House Bill 640 Summary

• Requires counties and municipalities to list on their official websites any expenditures of $150,000 or more used to pay sexual harassment settlements, with a front-page link to this information.

• Requires state agencies to list sexual harassment settlement expenditures of $150,000 or more on their agency websites in accordance with the state's expenditure transparency law.

• Amends Section 27-104-155 to add sexual harassment settlement designations to the Department of Finance and Administration's searchable state expenditure website and to similar transparency websites for higher education institutions and community colleges.

• Requires that all public institutions and entities maintain these sexual harassment settlement disclosures on their accountability and transparency websites.

• Takes effect July 1, 2020.