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Bill to broaden state data‑sharing for fraud prevention laid over after members raise privacy and audit‑trail concerns
Summary
House File 2429, part of the governor’s anti‑fraud package, would authorize more streamlined interagency data‑sharing to detect and investigate suspected fraud in public programs. Committee members raised concerns about scope, audit trails and protections; the bill was laid over for further work.
House File 2429, authored as part of the governor’s anti‑fraud package, was laid over following extended committee discussion about privacy safeguards, audit trails and the breadth of permitted data sharing.
Representative Elkins introduced the bill and said it would “strengthen the authority for state agencies to share data” narrowly to prevent or investigate fraud in public programs, citing gaps discovered during reviews of the front‑line worker pay program. Stacy Christiansen, deputy commissioner at the Department of Administration, told the committee the provision is “narrowly drafted” to promote protection of public resources and not to override other statutory prohibitions on data sharing.
Privacy practitioner Rich Neumeister testified that the draft “opens the barn door wide,” warning it applies to all government entities (cities, counties, school districts) and urged clearer documentation requirements so affected individuals can later review what was shared. Representative Scott and others asked for audit trails and tighter guardrails; several members suggested a central intake or inspector general model instead of broad bilateral sharing.
Members agreed to lay the bill over to allow further work with stakeholders and the committee’s ongoing data‑sharing technical groups. The author and administration staff said they are willing to discuss documentation and safeguards in follow‑up work.
