---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7020"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7020 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountancy", "State Board of", "Certificates and certification", "Complaint", "Fees", "Investigations", "Professional licenses", "Public accountants", "State regulations", "generally", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707468ce-7b87-405a-8649-b884b77c50ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8da6b1295763d714d5faacbb9b92898a0a7f8b5842446c464422f9c43c85967f"
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-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 7020 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07020-R000361-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 812** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07020-R000812-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07020-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 25-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00036-R00HB-07020-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07020-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2025-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-24** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-31** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 243
- **2025-03-31** FILE NO. 361
- **2025-04-28** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 425
- **2025-04-30** FILE NO. 812
- **2025-05-28** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-36
- **2025-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 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/707468ce-7b87-405a-8649-b884b77c50ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).