The Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary voted on a slate of recommended appropriations for state public‑safety and justice agencies and forwarded the proposals to the full Appropriations Committee.
The panel recommended the following appropriations by voice vote: $548,717,924 for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; $120,096,454 for the Department of Public Safety; $88,280,725 for the district courts; $87,626,317 for the District Attorney's Council; $28,000,912,2901 for the Oklahoma Supreme Court (amount as stated in the transcript); $24,870,125 for the Oklahoma Indigenous Business System; $40,439,231 for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; $18,069,144 for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; $71,283,457 for the Attorney General's office (after separate discussion); $4,545,330 for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs; $4,686,775 for the Court of Criminal Appeals; $8,339,731 for the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; $4,905,450 for the Alcohol Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission; $2,604,446 for the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board; and $340,000 for the Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints (the subcommittee also added $40,000 in general funds to that council's recommendation).
Most of the items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no separate roll‑call recorded in the transcript. The measures were characterized in committee as recommendations to the full Appropriations Committee rather than final appropriations.
Several items received brief discussion on agency needs or program details before the vote. The subcommittee additionally approved opioid abatement grant authority (see separate article) and handled two legacy capital fund (LCF) proposals that drew longer discussion: a legacy capital fund request for the Attorney General's office was debated and the dedicated LCF motion failed for lack of a second (see separate article on the Attorney General request); the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs' LCF request and related secure‑storage concerns were discussed and related funding items were recommended.
Votes at a glance: all listed appropriation recommendations above were approved by voice vote and forwarded to the full Appropriations Committee as recorded in the subcommittee transcript.
The subcommittee chair closed the meeting after the votes and thanked members for their work.