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Board-backed bill would update Nevada accountancy licensure to align with national standards
Summary
AB 510, sponsored by the Nevada State Board of Accountancy, would move certain CPA licensure requirements from statute into regulation, revise education and exam timelines to reflect national standards and eliminate several statutory fees; supporters said the changes increase licensure flexibility and modernize Nevada practice rules.
Michael Hillerby, representing the Nevada State Board of Accountancy, presented Assembly Bill 510 to the committee as an update to Nevada's accountancy licensure statutes. Hillerby said the bill brings Nevada into closer conformity with the Uniform Accountancy Act and national practice by shifting detailed education and experience requirements from statute into regulation, adjusting the allowable time window to complete the Uniform CPA Exam to a newly proposed 30 months (from the prior rolling 18 months used in regulations), and eliminating obsolete statutory fees that are already handled in administrative code.
Hillerby described the national context: the Uniform Accountancy Act dates to 1916 and promotes interstate licensure mobility; Nevada previously adopted "individual mobility" (reciprocity) and in 2023 expanded firm mobility. AB 510 would permit the board to adopt updated regulations for foreign-country experience evaluation and to remove a statutory requirement to set a fee for experience evaluation (the fee currently exists in NAC 628.016 at $1,000). He noted that several foreign jurisdictions now have credential-recognition arrangements with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the AICPA and identified those countries as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and South Africa.
Anna Durst, CEO of the Nevada Society of CPAs, testified in support and said the society worked with the board to remove statutory barriers to licensure and to provide regulatory flexibility that can attract CPAs and firms to Nevada while maintaining public protection.
The bill is effective on passage for preparatory steps and on Jan. 1, 2026, for other provisions; Hillerby said regulations would return to the Legislative Commission as required. No opposition was recorded in the hearing, and the committee did not take a final vote at the session.
Supporters said the bill would streamline licensure pathways, allow updated regulation for education and experience standards, and reduce administrative friction in recognizing qualified candidates from other U.S. jurisdictions and eligible foreign credential systems.
