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.
2026-2027 Governor's Budget Recommendations
Publisher: Minn. Management & Budget
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Department of Public Safety - Driver and Vehicle Services Operating Account Statement
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Health Care Access Fund
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Where the General Fund Dollars Come From?
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget: General Fund Balance Financial Summaries) Current Biennium: FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget: Estimates of Nondedicated Revenues
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) General Fund Balance Analysis: Comparisons to February 2025 Forecast (Detail)
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) General Fund Balance Analysis: Comparisons to February 2025 Forecast: Expenditures by Omnibus Bill - Summary
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Recommendations, Non-General Funds
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Recommendations, General Fund
(Governor's 2026-27 Revised Biennial Budget) Changes to Governor's Original General Fund Recommendations
Governor's Revised Budget Recommendations
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget) Departmental Earnings Summary
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget) Professional and Technical Services Contracts Report
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget) Department of Public Safety - Driver and Vehicle Services Operating Account Statement
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget) Health Care Access Fund: Governor's Recommendations
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget: General Fund Balance Financial Summaries) Current Biennium: FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget: Estimates of Nondedicated Revenues
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget: General Fund PIe Charts) Where the General Fund Dollars Come From?
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis - Summary) General Fund Balance Analysis 2025 Governor's Recommendations Comparisons to November 2024 Forecast Expenditures by Omnibus Bill - Summary
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget: General Fund Balance Analysis) General Fund Balance Analysis 2025 Governor's Recommendations: Comparisons to November 2024 Forecast
(Governor's 2026-27 Biennial Budget: Summary of Changes - General Fund) Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan's 2025 Budget: General Fund Proposals with Net Fiscal Impact Only
Governor's Budget Recommendations
State Agency Base Operating Budgets with Background Materials