Localities and school divisions; posting of register of funds expended.
Summary
Requires every locality with a population greater than 25,000 and each school division with greater than 5,000 students to post quarterly on the public government website of such locality or school division 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. The bill allows any locality or school division to 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, any information related to undercover law-enforcement officers, and any information related to a settlement or contract that contains a confidentiality clause. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2019
Last action Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 31, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1262E
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 6, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103271D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
Co
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
Co
Schuyler VanValkenburg
DDemocratic
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