---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act Amendments"
description: "Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 259"
citation: "Utah S.B. 259 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramble, Curtis S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-23"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e48125-1dbe-4004-a5ac-da787a88237d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0259.html"
source_hash: "7c336e57cf57231d212a3efa7fa84c8d9b88cf225a4a1d71351f7a62238c8b2a"
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-ut"]
---

# Utah S.B. 259 (2017) — Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillint/SB0259.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0259.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **60–10** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bramble, Curtis S. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-27** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to House
- **2017-03-02** received from Senate
- **2017-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7e48125-1dbe-4004-a5ac-da787a88237d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).