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Law & Public Safety

funding levels adjusted for inflation (cpi)

  • Funding History
Courts & Legal AssistanceJuvenile JusticeLaw EnforcementOther Law & Public SafetyPrisons, Probation & ParoleProsecutorsTotals
FY25 Gov$1,127,442,017$2,065,000$648,380,979$103,481,298$1,899,043,032$257,648,498$4,038,060,824
FY24$1,115,372,229$0$595,618,438$119,192,376$1,762,996,786$245,743,335$3,838,923,164
FY23$1,134,550,481$0$570,573,935$116,610,198$1,872,497,237$262,731,400$3,956,963,251
FY22$1,026,378,393$0$552,874,144$100,774,138$1,815,705,039$231,635,874$3,727,367,588
FY21$1,064,119,576$0$536,479,962$86,349,041$1,897,005,997$247,855,368$3,831,809,944
FY20$1,021,842,824$0$568,992,170$89,211,883$1,874,996,569$237,717,341$3,792,760,786
FY19$992,257,535$0$492,446,896$72,515,816$1,883,709,449$221,307,863$3,662,237,559
FY18$886,752,890$0$488,043,880$71,006,073$1,772,425,089$209,019,869$3,427,247,800
FY17$975,795,950$0$492,825,926$70,526,736$1,783,944,639$213,140,142$3,536,233,393
FY16$957,711,077$0$497,422,560$77,078,166$1,792,203,916$206,593,144$3,531,008,863
FY15$913,703,130$0$482,835,534$71,047,630$1,785,224,320$195,951,120$3,448,761,734
FY14$895,479,010$0$491,855,231$65,779,505$1,732,687,775$193,043,413$3,378,844,935
FY13$887,867,923$0$452,936,981$63,531,551$1,682,665,415$191,609,432$3,278,611,302
FY12$843,161,658$0$446,039,349$58,455,346$1,646,560,826$187,589,491$3,181,806,671
FY11$928,067,642$0$450,684,617$57,118,913$1,667,235,861$184,353,208$3,287,460,240
FY10$905,291,663$0$469,217,026$86,257,018$1,765,287,378$189,204,185$3,415,257,270
FY09$961,459,932$0$578,384,049$60,538,895$1,857,103,252$206,884,260$3,664,370,388
FY08$965,999,698$0$620,897,021$58,957,906$1,905,642,670$209,733,298$3,761,230,593
FY07$975,084,405$0$645,643,568$61,012,152$1,792,564,669$200,460,620$3,674,765,415
FY06$823,232,042$0$585,765,020$54,073,360$1,753,528,650$192,649,496$3,409,248,568
FY05$798,773,928$0$532,367,050$79,826,830$1,697,333,944$187,425,371$3,295,727,123
FY04$815,737,957$0$523,047,970$51,377,991$1,681,742,639$184,165,828$3,256,072,386
FY03$898,704,066$0$525,080,370$62,292,620$1,542,506,212$184,859,977$3,213,443,246
FY02$967,513,716$0$503,911,450$61,683,873$1,585,556,486$201,344,710$3,320,010,235
FY01$1,001,090,708$0$483,153,357$58,181,714$1,557,840,514$204,341,843$3,304,608,135
Courts & Legal AssistanceJuvenile JusticeLaw EnforcementOther Law & Public SafetyPrisons, Probation & ParoleProsecutorsTotals
FY24 Leg$1,076,249,679$0$583,901,136$101,410,201$1,750,749,275$245,366,664$3,757,676,955
FY24 Sen$1,074,270,924$0$581,102,751$97,643,119$1,754,405,784$244,163,392$3,751,585,970
FY24 SWM$1,072,683,954$0$577,925,836$94,386,211$1,752,101,158$243,816,459$3,740,913,617
FY24 Hou$1,077,252,505$0$580,374,803$94,830,182$1,752,713,688$241,424,671$3,746,595,849
FY24 HWM$1,075,487,112$0$577,740,094$91,434,203$1,752,713,688$240,123,187$3,737,498,285
FY24 Gov$1,065,213,470$0$578,891,911$92,883,831$1,770,690,751$240,603,368$3,748,283,332
FY23 GAA$1,104,379,009$0$558,746,432$104,487,522$1,838,658,737$259,842,250$3,866,113,950
FY23 SWM$1,078,906,489$0$551,646,957$89,550,242$1,798,067,717$238,664,796$3,756,836,201
FY23 Hou$1,084,703,952$0$556,825,937$96,475,657$1,816,337,715$259,081,363$3,813,424,624
FY23 HWM$1,062,322,837$0$553,938,091$93,323,197$1,815,574,153$258,976,044$3,784,134,321
FY23 Gov$1,047,268,385$0$556,992,342$93,971,113$1,808,422,543$232,329,895$3,738,984,278
FY22 GAA$1,015,311,194$0$524,910,966$85,691,471$1,781,473,098$230,722,403$3,638,109,132
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