HF 3 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

HF 3 requires Minnesota's legislative auditor to annually report to the legislature by February 1 on whether state agencies have implemented audit recommendations from the prior five years. The bill mandates that agencies' commissioners must also submit detailed reports by September 1 each year, specifically itemizing unaddressed recommendations and explaining why they weren't implemented. This directly affects all state agencies subject to legislative auditor reviews and their commissioners, who must now document progress on audit findings. The law creates a structured process for tracking accountability without altering agency funding or creating new programs.
Bill status failed 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

1st Engrossment 2nd Engrossment · 3 edits · Feb 26, 2025
MINOR
The bill was updated from the 1st to the 2nd engrossment, changing the posting date from February 13 to March 10, 2025. The most significant substantive change narrows the scope of the legislative auditor's required report; the requirement to list which agencies received 'internal control or fiscal management recommendations' was removed, and the report now only needs to list agencies that received 'legislative auditor recommendations.' This simplifies the reporting requirement by removing the specific focus on internal controls and fiscal management.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding the content of the legislative auditor's annual report was narrowed to exclude specific references to internal control and fiscal management recommendations.
REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the legislative auditor to submit a report listing agencies with 'internal control or fiscal management recommendations' was changed to only list agencies with 'legislative auditor recommendations.'

TIMELINE

The posting date of the bill was updated from 02/13/2025 to 03/10/2025.

TECHNICAL

The header and title text were updated to reflect the transition from the 1st Engrossment to the 2nd Engrossment.

Floor votes · House Mar 10, 2025

How they voted

6666
Failed
Total votes 132
Mar 10, 2025
D Democratic65
65 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican67
66 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 10, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (66-66)
house
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt as amended
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
lower
1 primary · 31 co-sponsors

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