---
type: "Bill"
title: "certified public accountants; certification; alternative"
description: "certified public accountants; certification; alternative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1181"
citation: "Arizona SB 1181 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f452c7-b010-4834-a209-c68e9d2f7073"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84096?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "84629e87f0eb32f6ca528bdbc3f6618933de3e7f3372c8dfc222b85d501e3395"
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-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1181 (57th-2nd-regular) — certified public accountants; certification; alternative

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/laws/0017.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1181p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1181s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **47–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-03-26** DP `informal-passage`
- **2026-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-04-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07** 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/74f452c7-b010-4834-a209-c68e9d2f7073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).