---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensure of certified public accountants."
description: "Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Indiana HB 1147 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Finance Industry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Heath VanNatter", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151a14af-e23e-4614-b828-2bb36b4e8904"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1147"
source_hash: "0019ae4f961dc4e5ca1eae569c13ced7f6775f41bd8399bbd94f152a1b94ff2a"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1147 (2026) — Licensure of certified public accountants.

Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1147/HB1147.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1147 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1147 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
- Zach Payne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative VanNatter
- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Representatives Payne, Teshka, Morris added as coauthors
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 73: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 43, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Senator Donato added as second sponsor
- **2026-02-17** Senator Buchanan added as third sponsor
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Public Law 25 `became-law`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151a14af-e23e-4614-b828-2bb36b4e8904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).