Video & Transcript Research : 'CPA licensing'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - 05/20/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On line 94 is the CPA, the county program aid reduction.
  • So, we had runs of the cuts to LGA and CPA, a list of how... that was enacted in 2023.
  • ,<00:21:18.640> the<00:21:18.799> county On line 94 is the CPA, the county On line
  • 94 is the CPA, the county program<00:21:19.600> aid<00:21:20.240> aid<00:21:20.840>
  • LGA and CPA cuts are a choice.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • be selling alternative nicotine products, you're going to have to be licensed.
  • So while the penalties may be, the license is not.
  • We know that tobacco retail licensing is part of this.
  • We know that tobacco retail licensing is part of the solution.
  • They have a licensing bureau.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Feb 16th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This allows pediatric neurologists, developmental pediatricians, licensed physicians trained in ASD diagnosis
  • It is a secure, real-time statewide registry showing licensed, staffed, and available behavioral health
  • This does not affect the quantity that a lawfully licensed marijuana medical marijuana patient can possess
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 22nd, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • associated with this issue focus on general health, safety, compliance, inspection, staff training, and licenses
  • It defines the covered entities, including camp, especially encompassing day camp, and camps licensed
  • Chapter 141 youth camps are licensed under the Department of State Health Services, so we just ask that
Summary: The committee met in special session to hear a series of flood, preparedness, and youth-camp safety bills, with members repeatedly noting that many of the measures were intended as planning, warning, or authority-clarifying bills rather than direct spending bills. House Bill 254 would expand eligibility for the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program to include Kerr County and 18 other flood-affected counties by raising the GDP cap and lowering the poverty threshold; it drew no opposition and was left pending. House Bill 68 would direct a study of flood mitigation in flatland areas, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, to develop cost-effective drainage and infrastructure recommendations; local officials and advocates supported it, and it was also left pending. The committee then heard several youth camp bills tied to the recent Hill Country flooding. House Bill 75 would impose flood-aware building and site standards for youth camps near floodplains, and House Bill 71 would require camps and youth activity entities to submit emergency preparedness plans to TDEM, coordinate with local responders, and maintain readiness protocols; both bills were supported by safety advocates and camp representatives, and both were left pending. House Bill 171 would require campgrounds near flood-prone waters to give written flood-risk notice to campers and obtain signed acknowledgment; it was presented as informed consent and left pending. Testimony on these bills emphasized Camp Mystic and other recent flood tragedies, with some witnesses urging broader building-code and floodplain reforms. The committee also heard House Bill 117, which would let counties regulate impervious cover for flood mitigation in unincorporated areas. Supporters, including county officials, environmental groups, and residents, argued that rapid development in the Hill Country and other growing areas is worsening runoff and downstream flooding; opponents from the builders’ association said counties already have substantial authority and warned about overreach into rural property use. After extensive testimony, the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 18 would streamline permitting for certain flood control districts to repair dams and reservoirs and build small holding areas, and it was left pending after supportive testimony from Plum Creek Conservation District. Senate Bill 3 would create a state-backed outdoor flood warning siren program for identified flood-prone areas, funded through a grant program; witnesses generally supported it, though some cautioned that sirens are not sufficient by themselves and may not be heard indoors or in overnight storms. It too was left pending. The committee also began hearing House Bill 149 on public-safety radio interoperability, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full testimony or action is shown.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fee for licenses that are expired more than five years.
  • Whose professional licenses are currently housed under Service Oklahoma?
  • Are they then going to determine what the fee is for the License.
  • , vehicle registration, hunting and fishing license, income tax forms.
  • House Bill 4317 is brought by the CPAs.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Just like he said, Madam Chair, it just creates another avenue for CPAs. Thank you.
