Auditor of Public Accounts; audits of certain political subdivisions.
Summary
Auditor of Public Accounts; audits of certain political subdivisions. Extends from three months to five months after the end of its fiscal year the period within which certain authorities, commissions, districts, or other political subdivisions with an unelected governing body must have an annual financial transactions audit performed and filed with Auditor of Public Accounts. The bill retains the three month audit requirement for each authority, commission, district, or other political subdivision with an unelected governing body and which is required to be reported in the Commonwealth's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report as determined by the State Comptroller and the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 1, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1789H1
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103285D-H1
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2021
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred from Rules
lower
Jan 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 1, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101335D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe McNamara
RRepublican
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