---
type: "Bill"
title: "Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required."
description: "Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 3629"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3629 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Operations-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bahner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a256897-ab12-4c64-9e9f-8e0308d4fd03"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3629?list=open&body=House"
source_hash: "920e42fa77b9517c4a35a9335439d325888b3a1341982abaf08309230bebf3b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 3629 (2025-2026) — Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3629/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3629/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3629/versions/2/)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/HF/3629/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Repassage, as amended by the Senate — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **67–67** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bahner — primary (person)
- Engen — cosponsor (person)
- Hemmingsen-Jaeger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-23** Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** Author added Engen
- **2026-04-16** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 20, 2026
- **2026-04-20** Amendments offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-20** Point of order raised, ruled not well taken
- **2026-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-20** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-04-20** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-17** Returned from Senate with amendment
- **2026-05-17** Motion to concur with Senate amendments
- **2026-05-17** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-17** Third reading as amended by the Senate `reading-3`
- **2026-05-17** Bill was repassed as amended by the Senate
- **2026-05-20** Presented to Governor 05/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** Governor approval 05/26/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State, Filed 05/26/2026
- **2026-04-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Laid on table
- **2026-04-23** Taken from table
- **2026-04-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Laid on table
- **2026-05-17** Taken from table
- **2026-05-17** Special Order: Amended
- **2026-05-17** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Presentment date 05/20/26
- **2026-05-26** Governor's action Approval 05/26/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Secretary of State Chapter 122 05/26/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a256897-ab12-4c64-9e9f-8e0308d4fd03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).