  • Madam Whip and members, Senate Bill 1123 requires a licensed physician to be trained rather than board
  • Madam Witt and members, Senate Bill 1148 requires the Supreme Court to directly license attorneys in
  • when a person commits assault knowing the victim is a public utility worker, a utility worker, a licensed
  • You know, all this bill does is require the Supreme Court to license attorneys for practice of law in
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Republican caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and one House concurrent memorial, most of them described as third-read consent items. Topics included claims against the state, CPA licensing, creditor assignments, insurance adjuster licensing, school equivalency instruction, extending a credit enhancement board, firearm safety instruction in schools, student eligibility restrictions for school activities, Celebrate Freedom Week, release-time courses, voter registration roll access, campaign and disclosure mailing addresses, federal land designation tracking, public records review standards, workers’ compensation burial and death benefits, condominium flag displays, restrictions on sexually explicit material in schools and libraries, agency guidance posting, standardized state hiring, mental health court-ordered treatment procedures, autopsy supervision, tribal MOUs, controlled substance scheduling, emergency medical technician data privacy, dense breast tissue notice repeal, assisted living referral agency requirements, attorney disciplinary claims, fentanyl penalties, campus firearms rules, suppressors, defamation standards, mandatory reporting, attorney licensing, emergency service fee limits, forcible detainer changes, utility worker assault penalties, water basin reporting, small modular nuclear reactors, water recovery assumptions, ICE notification after arrests, military police certification pathways, and scholarship organization tax credits. Most bills were presented without debate and were noted as available for questions, with no votes taken in the caucus itself. A few items drew discussion. On SB 1040, members asked what information would be redacted from voter registration rolls; staff said existing statutory redactions such as voter registration numbers, ID numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifying information would remain. SB 1193 prompted comments that EMT data being open source was surprising and that the issue might be expanded to paramedics. SB 1243 was described as strengthening guardian notification rights in court-ordered treatment, and SB 1318 was characterized as a cleanup measure to remove redundant state notice requirements for dense breast tissue. The most extended exchange came on SB 1148, which would require the Arizona Supreme Court to directly license attorneys rather than delegate that function to another organization; members asked whether the bill was shifting responsibility away from the State Bar, and staff explained that the court already has the duty but currently staffs part of the process out. SB 1418, which limits county regulation of certain small modular nuclear reactor projects, drew criticism from one member who argued it would reduce local control. The caucus also heard a sponsor presentation on H.C.M. 2009 urging Congress and the President to amend the Antiquities Act, compensate states for subsurface minerals, and streamline mining permits, with the sponsor emphasizing Arizona’s mining history and the need to access mineral resources more easily.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/30/2026 - House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • licensing applications the board received within the time frames required by rule, issuing initial licenses
  • We have a license number within the state, but we don't only license pharmacists in this state.
  • responsibilities related to licensing, including timely issuing licenses and certificates to more than
  • , that's specific to licensing.
  • , that's specific to licensing.
Keywords: 1182, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4266 is the omnibus house specialty license plate bill.
  • So my understanding is that this is the omnibus license plate bill that we pass every year.
  • And the users that want that order will have to pay an increased fee to have that license plate.
  • President, do we have license plates for regional universities? Thank you, Mr.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4266 is the omnibus House specialty license plate bill.
  • House Bill 4266 is the omnibus House specialty license plate bill.
  • So my understanding is that this is the omnibus license plate bill that we pass every year.
  • into production, and the users that want that order will have to pay an increased fee to have that license
  • Do we have license plates for regional universities? Thank you, Mr. President, for the question.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and recognized several guests and groups, including the nurse of the day, Donna Reynolds; the Tuttle High School wrestling team; auctioneer and ringman honorees; the Bristow Chamber of Commerce; Deer Creek cross country; Guthrie High School AP U.S. government students; and family members of Senator Reinhardt. The chamber also held a live auction demonstration on the floor, with Brandon Mendoza and Logan Snyder participating, and the winning bid was announced as $675. The Senate later recognized Millwood High School boys basketball and Isaiah Wilkes, the Gatorade Oklahoma Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The body then considered and passed several House bills. HB 3016 created a two-year pilot vision screening program for kindergarten through third grade to identify convergence insufficiency disorders; it passed 34-10 and was declared an emergency. HB 2979 authorized the Department of Transportation to establish school zones on portions of state highways at local request and passed 41-0. HB 2288, a teacher return-to-work bill removing the earnings cap and allowing return after six months, passed 45-0 as an emergency. HB 2988 expanded the definition of harmful woody species and broadened the Terry Peach Water Restoration Act statewide; it passed 43-1. HB 362, defining retired municipal judges for firearm-carry authority, passed 40-4. HB 3315 directed the state regents to study whether some graduate programs could be 90 credit hours and report to the governor; it passed 38-6 as an emergency. Additional bills passed included HB 3372, creating a $5 million revolving loan fund for charter school capital expenditures, after extended debate over public funds being used for improvements to privately owned facilities; it passed 39-6. HB 3530 required ABLE Commission records to be provided within 10 days when requested and passed 44-0. HB 3622 created a U.S. decennial census revolving fund in the Department of Commerce and passed 32-11. HB 3755 established a financial mechanism for juvenile detention centers to provide medication to youth in their care and passed 43-0. HB 4266, the omnibus specialty license plate bill, passed 25-19 after questions about out-of-state university plates. The Senate then made announcements about upcoming committee meetings, birthdays, and schedule changes, and adjourned until Monday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations (3-10-26)

Licensing & Occupations

Transcript Highlights:
  • someone has a license as a they're licensed<00:27:02.760> as<00:27:03.000> marriage<00
  • where we had people who were licensed where we had people who were licensed and<00:30:37.600>
  • licensable in this state readily. licensable in this state readily.
