diff --git a/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs b/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
index f2b1f1f932..e505f2bceb 100644
--- a/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl ProposalQueue {
     /// don't need filtering.
     /// This functions does the following checks:
     ///  - ValSem200
-    pub(crate) fn from_committed_proposals(
+    pub fn from_committed_proposals(
         ciphersuite: Ciphersuite,
         backend: &impl OpenMlsCryptoProvider,
         committed_proposals: Vec<ProposalOrRef>,
diff --git a/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs b/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
index 02160922dd..c8efb58809 100644
--- a/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ impl PublicGroup {
     pub(crate) fn owned_encryption_keys(&self, leaf_index: LeafNodeIndex) -> Vec<EncryptionKey> {
         self.treesync().owned_encryption_keys(leaf_index)
     }
+
+    pub fn proposal_store(&self) -> &ProposalStore {
+        &self.proposal_store
+    }
 }
 
 // Test functions