Jackley Budget Highlights

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising the approval of the fiscal year 2025 state general fund budget that includes funds for the Attorney General’s Office to use for a new Digital Investigation Unit, cybersecurity services initiative, and grants to organizations that assist abused children.

Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday signed the budget bill, which was earlier approved by the state Legislature. In the overall state budget, the Attorney General’s Office will receive the $39 million the office had requested during the appropriations process. State legislators also appropriated an additional one-time $12 million to the office to use for the state cybersecurity initiative to be run by Dakota State University and the victim grants.

Highlights of the budget include:

Seven million dollars in one-time general funds to create a cybersecurity initiative to expand and improve cybersecurity for counties and municipalities statewide.The funds will be transferred from the Attorney General’s Office to Dakota State University which will oversee the initiative.

There is also five million dollars in one-time general funds for the Attorney General’s Office to award grants to organizations that assist children who have been abused or neglected, victims of domestic violence, and victims of sexual assault. 

The new budget takes effect July 1, 2024.