republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1789.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auditor of Public Accounts; audits of certain political subdivisions."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1789"
citation: "Virginia HB 1789 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-01"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc26ddbf-b5c4-42fc-b874-2689aa583241"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1789"
source_hash: "cf63988b761c1705a801e90870901a228399498c83a7427fbc8187193b79c0b7"
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 1789 (2021) — Auditor of Public Accounts; audits of certain political subdivisions.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0127)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103285D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1789H1)
3. **HB1789ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1789ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101335D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1789)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Rules — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101335D `introduction`
- **2021-01-01** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Referred from Rules
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-23** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute printed 21103285D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 21103285D-H1
- **2021-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1789H1
- **2021-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Reported from Rules (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc26ddbf-b5c4-42fc-b874-2689aa583241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).