---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Public Accountants Board; board notifications by electronic mail authorized, board's authority to adopt rules revised, advertising restrictions on certified public accountant firms revised"
description: "Occupational Licensing Boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Alabama HB 59 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Licensing Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Underwood"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea710225-4820-4692-b7bc-415e6daea651"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ed0ce7fd22f59825d6b127224481aeac2fa9284f30c05df242430e3a645fbbe7"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 59 (2026rs) — Certified Public Accountants Board; board notifications by electronic mail authorized, board's authority to adopt rules revised, advertising restrictions on certified public accountant firms revised

Occupational Licensing Boards

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB59-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB59-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 123 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 50 `passage`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea710225-4820-4692-b7bc-415e6daea651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).