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type: "Bill"
title: "Annual local audit; enforcement mechanism, civil penalty."
description: "Annual local audit; enforcement; civil penalty.Provides an enforcement mechanism if a locality that is late in completingits required audit fails to give proper notification of the delayed audit. Such enforcement may include a writ of mandamus and a civilpenalty of between $500 and $2,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 760"
citation: "Virginia HB 760 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5466c3f4-122a-47bc-84a7-cac347a343fc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB760"
source_hash: "9187d52af6362261b9ffdfa20f396ec35e8c3467b2f9345ae24a6d550af5dbe6"
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 760 (2020) — Annual local audit; enforcement mechanism, civil penalty.
Annual local audit; enforcement; civil penalty.Provides an enforcement mechanism if a locality that is late in completingits required audit fails to give proper notification of the delayed audit. Such enforcement may include a writ of mandamus and a civilpenalty of between $500 and $2,000.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0699)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB760ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB760ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB760)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB760)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103611D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB760)
- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB760ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5466c3f4-122a-47bc-84a7-cac347a343fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).