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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 2 Requires Mandatory State Employee Fraud Reporting and Strengthens Grant Oversight
Last action · February 24, 2025: Author added SextonSponsors: Ben Davis and 31 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened.
Grant recipients face mandatory in-person monitoring visits, potential funding freezes for missing progress reports, and stricter internal control requirements, while state employees gain explicit whistleblower protections for reporting financial misconduct.
- HF 2 is a legislative proposal introduced in the 94th session of the Minnesota Legislature to increase financial accountability and transparency in state-administered grants. context
- Minnesota state statutes governing grants management and state operations are primarily outlined in chapters 15 and 16B of the Minnesota Statutes. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State employees
Grant recipients
Grant recipients face mandatory unannounced in-person monitoring visits, website transparency rules, suspension upon criminal charges, and strict progress reporting requirements.
State agencies
State agencies must implement mandatory fraud reporting workflows, post organizational charts, conduct risk assessments, and perform unannounced grant monitoring visits.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What must a state employee do if they suspect fraud?
What new monitoring requirements apply to large state grants?
Are nonprofits required to disclose executive compensation before receiving a grant?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 24, 2025HouseAuthor added Sexton
- Feb 20, 2025HouseAuthor added Altendorf
- Feb 20, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
- Feb 17, 2025HouseAuthor added Gordon
- Feb 13, 2025HouseAuthors added McDonald, Koznick and Murphy
- Feb 10, 2025HouseAuthors added Perryman; Engen; Bennett; Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Robbins; Johnson, W.; Harder; Allen; and Swedzinski
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- Feb 6, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Shift from Encouraged to Mandatory Reporting
The legislation changes state employee fraud reporting from being merely encouraged to a strict legal requirement with mandatory notification pathways.
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Sources
www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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