Performance Audits of Certain State Agencies

Added a new requirement to assess how Division of Unemployment Insurance processes impact stakeholders' ability to access program benefits and identify unnecessary or delay-causing processes.

Added a new requirement to determine whether the Division of Unemployment Insurance has sufficient funding and staffing to efficiently and effectively fulfill its statutory duties.

Document header was updated from 'PREAMENDED' to 'REREVISED' to reflect that all amendments have been adopted in the Second House.

Added reading status information indicating '3rd Reading Unamended' and 'Amended 2nd Reading' with dates for House action.

Removed draft committee amendment text that was not yet adopted, including specific audit requirements for the Division of Unemployment Insurance.

Added the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics as a third agency subject to performance audits.

Changed the audit schedule to allow for more frequent audits at the State Auditor's discretion after the initial two audits are completed.

Added specific language requiring the State Auditor to identify unnecessary, unreasonable, or delay-causing processes in the Division of Unemployment Insurance audits.

Added note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and should be verified against official legislative status sheets.

Reformatted the bill header and sponsor lists to match final act conventions with proper indentation and spacing.

Added signature lines for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, and Governor.

Removed draft formatting notes and placeholder text that were present in the signed act version.

Added new co-sponsors to the Senate and House sponsorship lists, including Mullica, Barron, Bradley, Caldwell, Garcia Sander, Marshall, Stewart R., Story, and McCluskie.

Updated the bill summary date from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025 and changed the version header from 'Reengrossed' to 'Signed Act'.

Reformatted the bill text layout and removed explanatory notes about amendment symbols (shading, underlining, capitalization) that were present in the reengrossed version but not needed in the final signed act.

Added two new Senate sponsors (Exum and Lundeen) to the bill sponsorship list

Updated bill summary header from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed' and changed date reference from 'Second Reading in the House' to 'Adopted in the House of Introduction'

Reformatted audit requirement sections with minor line breaks and spacing adjustments, but no substantive policy changes to audit scope, timing, or reporting requirements

The division being audited was changed from the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics to the Division of Unemployment Insurance throughout the bill text.

The statutory reference for the division being audited was updated from Section 8-1-103 to Section 8-71-101 to match the correct division's creation authority.

The specific audit criteria and evaluation factors were updated to reference the Division of Unemployment Insurance instead of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics.

Audit schedule dates remain the same (2026 and 2031 for air pollution control, 2027 and 2032 for unemployment insurance) but now apply to the correct division.