republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1387.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; operational and programmatic efficiency."
description: "Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of state agencies, under a contract with a United States-based private management consulting firm. The purpose of the review and assessment is to provide an objective and independent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth's organizational structure and its programs in order to provide information to the Governor and the General Assembly to effect savings in expenditures, a reduction in duplication of effort, and programmatic efficiencies in the operation of state government. The bill also (i) provides certain required terms for the contract with the private entity and (ii) requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of any review and assessment by December 1 of the year in which the review is conducted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1387"
citation: "Virginia SB 1387 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "General Assembly", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5a044e5-f79b-4761-b9fe-98801cefd0ef"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1387"
source_hash: "94472615a79df22d672d897fdb42c953c2aac03fa6d5f919f514a4d9aa69e6e1"
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 SB 1387 (2017) — Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; operational and programmatic efficiency.

Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of state agencies, under a contract with a United States-based private management consulting firm. The purpose of the review and assessment is to provide an objective and independent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth's organizational structure and its programs in order to provide information to the Governor and the General Assembly to effect savings in expenditures, a reduction in duplication of effort, and programmatic efficiencies in the operation of state government. The bill also (i) provides certain required terms for the contract with the private entity and (ii) requires the Commission to submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of any review and assessment by December 1 of the year in which the review is conducted.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0726)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1387ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1387ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103779D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1387)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103779D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1387E)

## Votes

- Passed House with amendment — **82–10** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules with amendment — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103779D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1387E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17103779D-E
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-21** Passed House with amendment (82-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 726 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5a044e5-f79b-4761-b9fe-98801cefd0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).