---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Public Accountant Exam Amendments"
description: "Certified Public Accountant Exam Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 159"
citation: "Utah H.B. 159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupations and Professions", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6359ab67-bb23-4b3b-9165-220182ebfdd3"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0159.html"
source_hash: "c9f976024b897e309b8e5fb0e51fb9882c23c099a939be65e81df98e94943d67"
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 H.B. 159 (2019) — Certified Public Accountant Exam 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0159.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-01** to Senate
- **2019-02-04** received from House
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-14** to House
- **2019-02-14** received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/6359ab67-bb23-4b3b-9165-220182ebfdd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).