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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Accountancy Act of 2025; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to revise provisions relating to the education and experience requirements of certified public accountants; to revise provisions relating to licensure of firms practicing public accountancy; to revise provisions relating to reciprocity; to conform terminology; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budget and audits, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 148"
+citation: "Georgia HB 148 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Wilkerson", "John Carson", "Kimberly Alexander", "Shaw Blackmon"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1d5470b-1526-45f9-abad-b38242945c18"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b45c76afe573280ae66141a7c38d3a249a3d6a3fb16443cd04175f505822c416"
+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-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 148 (2025_26) — Public Accountancy Act of 2025; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to revise provisions relating to the education and experience requirements of certified public accountants; to revise provisions relating to licensure of firms practicing public accountancy; to revise provisions relating to reciprocity; to conform terminology; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budget and audits, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 148/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239057.pdf)
+2. **LC 55 0431/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230433.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #411 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #44 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
+- John Carson — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Act 87 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1d5470b-1526-45f9-abad-b38242945c18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+