  • It reduces unnecessary regulatory barriers for interstate commerce and adds an additional CPA licensing
  • It reduces unnecessary regulatory barriers for interstate commerce and adds an additional CPA licensing
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 10, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Commerce Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently they are required by the Department to have a 220 license.
  • One license.
  •   444 ONE LICENSE.
  • No valid driver's license. Sorry.
  • CPAs, and once associations reach certain threshold, it is only common sense that licensed management
Summary: The committee first took up PCS for HB 1137, which would codify a long-standing DBPR rule allowing alcohol distributors to deduct excise tax for broken or spoiled products. The sponsor said the rule had been nullified for lack of statutory authority, and industry representatives waved in support. The bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably. Members then approved PCS for HB 797 on nonprofit corporations, described as a broad update to the nonprofit statute that tracks prior for-profit corporation changes and model act language. A technical amendment was adopted, and testimony from the Florida Nonprofit Alliance and a Bar business law section representative was supportive. The bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably. The committee also passed CS for HB 679 on trademark registration, which updates the state trademark system to align with federal classifications and create an online application; an amendment extending the implementation date was adopted before the bill passed. The committee next heard several bills related to licensing and regulation. CS for HB 1433 would create an optional high school financial literacy course focused on property and casualty insurance and allow graduates to satisfy pre-licensure requirements for an entry-level license; it passed with support from insurance and free-market groups. HB 929 clarified local permitting for tiki huts, including electrical and plumbing permits, decks, fasteners, and setbacks, and passed without opposition. HB 99 exempted certain underwriting managers handling limited reinsurance business from reinsurance intermediary manager licensing requirements and also passed. A major portion of the meeting focused on gambling enforcement in the strike-all for CS for CS HB 155, which would strengthen penalties for illegal gambling operations, expand oversight of the Florida Gaming Control Commission, clarify fantasy sports and internet sports wagering language, and allow destruction of seized slot machines. Supporters argued the bill would help shut down repeat illegal internet cafés and related criminal activity; one homeowner group opposed it. The committee adopted the strike-all and the bill passed, with several members speaking in favor and a few voting no. The committee also passed HB 1307 on unauthorized aliens after adopting a strike-all that clarified provisions affecting licensing, housing assistance, workers’ compensation, employment enforcement, and related financial services; the bill drew substantial opposition testimony about language barriers and immigrant families, but also support from proponents citing public safety and victim stories. Later, the committee approved DS for HB 387, which would restrict the use of ADS-B aviation data for automatic billing at airports while preserving landing fees and safety functions. It passed after supportive testimony from a private pilot. HB 865, as amended, would require professional management for community associations above a higher budget threshold, add timeshare-specific language, and impose additional licensing and insurance requirements for managers; supporters cited fraud and lack of enforcement in large associations, while one member opposed it as government overreach. The bill passed with one recorded no vote. Finally, the committee passed PCS for HB 885, a transportation facility designation bill naming several roads and bridges, and began debate on CS for HB 33, which would designate a portion of SR 895 near FIU as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and also codify a Donald Trump boulevard designation. That bill prompted sharp debate, with supporters praising Kirk’s influence and opponents objecting to honoring a non-Floridian and to his public statements; the transcript ends during that debate.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (01/22/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Its dosing has to be done by a licensed provider. Its dosing has to be appropriate.
  • to be done by or a licensed provider. to be done by or a licensed provider.
  • I don't have a cannabis licensed operation. >> Okay.
  • I don't have a cannabis licensed<00:35:18.079> operation.
  • licensed operation. licensed operation. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM Informational Briefing 01-07-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <02:21:02.000> It<02:21:02.240> was on the cigarette tobacco license.
  • It was on the cigarette tobacco license.
  • Um, wasn't a CPA, uh, didn't practice as a CPA, but that passed CPA exams and was working in private
  • Um, wasn't a CPA, uh, background, right?
  • a CPA, but that didn't practice as a CPA, but that passed<02:32:08.080> CPA<02:32:08.640> exams
Keywords: 912, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/07/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our CPA LGA purpose county program aid.
  • CPA goes to every part of the state. All 87 counties receive it.
  • Um the um CPA cuts, the LGA your review.
  • There are cuts to CPA. Do we regret them? Yes.
