---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6774"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6774 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and universities", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Public accountants", "Reports", "Studies", "Tests"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Higher Education And Employment Advancement Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27d862d0-f373-4183-af94-c06a9d6b7690"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b6e6b9b6b349005ddf3d0f5e7f3a4f559f9298aecaa5afd3b7f0835be3fae609"
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-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 6774 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06774-R000109-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06774-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00180-R00HB-06774-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06774-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Higher Education And Employment Advancement Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2023-03-07** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-20** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 91
- **2023-03-20** FILE NO. 109
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 631
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-180
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27d862d0-f373-4183-af94-c06a9d6b7690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).