Over a year ago, the Senate first passed the bill with overwhelming bipartisan support. After the House’s passage last week, the bill now heads to the Governor’s desk.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Today, the Minnesota Senate repassed Senate File 856, Senator Heather Gustafson’s legislation to create a statewide Office of Inspector General (OIG). Almost exactly a year ago, the Senate passed the bill on a vote of 60-7. After the House’s passage last week on a vote of 127-5, the Senate voted (66-0) to concur with the House’s updates to the bill, and sent it to the Governor’s desk.
The new statewide Office of Inspector General, when signed into law by the Governor, will prevent fraud against the state’s programs and services, help coordinate program integrity measures across agencies, and act as a government watchdog and protector of tax dollars.
“I want to, again, thank the lawmakers in both chambers who helped bring this bill across the finish line,” said Senator Gustafson (DFL-Vadnais Heights). “It was an honest bipartisan effort here in the Senate – a testament to how we can work together across the aisle to help the state. Minnesotans deserve to know their tax dollars are being used as intended, and our state’s new independent OIG will help ensure that. I look forward to seeing our bill – the most significant state-level anti-fraud legislation in recent history – signed into law.”
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