Register of funds expended; required posting by localities & school divisions on public gov website.
Summary
Requires every locality and each school division located within the locality to post on the public government website of the locality a register of all funds expended, showing vendor name, date of payment, amount, and a description of the type of expense, including credit card purchases with the same information. A locality and school division may exclude from such posting any information that is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, any personal identifying information related to a court ordered payment, or any information related to undercover law enforcement officers. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 22, 2016
Last action Feb 21, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB795E
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Senator Newman agreed to
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Sep 22, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
legislature
Sep 22, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100644D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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