CS/CS/CS/HB 479: Government Accountability
GENERAL BILL by Government Accountability Committee ; Appropriations Committee ; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee ; Metz
Government Accountability; Requires Governor & Commissioner of Education, or their designees, to notify Legislative Auditing Committee of entity's failure to comply with certain auditing & financial reporting requirements; excludes water management districts from certain audit requirements; revises reporting requirements applicable to Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation; revises certain lodging rates for purpose of reimbursement to specified employees; provides requirements for statewide travel management system; revises responsibilities of specified entities to include establishment & maintenance of certain internal controls; revises auditing requirements for certain agencies, councils, & state schools; requires the Legislative Auditing Committee to determine whether governmental entity should be subject to state action under certain circumstances; requires counties & municipalities to maintain certain budget documents on entities' websites for specified period; provides annual financial audit requirements for Florida Virtual School.
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2017 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/6/2017 | House |
• Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 666 |
| 2/16/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 02/23/17, 9:30 am, Morris Hall |
| 2/23/2017 | House |
• CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 277 |
| 2/27/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) |
| 2/28/2017 | House |
• Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 269 |
| 3/7/2017 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 66 • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 263 |
| 3/13/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/15/17, 2:30 pm, Webster Hall |
| 3/15/2017 | House |
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 2 -HJ 391 |
| 3/17/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 387 |
| 3/20/2017 | House |
• Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 394 • On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 03/22/17, 9:15 am, Morris Hall |
| 3/22/2017 | House |
• CS/CS/CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 7 -HJ 454 |
| 3/23/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • Placed on Calendar -HJ 450 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/29/17 • CS/CS/CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 446 |
| 3/29/2017 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 475 • Amendment(s) adopted (360915, 727365) -HJ 475 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 3/30/2017 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 501 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 91 NAYS 23 -HJ 502 |
| 4/4/2017 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 4/5/2017 | Senate |
• Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 309 • Received -SJ 309 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Community Affairs |
