---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications"
description: "Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "Maryland HB 643 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi", "Valderrama", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b53775b2-9ae1-470e-8eb0-3c902a45ec12"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0643?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5224c916a08854cf587ba411e3363bd3464ac93dad302235de37c3c98518d6c0"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 643 (2026) — Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_174_hb0643t.pdf)
2. **First - Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0643f.pdf)
3. **Third - Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0643t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b53775b2-9ae1-470e-8eb0-3c902a45ec12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).