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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 8th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, if you are CPA licensing any other states, you may apply for reciprocity.
  • CPAs currently have that same system.
  • With over 30 states actively changing CPA pathways and mobility legislation.
  • House Bill 1764 is a further step to address the CPA pipeline. line.
  • TXCPA has been working with national CPA groups and state CPA societies. to develop a coordinated approach
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Mar 23rd, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said his father is a CPA and retired CPA, and that anyone who has taken the CPA license would say
  • We’re talking about lessening the, I guess, the out-of-state CPAs.
  • with out-of-state CPAs.
  • Ron Gitz with the Society of Louisiana CPAs responded.
  • Louisiana CPAs can practice in any state, and other CPAs can practice here.
Bills: HB387 , HB388 , HB468 , HB548 , HB827 , HB848 , HB921 , HB924 , HB953
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Accountancy must issue CPA licenses. It also enables automatic mobility for CPAs.
  • The demand for CPA services is growing while the supply of CPAs is shrinking.
  • I've been a CPA for 37 years, and I currently am a partner at Wipfli, a top 25 CPA firm.
  • </c> significant shortage of CPAs today. significant shortage of CPAs today.
  • You also heard about CPA mobility, and what effect the changes could have on Minnesota CPAs.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the Pathways to CPA Act.
  • and then they get their CPA?
  • So, that is the pathway CPA. that. So, that is the pathway CPA.
  • ,</c> get their CPA, get their CPA, &gt;&gt; right?
  • ,</c><00:05:31.840><c> they</c> before they sit for that CPA, they before they sit for that CPA, they
Bills: HB59 , SB15 , SB96 , SB104 , SB137
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides for the qualifications of both the candidates for the board and the licensee, For the qualifications
  • Basically, House Bill 548 takes into the provisions made for the Board of the CPA Accountant, Certified
  • And then we have Ron, also with the Society of Louisiana CPAs, wishing to speak.
  • Really, the bill is adding some licensure pathway choices for someone that would seek a CPA license.
  • I do have a white card from the CPA board from Lisa Benefield.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're opening up our pipeline to try to get more CPAs in practice.
  • </c> experience to take your test, your CPA. experience to take your test, your CPA.
  • </c><00:04:38.080><c> We're</c><00:04:38.320><c> opening</c> and still practice a CPA.
  • We're opening and still practice a CPA.
  • So, that's that's the CPAs in practice.
Bills: HB59 , HB128 , HB59 , HB128
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • So again, quick refresher: this is the CPA pathways legislation.
  • nationwide effort; 24 states have done the same to date, and having this in place helps ensure the Arizona CPAs
  • Senate Bill 1415 prescribes specified qualifications for salaried employees of insurers or managing general
Bills: SB1181 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SB1415
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • To answer your question, the main part of our bill is addressing the staff qualifications.
  • </c><00:24:41.080><c> if</c><00:24:41.200><c> the</c> those same qualifications if the those same qualifications
  • qualifications qualifications already<00:25:09.480><c> representative</c><00:25:10.000><c> Cura</c><
  • </c> removes uh both the qualifications removes uh both the qualifications around<00:26:53.520><c> uh
  • </c><00:31:42.000><c> and</c> that by looking at qualifications and that by looking at qualifications
Bills: HF1247 , HF628
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/11/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The second reason is competency-based qualifications protect instructional quality while also removing
  • human services contacted me and several other coworkers and let us know we no longer need the qualification
  • show</c><00:55:50.400><c> our</c> portfolio process to show our portfolio process to show our qualification
  • </c><00:57:13.760><c> for</c><00:57:14.400><c> my</c> no longer need the qualification for my no longer
  • need the qualification for my job.<00:57:15.920><c> The</c><00:57:16.319><c> job</c><00:57:17.599><c
Bills: HF3698 , HF3067 , HF3730