[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today signed a bill into law providing deficiency funding for the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) to continue providing hearings for campaign and data practice matters. Chapter 23, Senate File 1816 provides $196,000 in fiscal year 2023 for the Office of Administrative Hearings. The funds will be used to maintain fair, timely, and impartial hearings in campaign and data practices matters. The purpose of these funds is to accommodate an increase in data practices and campaign cases received by the OAH.