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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Licensure of certified public accountants."
+description: "Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1147"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1147 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Finance Industry"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Heath VanNatter", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-02-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151a14af-e23e-4614-b828-2bb36b4e8904"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1147"
+source_hash: "0019ae4f961dc4e5ca1eae569c13ced7f6775f41bd8399bbd94f152a1b94ff2a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1147 (2026) — Licensure of certified public accountants.
+
+Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1147 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1147 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
+- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
+- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
+- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
+- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
+- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
+- Zach Payne — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative VanNatter
+- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Representatives Payne, Teshka, Morris added as coauthors
+- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
+- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 43, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Senator Donato added as second sponsor
+- **2026-02-17** Senator Buchanan added as third sponsor
+- **2026-02-19** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Public Law 25 `became-law`
+- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151a14af-e23e-4614-b828-2bb36b4e8904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+