Guide to JLARC

The Legislature’s Performance Auditors

JLARC works to make state government more effective, efficient, and accountable

• JLARC is a legislative committee. It has members from the House and Senate, evenly split between the parties.
• Nonpartisan staff do research, complete audits and reviews, and present findings to the committee.
• The Legislative Auditor oversees the work and can make recommendations to agencies and the Legislature.

JLARC reports give accurate, unbiased, and credible answers

• Legislature assigns studies through the budget and policy bills. JLARC members approve the work plan.
• Staff follow professional audit standards set by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
• JLARC reports have won multiple awards for methods, impact, and presentation.

If it happens in state government, JLARC staff can review it

Recent studies have evaluated:

• Consultation and referral lines for children's mental and behavioral health (view report)
• Racial equity effects of restricting in-person education during the COVID-19 pandemic (view report)
• Acquisition process for hybrid electric state ferries (view report)
• Tax preferences intended to create jobs in rural counties or support interstate transportation (view report)
• Appropriations and expenditures from the Dedicated Cannabis Account (view report)