Budget: General Fund Balance Financial Summaries
Supplemental Budget: General Fund Summary
Supplemental Budget: 3/25 Revisions Transmittal Letter
Supplemental Budget: 3/22 Revisions Transmittal Letter
Supplemental Budget: 3/12 Transmittal Letter
Health Care Access Fund: Governor's Revised Budget Recommendations [FY 2020-21]
Revised Budget for One Minnesota: Fiscal Years 2020-21
Revised Budget for One Minnesota: Fiscal Years 2020-21
Revised Budget for One Minnesota: Fiscal Years 2020-21
Governor's Revised FY2020-FY2021 Budget Financial Summaries
Governor's Revised FY2020-FY2021 Budget Pie Charts
Governor's Revised Budget: Changes to Original General Fund Recommendations [FY 2020-FY 2021]
General Fund Balance Analysis: March 2019 Governor's Recommendations [summary; FY 2020-FY 2021]
Federal Funds Summary [Governor's Revised Budget Recommendations FY 2020-21]
General Fund Balance Analysis: March 2019 Governor's Recommendations [detail; FY 2020-FY 2021]
Governor's Revised Budget Recommendations
Governor's Budget Recommendations
Minnesota FY2018-2019 Proposed Biennial Operating Budget Documents.
Publisher: Minnesota Management & Budget
Supplemental Budget : Budget for a Better Minnesota Handout Links
Supplemental Budget: Budget for a Better Minnesota Handout
Supplemental Budget: Press Release
Supplemental Budget: Premium Security Plan Account
Supplemental Budget: Health Care Access Fund
Supplemental Budget: Where the General Fund Dollars Come From/Where the General Fund Dollars Go
Governor's Revised Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis: Comparisons to February 2018 Forecast (Analysis Detail)
Governor's Revised Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis: Expenditures by Omnibus Bill - Summary
Supplemental Budget General Fund Budget (Financial Summaries)
Supplemental Budget All Funds by Agency
Supplemental Budget General Fund Summary
Supplemental Budget Transmittal Letter
Update #2 - Governor's Revised Budget Recommendations
Update #1 - Federal Fund Changes
Governor's Budget Recommendations
Minnesota FY2016-2017 Proposed Biennial Operating Budget Documents.
Publisher: Minnesota Management & Budget
Governor Dayton's FY 2016-17 Supplemental Budget Recommendations (March 2016):
Supplemental Budget Update #3
Supplemental Budget Update #2
Supplemental Budget Update #1
FY2016-2017 Original Proposed Biennial Operating Budget Documents
Minnesota biennial budget FY 2014-2015.
Publisher: Minnesota Management and Budget
Governor's Supplemental Budget Recommendations
Supplemental Budget Update #1
Governor's Budget Recommendation
[Minnesota FY2012-2013 proposed biennial operating budget documents].
Publisher: Minnesota Management and Budget
Preliminary Budget Information
Governor's Budget Recommendation
[Minnesota FY2010-2011 proposed biennial operating budget documents].
Publisher: Minnesota Management & Budget
Governor's Revised Recommendations (March 2010)
Governor's Supplemental Recommendations (Feb. 2010)
Revisions (March 2009)
Governor's Budget Recommendation (Jan. 2009)
Forecast Base Budget (Dec. 2008)
Minnesota FY2008-2009 proposed biennial operating budget documents.
Publisher: Minnesota Dept. of Finance
Supplemental Budget Update, 2008 March
Supplemental Budget Update, 2007 March
Governor's Budget Recommendation Revised Pages (O-Z)
Governor's Budget Recommendation Revised Pages (H-N)
Governor's Budget Recommendation Revised Pages (A-G)
Governor's Budget Recommendation (O-Z)
Governor's Budget Recommendation (H-N)
Governor's Budget Recommendation (A-G)
Preliminary Biennial Budget
2006-07 Governor's operating budget recommendations
Publisher: Minnesota Dept. of Finance
Governor's recommendations
Budget summary and policy highlights
Preliminary information
[Minnesota FY2004-2005 proposed biennial operating budget documents].
Publisher: Dept. of Finance
[Transportation rev. Governor's recommendation]
[State and local finance rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Supplemental recommendations]
Price of government
Budget update #1
Budget update #2
Budget update #3
Budget update #4
Supplemental Budget Update #3 - Additional Federal Funds
Background documents, v.1-3
Budget summary and policy highlights
[State and local finance summary]
[Transportation]
[Criminal justice]
[E-12 education]
[Economic development]
[Environmental and agriculture]
[Health and human services]
[Higher education]
[State government]
[State government rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Environment and agriculture rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Economic development rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Criminal justice rev. Governor's recommendation]
[E-12 education rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Health and human services rev. Governor's recommendation]
[Higher education rev. Governor's recommendation]
Proposed biennial budget presented by Governor to Legislature.
