---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treasurers, local; recordkeeping."
description: "Treasurers, local; recordkeeping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1731"
citation: "Virginia HB 1731 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9a10ee-fd0f-4067-a4c1-1c82fb0081e9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1731"
source_hash: "8625b9061b970702262fc54c2b0bbf0adbf0b7ca803863021015672f21547781"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1731 (2019) — Treasurers, local; recordkeeping.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0031)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1731ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1731ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101191D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1731)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101191D `introduction`
- **2018-12-19** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba9a10ee-fd0f-4067-a4c1-1c82fb0081e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).