Panel advances bill aligning CPA licensure with 2025 Uniform Accountancy Act

Representative Kendricks urged the committee to advance House Bill 43-17, saying the measure updates CPA licensure pathways to align with the 2025 Uniform Accountancy Act and "creates 3 structured pathways to becoming a CPA, all requiring an accounting degree, supervised experience and passing the CPA exam." Representative Kendricks said the bill "expands workforce assets without lowering professional standards and maintains the interstate, mobility process."

The sponsor presented the PCS and a live amendment restoring previously stricken language; the amendment was moved on the record and adopted without objection. There were no substantive questions from other members, and the committee opened the vote queue. The chair announced the committee vote as 6 ayes, 0 nays and declared the bill past the committee.

The measure, as explained by the sponsor, keeps the CPA exam and supervised experience as licensing prerequisites while adding structured pathways intended to broaden access. The transcript does not provide the exact statutory text of the pathways or an implementation timetable; those details were represented as part of the PCS and the adopted live amendment.

The committee took no additional floor actions in the hearing; the bill will move to the next legislative step per regular process.