Publisher: Proposed biennial budget presented by Governor to Legislature.
2002/2003 - Economic Development
2002/2003 - Environment & Natural Resources
2002/2003 - Health & Human Services
2002/2003 - Health & Human Services Change Order #1
2002/2003 - Children, Families & Learning Change Order #1
2002/2003 - Change Order #1 (Agency Budget Revisions )
2002/2003 - Executive Budget Summary
2002/2003 - Children, Families & Learning
2002/2003 - Criminal Justice
2002/2003 - Transportation & Other Agencies
2002/2003 - State Government
2002/2003 - Information Technology Initiatives & Inventory Report
2002/2003 - Change Order #5 (Department of Agriculture and Board of Animal Health)
2002/2003 - Change Order #6 (State Operated Services, Departmental Earnings)
2002/2003 - State and Local Finance Reform (Revised)
2002/2003 - Change Order #2 (Supplemental Budget Items, Errata and Changes)
2002/2003 - Change Order #3 (Federal Funds)
2002/2003 - Change Order #4 (Military Affairs)
2002/2003 - Fund Statements
2002/2003 - State and Local Finance Reform: Taxes, Aids & Credits
2002/2003 - Preliminary Unallotment
2002/2003 - Unallotment
2002/2003 - Higher Education
2000/2001 - Higher Education
2000/2001 - Transportation & Other Agencies
2000/2001 - Criminal Justice
2000/2001 - Education, Children & Families
2000/2001 - Environment & Natural Resources
2000/2001 - Health & Human Services
2000/2001 - Change Order #1 (Other Agency Budget Revisions)
2000/2001 - Fund Statements
2000/2001 - Economic Development
2000/2001 - Excutive Budget Summary
2000/2001 - State and Local Finance Summary
2000/2001 - Change Order #1 (Federal Funds)
2000/2001 - Change Order #2 (Federal Funds)
2000/2001 - State Government
1998/1999 - Change Order #2
1998/1999 - State Government
1998/1999 - Transportation & Other Agencies
1998/1999 - Information Technology
1998/1999 - Environment and Natural Resources
1998/1999 - Health and Human Services
1998/1999 - Executive Budget Summary
1998/1999 - Fund Statements
1998/1999 - Economic Development
1998/1999 - Criminal Justice
1998/1999 - Children, Families and Learning
1998/1999 - Change Order #3
1998/1999 - Change Order #4
1998/1999 - Change Order #1
1998/1999 - State and Local Finance Summary
1998/1999 - Higher Education
1996/1997 - Higher Education
1996/1997 - Executive Budget Summary
1996/1997 - State & Local Finance Summary
1996/1997 - Change Order #1
1996/1997 - Change Order #2
1996/1997 - Change Order #3
1996/1997 - Change Order #4
1996/1997 - Change Order #5
1996/1997 - Fund Statements
1996/1997 - State Government
1996/1997 - Environment & Natural Resources
1996/1997 - Criminal Justice
1996/1997 - Health & Human Services
1996/1997 - Transportation & Other Agencies
1996/1997 - Education & Education Aids
1996/1997 - Children & Family Services
1994/1995 - Overheads
1994/1995 - Major Revenues, Local Government Aids and Property Tax Relief
1994/1995 - Fund Statements
1994/1995 - State Government
1994/1995 - Jobs and Commerce
1994/1995 - Education and Children
1994/1995 - Executive Budget Summary
1994/1995 - Education and Children Supplement
1994/1995 - Environment and Natural Resources
1994/1995 - Human Development
1994/1995 - Suppl. Fed. Funds - Change Order #8
1992/1993 - State Government Affairs
1992/1993 - Human Development
1992/1993 - Environment & Natural Resources
1992/1993 - Education Finance
1992/1993 - Executive Budget Summary
1992/1993 - Change Order #1
1992/1993 - Post-Secondary Education
1992/1993 - Infrastructure & Regulation
1992/1993 - Fund Statements
1990/1991 - State Departments Volume 1
1990/1991 - Post-Secondary Education
1990/1991 - Forecast and Baseline Estimates
1990/1991 - Education Aids and the Department of Education
1990/1991 - Human Resources
1990/1991 - Transportation and Semi- State Departments Errors Omissions Summary
1990/1991 - Fund Statements
1990/1991 - Transportation and Other Agencies
1990/1991 - State Departments Volume 2
1987/1989 - Transportation and Other Agencies
1987/1989 - State Departments Volume 1
1987/1989 - Post-secondary Education
1987/1989 - Education Aids and the Department of Education
1987/1989 - Human Resources
1987/1989 - Fund Statements
1985/1987 - Transportation and Other Agencies
1983/1985 - Health, Welfare, Corrections
1983/1985 - Fund Statements
1981/1983 - Revisions