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Grants-debarment bill fails in committee on 13-13 tie after debate on scope and verification

Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee · May 6, 2026
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Summary

House File 3093, a bill that would bar entities found to have committed certain frauds from receiving state grants, failed in the Ways and Means Committee on a 13-13 roll-call tie after members debated the bill’s breadth and how agencies would verify compliance.

House File 3093, a bill aimed at preventing entities that have violated Minnesota fraud statutes from receiving state grants, failed to advance in the House Ways and Means Committee on May 6 after a roll-call vote ended in a 13-13 tie.

Representative Grama (sponsored bill and/or spoke to the measure as presented) and others described the proposal as a step to close gaps in the state’s pre-award review process. A sponsor summarized the bill’s core concept: "this bill implements a simple concept that entities who steal from the state…

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