Statewide Transparency/Spending Web Sites and Legislation

Last update: May 31, 2013

At least 35 states have passed legislation--some called Taxpayer Transparency Acts--requiring a centralized, searchable website that provides information to the public about state expenditures or state contracts. This chart provides links to the legislation and websites, including some sites that were created through executive order or actions of state agencies/officers.

For links to state stimulus sites/American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) transparency sites, see NCSL’s State Oversight of Federal Stimulus Funds.

State	Transparency Site (Some sites were created by Executive Order or State Official/Agency Actions)	Enacted Statewide Transparency Legislation	Statutory Citation (links provided when applicable/available)
Alabama	OpenAlabama.gov	2012 S.B. 30 2009 S.B. 204	Ala. Code § 41-4-65
Alaska	Alaska Checkbook Online
Arizona	Arizona Openbooks	2011 H.B. 2572 2010 H.B. 2282 2008 S.B. 1235	A.R.S. § 41-725
Arkansas	Transparency.Arkansas.Gov	2011 S.B. 221	Ark. Code § 25-1-401 to -405
California	Reporting Transparency in Government Website (no longer online)	2009 A.B. 400	Cal. Govt. Code § 15849.23
Colorado	Transparency Online Project	2009 H.B. 1288	C.R.S. § 24-72.4-101 to -105
Connecticut	Transparency.CT.gov	2010 H.B. 5163	C.G.S. § 2-53l
Delaware	Delaware Online Checkbook
Florida	Transparency Florida	2013 H.B. 5401 (Ch. 54) 2009 S.B. 1796	Fla. Stat. § 215.985
Georgia	Open Georgia	2008 S.B. 300	Ga. Code § 50-6-32
Hawaii	State Procurement Office Contracts	2009 S.B. 659 2007 H.B. 122	H.R.S. § 36-2.5
Idaho	Transparent Idaho
Illinois	Illinois Transparency & Accountability Portal	2012 H.B. 222 2012 H.B. 3934 2009 H.B. 35	20 ILCS § 405-335 55 ILCS 5/5-1018.5 60 ILCS 1/100-25 65 ILCS 5/10-4-10
Indiana	Indiana Transparency Portal	2011 HEA 1004	Ind. Code § 5-14-3.5
Iowa	Iowa Data Share	2011 H.F. 45	Iowa Code § 8G.1 to .13
Kansas	KanView	2008 S.B. 316 2007 H.B. 2457	K.S.A. 74-72,122 to 74-72,126
Kentucky	Open Door Kentucky	2011 S.B. 7	K.R.S. §§ 42.032, 26A.260, 7.505, 220.544, 65.8925
Louisiana	LaTrac	2008 S.B. 37 (1^st ex. sess.)	La. Rev. Stat. § 39.6(C), 39:51.1
Maine	Maine.gov DataShare
Maryland	Maryland Funding Accountability & Transparency	2008 H.B. 358	Md. State Fin. & Procuremt. Code § 3A-313
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Transparency	2011 Chapter 68 2010 H.B. 4800	Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 7 § 14C
Michigan	Open Michigan, State Spending and Accountability Information	2012 H.B. 4096	MCL 18.1448
Minnesota	Transparency and Accountability Project (TAP Minnesota)	2009 S.F. 2082 2007 H.F. 548	Minn. Stat. §§ 16A.056, 16A.0561
Mississippi	Transparency Mississippi	2011 S.B. 2554 2008 H.B. 101	Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-151 to -155
Missouri	Missouri Accountability Portal	2010 S.B. 757	Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 33.850, 37.850
Montana	Transparency Montana
Nebraska	NebraskaSpending.gov	2009 L.B. 16	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-602.01, 84-602.02
Nevada	Nevada Open Government Initiative	2011 A.B. 276	Nev. Rev. Stat. § 227.295
New Hampshire	TransparentNH	2012 H.B. 449 2012 H.B. 1686 2012 H.B. 1687 2011 H.B. 331 2010 H.B. 1651	N.H. Rev. Stat. § 9F:1, 9F:2
New Jersey	YourMoney.NJ.Gov
New Mexico	New Mexico Sunshine Portal	2011 S.B. 327 2010 S.B. 195 2009 H.B. 546	N.M. Stat. § 10-16D-1 to -5
New York	OpenBudget.NY.Gov, Open Book New York
North Carolina	NC OpenBook	2010 H.B. 961	NCGA §§ 143C-2-5, 143C-2-6
North Dakota	North Dakota Transparency	2009 S.B. 2018	N.D. Cent. Code § 54-44.1-18
Ohio	Ohio Government Accountability and Transparency	2008 H.B. 420	Ohio Rev. Code § 125.112
Oklahoma	OpenBooks	2011 H.B. 1489 2011 H.B. 1086 2007 S.B. 1	62 Okla. St. § 46, 68 Okla. St. § 205.6
Oregon	Oregon Transparency	2011 H.B. 2825 2011 H.B. 2788 2011 H.B. 3188 2009 H.B. 2500	Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 184.480 to 184.488
Pennsylvania	Pennwatch	2011 H.B. 15
Rhode Island	Open Government Transparency
South Carolina	Spending Transparency, Budget and Control Board Transparency Hub
South Dakota	OpenSD
Tennessee	Open Government
Texas	Texas Transparency	2007 H.B. 3430	Tex. Govt. Code § 403.024
Utah	Transparent Utah.Gov	2008 S.B. 38	Uta h Code §§ 63A-3-401, -402, -403, -404, -405
Vermont	Spotlight Vermont
Virginia	Commonwealth Data Point	2010 S.B. 431 2009 S.B. 936 2008 H.B. 324 2005 S.B. 934	Va. Code § 30-133
Washington	Washington State Fiscal Information	2008 S.B. 6818	Wash. Rev. Code § 43.88.580
West Virginia	TransparencyWV.org
Wisconsin	Contract Sunshine
Wyoming	Transparency in Wyoming Government	2009 H.B. 144	Wyo. Stat. § 9-2-1035 to 9-2-1037

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