---
type: "Bill"
title: "certified public accountants"
description: "certified public accountants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1443"
citation: "Arizona SB 1443 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS OF CITIES AND TOWNS", "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS", "CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COMPILATION SERVICES", "CONSULTING SERVICES", "CPA", "PARTNERSHIP - TITLE 29", "PARTNERSHIPS NOT REQUIRED TO RECORD", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "REPEAL", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Yee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15bd1427-f7fc-44e9-8298-f1e773f0c861"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70640?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "b0dfb7007804ae0bb7c6ee4bd12449bfa66269ccc20b0c63e4ecac94b7b38851"
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-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1443 (53rd-2nd-regular) — certified public accountants

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/laws/0268.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1443P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1443S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Yee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-27** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-27** transmit to house
- **2018-03-22** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15bd1427-f7fc-44e9-8298-f1e773f0c861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).