---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the issuance of certificates as a certified public accountant."
description: "relative to the issuance of certificates as a certified public accountant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1259 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erik R Johnson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55afe07-7388-4a6b-9a65-413843970203"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1999&inflect=2"
source_hash: "1f6a7be84f56f161907e41c5b375637249e894f7d78cb730200fc1252b837e7f"
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-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1259 (2026) — relative to the issuance of certificates as a certified public accountant.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Erik R Johnson — primary (person)
- Chris Muns — cosponsor (person)
- Eleana Marie Colby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Vallone — cosponsor (person)
- Tara Reardon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 01:00 pm GP 153
- **2026-02-03** Executive Session: 01/22/2026 01:00 pm GP 153
- **2026-02-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0360h 01/28/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 6 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Amendment # 2026-0360h: AA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4
- **2026-02-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0360h: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-13** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Hearing: 03/18/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 10
- **2026-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 56
- **2026-04-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/22/2026; Chapter 34; eff. 04/22/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55afe07-7388-4a6b-9a65-413843970203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).