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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 15

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Relating to: educational qualifications for certified public accountants.

Certified public accountant

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows semester hours completed at nonbachelor's degree-granting

institutions to count towards the 150 semester hours required for certification as a

certified public accountant. Under current law, only semester hours completed at

bachelor's degree-granting institutions may count towards the semester hours

required for this certification.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Moses (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

8 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Steffen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Mar 17, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Zimmerman, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, VanderMeer, Moses, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tranel, Rozar and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Darling and Nass

  2. Jan 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  7. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules

  9. Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1