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House debates bill to require OLA follow-up reports; members table measure after close votes
Summary
Lawmakers debated House File 3, which would fund Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) staff to track agencies’ implementation of audit recommendations. After floor debate and two roll calls, the House laid the bill on the table following reconsideration.
House File 3, a bill to require and fund follow-up reporting by the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) on agencies’ implementation of audit recommendations, was debated on the House floor March 6, 2025, and ultimately laid on the table after a successful motion to reconsider and a subsequent nondebatable tabling motion.
Author Representative Jim Nash, R‑Carver, told members the bill “will give the OLA the necessary...labor and bodies to follow‑up on that proactively, not reactively,” and said the proposal includes an appropriation to add two staff at the OLA and “effectively a half a person” in the Department of Administration’s management budget to compile the follow‑up reports. Nash said the reports would help lawmakers see “that those internal controls that have been recommended…have actually been done.”
Supporters framed the bill as a tool to strengthen oversight and reduce fraud by making implementation of audit recommendations visible…
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