2025 bills / S.B. 15
S.B. 15 Certified Public Accountant Licensing Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill would remove the required number of work hours for becoming a licensed certified public accountant in Utah, and would require applicants to hold a bachelor's degree with a concentration in accounting and business. It would also let people holding a valid CPA license from another state practice in Utah under certain conditions, and let the Division of Professional Licensing issue citations and fines for unlawful CPA-related conduct.
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Official description
- removes the hours requirement for a certified public accountant (CPA) to become licensed
- adds a requirement that an applicant for licensure as a CPA have a bachelor's degree with a concentration in accounting and business
- allows an individual with a valid CPA license from a state other than Utah to practice in this state under certain conditions
- authorizes the Division of Professional Licensing to make a citation and assess a fine for a person engaging in unlawful conduct relating to CPAs
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 15 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 15 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Jan 21, 2025Who voted how
- 13 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 13 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how