republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-59.md

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Bill	Certified Public Accountants Board; board notifications by electronic mail authorized, board's authority to adopt rules revised, advertising restrictions on certified public accountant firms revised	Occupational Licensing Boards	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 59	Alabama HB 59 (2026rs)	bill	Occupational Licensing Boards	enacted	Underwood	2	18	0	2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ea710225-4820-4692-b7bc-415e6daea651	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	ed0ce7fd22f59825d6b127224481aeac2fa9284f30c05df242430e3a645fbbe7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 59 (2026rs) — Certified Public Accountants Board; board notifications by electronic mail authorized, board's authority to adopt rules revised, advertising restrictions on certified public accountant firms revised

Occupational Licensing Boards

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Underwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 123 passage
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 50 passage
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea710225-4820-4692-b7bc-415e6daea651. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).