Legislative auditor required to submit a report to the legislature related to an agency's implementation of legislative auditor recommendations, and money appropriated.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Keith Allen and 30 co-sponsors

Requires the Legislative Auditor to report to the Legislature on how state agencies have implemented auditor recommendations, with funding to support the reporting effort.

Motion prevailed

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Summary — HF 3 (2025)

Title: Legislative auditor required to submit a report to the legislature related to an agency's implementation of legislative auditor recommendations, and money appropriated.
Status: Motion prevailed (most recent procedural action)
Introduced: January 14, 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Stone (primary)
Related/companion: SF 263

Main purpose / intent

HF 3 requires the Office of the Legislative Auditor to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature that addresses how state agencies have implemented recommendations made by the Legislative Auditor. The bill also includes an appropriation to support the auditor’s work related to that reporting requirement.

Key provisions (as described)

Mandates a formal report by the Legislative Auditor to the Legislature concerning agency implementation of Legislative Auditor recommendations. The bill text and final report frequency/timing are not specified in the summary materials provided.

Includes an appropriation (exact dollar amount not shown in the provided material) to fund the Legislative Auditor’s production of the required report.

The 2nd engrossment text attached to the bill packet contains an unrelated-seeming provision that would exclude certain fines from setoff procedures under Minn. Stat. § 421.65 and apply that exclusion to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the bill’s effective date and to fines unpaid on or after the effective date. That provision appears to be an amendment or separate insertion and may not reflect the bill’s primary subject; the two topics (auditor reporting and setoff exclusions) are not explicitly connected in the materials provided.

Who would be affected

Office of the Legislative Auditor: increased workload to compile and deliver the required report(s); receives an appropriation to pay for this work.

Executive branch agencies and state entities: would be subject to increased scrutiny and reporting regarding whether and how they implemented Legislative Auditor recommendations.

Potentially local authorities or parties with outstanding fines: only if the setoff-exclusion language in the 2nd engrossment is retained in final law; that language would change collection/setoff practices under Minn. Stat. § 421.65 for certain fines.

Procedural / timeline notes

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 (initial referral to Public Safety); subsequently referred to State Government Finance and Policy (Feb 6).

Subcommittee and committee consideration occurred in January–February 2025; several committee reports recommended passage (some as amended). Authors and co-authors were added through February.

Committee vote recorded 15–7 (with 1 excused) on Feb 26.

The bill was renumbered as HF 764 in committee report action.

On March 10, 2025 the bill reached third reading. The record shows multiple procedural motions (motion for reconsideration, motion to lay on the table) with “motion prevailed” recorded; the most recent listed status is “Motion prevailed.”

Because the provided materials include conflicting or partial text (notably the setoff/fines language), the final scope and text of HF 3/HF 764 may differ pending final engrossment and enactment.

Notes / caveats

The summary is based on the bill title, legislative history, and fragments of engrossed text provided. The full bill text (final engrossment) and the appropriation amount were not included in the materials supplied. The 2nd engrossment fragment appears to add unrelated setoff/fine provisions; confirm the final enrolled bill for the definitive content and fiscal impacts.