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type: "Bill"
title: "Annual local audit; notice of delay."
description: "Requires that localities submit their annual local audit to the Auditor of Public Accounts. If the audit is not completed as required, the locality shall promptly post a statement on its website, if such website exists, declaring that the required audit is pending, the reasons for the delay, and the estimated date of completion. Such statement shall also be posted and made available to the public at the next scheduled meeting of the local governing body and also be sent to the Auditor of Public Accounts. The statement shall continue to be posted and updated until the audit is complete. Any town with a population of less than 3,500 that voluntarily has an audit prepared shall also submit the results of such audit to the Auditor of Public Accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1866"
citation: "Virginia HB 1866 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher K. Peace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f3fbe3a-0e49-4211-9237-2e637d70651f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1866"
source_hash: "127e5c2d1c5cb08f32401311d21bd2ec90e0df19c77e4aa94e3aec8fe4402cc4"
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 1866 (2019) — Annual local audit; notice of delay.
Requires that localities submit their annual local audit to the Auditor of Public Accounts. If the audit is not completed as required, the locality shall promptly post a statement on its website, if such website exists, declaring that the required audit is pending, the reasons for the delay, and the estimated date of completion. Such statement shall also be posted and made available to the public at the next scheduled meeting of the local governing body and also be sent to the Auditor of Public Accounts. The statement shall continue to be posted and updated until the audit is complete. Any town with a population of less than 3,500 that voluntarily has an audit prepared shall also submit the results of such audit to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0322)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1866)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1866ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1866ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105621D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1866H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102750D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1866)
## Votes
- Reported from Local Government — **130** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **60** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102750D `introduction`
- **2019-01-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105621D-H1
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1866H1
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (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/7f3fbe3a-0e49-4211-9237-2e637d70651f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).