---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation"
description: "Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 856"
citation: "Minnesota SF 856 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Government-State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustafson"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283d83e0-5440-4aee-ab24-7f3a4b70fffe"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856?list=open&body=Senate"
source_hash: "03223efb72781745f77e7f7b76a22e418153fc0aaf17141bb87dcd6ef0a32d3e"
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 SF 856 (2025-2026) — Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation

## Version chain

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

1. **10th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/10/)
2. **11th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/11/)
3. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/1/)
4. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/ue/1/)
5. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/2/)
6. **2nd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/ue/2/)
7. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/3/)
8. **3rd Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/ue/3/)
9. **4th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/4/)
10. **4th Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/ue/4/)
11. **5th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/5/)
12. **6th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/6/)
13. **7th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/7/)
14. **8th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/8/)
15. **9th Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/9/)
16. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2025/0/SF/856/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Amendment — **66–67** (fail) · lower
- Freiberg motion - Lay on the Table — **65–68** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **65–67** (fail) · lower
- Amendment — **65–67** (fail) · lower
- Passage, as amended — **127–5** (pass) · lower
- Nash motion Recall and Re-refer — **67–66** (pass) · lower
- Suspension of Rules — **66–67** (fail) · lower
- Anderson, P. E., motion - Suspension of Rules — **70–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Anderson, P. E. — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Draheim — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Gottfried — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, P. — cosponsor (person)
- Klevorn — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Latz — cosponsor (person)
- Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Putnam — cosponsor (person)
- Virnig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Senate file first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
- **2025-05-19** Motion to suspend rules
- **2025-05-19** Motion to lay on the table
- **2025-05-19** Motion did not prevail
- **2025-05-19** Motion to suspend rules question recurred
- **2025-05-19** Motion did not prevail 2/3 vote required to suspend rules
- **2026-02-19** Motion to suspend rules
- **2026-02-19** Motion did not prevail 90 votes needed for suspension of rules
- **2026-02-25** Motion to recall and re-refer, motion did not prevail Judiciary Finance and Civil Law 68 votes required for motion to prevail.
- **2026-03-25** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 7, 2026
- **2026-05-07** Motion to suspend rules
- **2026-05-07** Motion prevailed
- **2026-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-07** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Presented to Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-14** Governor approval 05/14/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Secretary of State, Filed 05/15/26
- **2025-01-30** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Education Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Human Services `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to State and Local Government
- **2025-03-24** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Rules and Administration `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Withdrawn and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
- **2025-04-01** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Rules and Administration `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Special Order: Amended
- **2025-05-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Motion did not prevail to reconsider third reading
- **2025-05-08** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Returned from House with amendment
- **2026-05-11** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2026-05-11** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Presentment date 05/12/26
- **2026-05-14** Governor's action Approval 05/14/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Secretary of State Chapter 92 05/15/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283d83e0-5440-4aee-ab24-7f3a4b70fffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).