---
type: "Bill"
title: "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensure of certified public accountants."
description: "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensure of certified public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "H 563"
citation: "Idaho H 563 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTANTS", "ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTANTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "LICENSES AND PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES", "OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES", "PROFESSIONS", "RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/904f8206-131d-4380-9b61-5ee7d3e608aa"
source_url: "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0563/"
source_hash: "94824cff819b130a699ccc1791f107978b31dc1bdd33cfa64899a6e49214129c"
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-id"]
---

# Idaho H 563 (2026) — CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensure of certified public accountants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0563.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full – — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read Third Time in Full – — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUSINESS COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Reported Printed and Referred to Business
- **2026-02-20** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Galaviz, Rubel, SauterFloor Sponsor - EhlersTitle apvd - to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2026-02-25** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Read second time; filed for Third Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Rundhaug(Carlson), Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – NoneFloor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling `enrolled`
- **2026-03-16** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2026-03-16** Signed by President; returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Delivered to Governor at 1:35 p.m. on March 17, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Reported Signed by Governor on March 18, 2026 Session Law Chapter 48 Effective: 07/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/904f8206-131d-4380-9b61-5ee7d3e608aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).