A major shift in how the state investigates corruption is now on the table in Trenton.

Senate President Nick Scuteri has introduced a fast-tracked bill that would strip key investigative powers away from the state comptroller and give them to the State Commission of Investigation, or the SCI, with a Senate committee scheduled to take up the bill on Monday.

Supporters say the measure would consolidate overlapping responsibilities in the offices, but critics are calling it a dangerous move that would weaken oversight and efforts to fight corruption.

Pointing to the fact that acting state comptroller Kevin Walsh has taken on powerful political and business figures, sparking frustration and even complaints from some of the people he's investigated.

Walsh wrote on X that a vote for the bill would be a "vote for corruption."

Investigations into things like public contracting and Medicaid would still be left to the comptroller but with weakened authority.

Walsh's office has recouped about $100 million annually for the state in Medicaid fraud and overpayments alone.

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