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.
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