# House File 1 *Minnesota House Inspector General bill, 2026 session.* House File 1 is a [[Minnesota]] House bill for an Inspector General. The project's dossier passage identifies it as the vehicle through which the Republican caucus made fraud its flagship 2026 priority.[^1] The same passage sets that stated priority beside the caucus's record on [[§43A.191]], which it identifies as the statute the United States sues over. The sole bill to repeal that section, [[House File 5143]], was introduced by seven members on May 13, 2026. That was five days before constitutional adjournment. The bill had no Senate companion, hearing, debate, vote or fiscal note, and its two pages stood against nine statutory and eight rule sections.[^2] Speaker Demuth and the majority leader are not authors of House File 5143, and no Senate Republican filed a companion.[^3] According to the passage, the caucus did not name §43A.191 as a priority, at its convention, or on any major candidate's platform.[^3] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - The Republican caucus made fraud its flagship 2026 priority through House File 1.[^1] - Under the February 6, 2025 power-sharing agreement, the GOP held the House Speakership for the biennium and had outright committee control until the March 2025 special election.[^3] ### What - House File 1 is an Inspector General bill.[^1] ### When - House File 1 is tied to the 2026 session as the GOP's flagship priority on fraud.[^3] ### Why - The record describes House File 1 as the caucus's flagship 2026 priority on fraud. It does not state the caucus's reasons for that choice.[^1] ## See also - [[House File 5143]] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki project dossier, *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), main text — identifies House File 1 as an Inspector General bill and as the caucus's flagship 2026 priority on fraud. (Validated passage; no URL in pack.) [^2]: Minnesota wiki project dossier, *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), note 50 — HF 5143 (94th Leg.): seven authors; introduced May 13, 2026, five days before constitutional adjournment; no Senate companion, hearing, debate, vote or fiscal note; two pages against nine statutory and eight rule sections. (Validated passage, marked primary-confirmed against revisor.mn.gov; no URL in pack.) [^3]: Minnesota wiki project dossier, *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), note 51 — Speaker Demuth and the majority leader not on HF 5143; no Senate Republican companion; the GOP's flagship 2026 priority was fraud (House File 1); §43A.191 not named as a priority, at the convention, or on a major candidate's platform; terms of the Feb. 6, 2025 power-sharing agreement. (Validated passage; no URL in pack.)