S.F. No. 4530 Summary

• Appropriates $4.5 million to the Supreme Court for fiscal year 2021, including $1 million for courthouse safety and security grants (with 50% nonstate match requirement) and $3.5 million for court system cyber security.

• Appropriates $23.138 million to the Department of Corrections for fiscal year 2021, including $5.05 million for safety initiatives in state correctional facilities, $9.888 million for overtime and staffing, and $2.469 million in base reduction for prison population alternatives.

• Allocates $8.232 million to public safety for fiscal year 2021, including $3.096 million for sexual assault examination kit testing and storage, $1.386 million for forensic laboratory capacity, and $2 million for violence prevention grants.

• Transfers $30 million from the general fund to the disaster assistance contingency account.

• Modifies sexual assault examination kit procedures requiring law enforcement to submit unrestricted kits within 60 days for testing and establishes a uniform consent form and searchable database for victims to track kit testing status.

• Restructures Board of Public Defense authority to replace court-ordered counsel approvals with state public defender approvals and adjusts county aid payments for public defense services.