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Panel advances bill adding experience-based pathway to CPA licensure
Summary
A House subcommittee advanced House Bill 148 to create an alternate pathway to Certified Public Accountant licensure that emphasizes work experience (bachelor's + two years or master's + one year) and to ease cross‑state mobility for licensed CPAs, supporters told the panel.
A House subcommittee advanced House Bill 148 to create an alternate, experience-focused pathway for Certified Public Accountant licensure and to expand cross‑state practice mobility for licensees, supporters said at a regulatory subcommittee hearing.
Supporters said the bill is intended to expand the pipeline of new CPAs while preserving the profession's standards. "What this house bill 148 does is goes back to those old requirements in regard to or should I say it provides a new pathway," a bill presenter told the committee, describing a pathway that would allow either a master's degree plus one year of experience or a four‑year degree with an accounting concentration plus two years of experience,…
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