  • cuts to um CPA. Do we regret them? Yes. cuts to um CPA. Do we regret them? Yes.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE Apr 22nd, 2026

JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the way our CPAs explained it to us in our business, that we charge it.
  • The district courts can still suspend driver's licenses, and there will be a driver's license reinstatement
  • You can't drive to work without a driver's license, right?
  • You can't drive to work without a driver's license, right?
  • We, the driver's license, reinstatement fee. driver's license, right?
Keywords: 1204, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our turnover rate has dropped to 10% across the agency. and to 2.3% for licensed professionals, like
  • As a. we saw around 30% turnover of licensed staff during the last biennium.
  • Quite a bit of turnover, as I mentioned, on average around 20%, 30%. for the licensed professionals necessary
  • Those are professional engineers, attorneys. attorneys, CPAs, that type of thing.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the Board of Governors, Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, and
Summary: The House met in session with a roll call establishing a quorum, followed by prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Doctor and Nurse of the Day and youth groups visiting the chamber. Special presentations honored the Oklahoma City Blazers under-10 ice hockey team for winning a Texas state championship and MacArthur High School JROTC cadets for repeated drill team success. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1055 declaring April 29, 2026, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day, and House Resolution 1056 recognizing Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; both were adopted without objection. Members then considered a series of Senate bills. SB 2170 on child custody passed 77-0 and requires supervised visitation when a court finds child abuse or sexual exploitation. SB 1833 codifies a federal waiver barring SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks and passed 62-17. SB 1198, requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to file releases on county- and municipally-owned properties at the request of local officials, passed 79-0. SB 1730, which requires law enforcement sexual abuse reports to be forwarded to OSBI for investigative use, drew debate over victim protection versus due-process concerns and passed 52-29. The House also passed SB 1379 creating a two-year grant pilot for services to labor and sex trafficking victims, including services regardless of immigration status, and approved the emergency. SB 1645 on Medicaid audit procedures, SB 2155 allowing the Route 66 Commission to use MOUs for administrative oversight, and several sunset-extension bills for boards and commissions also advanced, many with emergency clauses approved. SB 1461 extending the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority passed 67-20, but its emergency failed 55-20. Other measures passed included SB 1344 creating an insulin access and affordability program, SB 1309 increasing Roads Fund debt-service capacity, and multiple board-extension bills for construction, polygraph examiners, engineers and surveyors, and midwifery, most with emergency clauses adopted. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 1:30 p.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • How does the licensing work, or does this change the licensing process? Thank you for the question.
  • It does not change the licensing process in order to sell fireworks.
  • Retail could sell fireworks, yes, and they would have to get a license to do so.
  • It is a $10,000 fine for the first offense, up to license revocation.
  • , that sells marijuana to children, risks losing the license to sell beer.
Summary: The House convened under quorum call and began with several recognitions and presentations, including visits from Comanche County 4-H, the Muskogee Police Department officers who completed EMT training, the March of Dimes, and Ag Day honorees, including the Ag Hall of Fame recipient Ron Justice. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1054 designating April 2026 as Library Month, with a special presentation honoring library leaders and advocates for their work on the first Library Day at the Capitol. The House then considered and passed a series of bills, mostly on broad bipartisan votes, covering state symbols, fireworks sales, oil and gas royalty protections, AP exam access, veteran records access for grandchildren, Medicaid support for a food-is-medicine grant, law library representation, controlled substances, public health, state security staffing, financial exploitation protections, credit union modernization, workforce data, staffing contracts, enterprise zone incentives, conveyance/title theft protections, hospice narcotics disposal, duplicate statute cleanup, and memorial highway/bridge designations. One major bill, SB 237 on eliminating the solar and battery storage manufacturing tax exemption, was laid over after discussion and questions about tax policy and local incentives. Several measures drew brief explanation and questions, including SB 2159 on state symbols and wheat, SB 1948 on fireworks sales, HB 1371 on oil and gas royalty payments and bankruptcy protections, SB 1975 on AP testing locations, SB 2026 on access to veterans’ discharge papers, SB 1565 on food-is-medicine Medicaid support, SB 1642 on splitting short opioid prescriptions, and SB 933 creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatment. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses also passed by the required two-thirds vote. Not all measures advanced: SB 1771, expanding Workforce Commission data authority, failed on a 27-46 vote, and the House later gave notice of intent to reconsider. SB 1365 was reconsidered and then passed, but its emergency clause failed. The session also featured an extended personal privilege speech by Rep. Scott Fetgatter marking his departure, in which he thanked colleagues and staff and reflected on his tenure and legislative work.