---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending statutes concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants."
description: "Amending statutes concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2573"
citation: "Kansas HB 2573 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Commissions and Task Forces", "Licenses and Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0655b60c-3480-48e9-8c51-81564fc632d5"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2573/"
source_hash: "dafc4d8358abaeb8ada357eb1e3fd9a21fe41c624dac9f0c3e5edd694d17262b"
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-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2573 (2025-2026) — Amending statutes concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2573/hb2573_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2573/hb2573_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2573/hb2573_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-24** Concurred with amendments; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0655b60c-3480-48e9-8c51-81564fc632d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).