Department of Forensic Science [778]
Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $36,534,717 $2,506,996 $39,041,713
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $36,234,516 $2,506,996 $38,741,512
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $38,315,431 $2,506,996 $40,822,427
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $39,225,894 $2,506,996 $41,732,890
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $42,232,539 $2,029,930 $44,262,469
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $43,695,743 $2,030,144 $45,725,887
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly $45,818,010 $2,043,270 $47,861,280
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation $45,818,010 $2,043,270 $47,861,280
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly $50,014,798 $2,259,770 $52,274,568
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation $46,173,510 $2,043,270 $48,216,780
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments $3,841,288 $216,500 $4,057,788
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 310.00 0.00 310.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 310.00 0.00 310.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 310.00 0.00 310.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 310.00 0.00 310.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 318.00 0.00 318.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 318.00 0.00 318.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly 326.00 0.00 326.00
2018-2020 2019 Previous Legislative Appropriation 326.00 0.00 326.00
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 854, 2019 Acts of Assembly 326.00 2.00 328.00
2018-2020 2020 Previous Legislative Appropriation 326.00 0.00 326.00
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 0.00 2.00 2.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Restore second year general fund appropriation and support ongoing opioid crisis response Decision Package
  Restores funding that was carried forward from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2019 to fund an opioid crisis emergency response plan, and funds positions and outsourcing costs to address backlogs in the controlled substances section.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $3,341,288
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Fund cost of laboratory supplies in biology and toxicology sections Decision Package
  Provides funding to purchase supplies needed to perform case analysis in the forensic biology and toxicology sections.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $500,000
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Increase federal fund appropriation and position levels Decision Package
  Increases nongeneral fund appropriation and provides two positions to support grant funding for the toxicology and forensic biology sections.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $216,500
Positions 0.00 2.00
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Contracting for Forensic Laboratory Services General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment prohibits the Department of Forensic Science from entering into contracts for laboratory services which are not competitively priced.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 01-24-2026 17:28:45