Department

Legal

$864.7M
total checkbook spend · FY18–present
9Fiscal years
4Programs
15+Top vendors
-6% in FY25 vs FY24

Budget vs. actual

Appropriated budget (state budget dataset, converted from thousands) against actual checkbook payments. Differences reflect fund types, timing, and spending outside the checkbook — a lead, not a verdict.

Fiscal yearBudgetedCheckbook actualActual / budget
FY18 $70,338,000 $81,167,829 115%
FY19 $72,922,800 $82,180,241 113%
FY20 $76,227,900 $84,061,042 110%
FY21 $78,129,600 $83,934,890 107%
FY22 $79,929,700 $90,231,268 113%
FY23 $81,982,300 $99,955,143 122%
FY24 $94,482,700 $117,668,774 125%
FY25 $98,948,500 $110,510,669 112%
FY26 $106,219,100 $115,009,121 108%

Budget source: “Legal” in the appropriated budgets dataset. Open source dataset ↗

Money anatomy

From 14,371,805 expenditure line items — how this department's spending breaks down by fund and account.

By fund

General Fund (General)
$421.9M
General Fund (Special)
$87.0M
Federal Funds (Federal)
$20.0M
Other Expendable Trust (Special)
$2.9M
Federal Funds (General)
$1.5M
Federal Funds (Special)
$14K

Top spending accounts

Salaries/Wages-Employees
$258.9M
Pensions/Employer'S Share
$61.3M
Health Ins/Employers' Sh
$46.1M
Legal Services
$42.8M
Other Professional Service
$16.7M
Emplyr Sh/Social Security
$16.6M
Restitution-Court Fine Passthr
$12.7M
Casual & Seasonal Sals
$12.6M
Buildings - Office Space
$7.3M
Grants
$4.7M
Medical Services
$4.2M
Workmen'S Compensation
$4.1M

Source: checkbook expenditure details. Open source dataset ↗

Programs

ProgramTotalVendorsYears
Department of Justice $548,946,268 4,667 FY19–FY26
Public Defender $189,787,246 801 FY18–FY26
Office of Conflicts Counsel $68,820,187 362 FY18–FY26
Office of Attorney General $57,165,276 631 FY18–FY18

Spending by fiscal year

Fiscal yearTotalPaymentsVendors
FY18 $81,167,829 19,880847
FY19 $82,180,241 18,9471,186
FY20 $84,061,042 17,3761,130
FY21 $83,934,890 14,341875
FY22 $90,231,268 16,063832
FY23 $99,955,143 18,0271,054
FY24 $117,668,774 19,0391,455
FY25 $110,510,669 19,9791,273
FY26 $115,009,121 19,1741,094