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Senate committee backs codifying auditor’s vendor-payment transparency site
Summary
House Bill 166 would codify the State Auditor’s public vendor-payment website into statute. Senators supported codifying existing practice but asked for clarity on the definition of “vendor” and whether the bill could limit current auditor practice.
Senators in the Committee of the Whole recommended passage of House Bill 166 on Feb. 14, 2025. The bill would codify into statute the State Auditor’s public reporting of payments to vendors, effectively preserving a transparency website that the current auditor already operates.
A sponsor explained the bill’s purpose as simple codification: “This bill ... is to codify the terrific work that our state auditor is already doing today to…
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