republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4707.md

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Bill	CPA - LICENSING	Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Provides that any individual who is the holder of a current and valid license as a certified public accountant of any state who has properly applied to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for licensure by endorsement may perform accountancy activities until the expiration of 6 months after the filing of the application or until the denial of the application by the Department, whichever occurs earlier. Provides that any licensed CPA who is a sole practitioner and who has permitted his or her license to expire or become inactive is required to complete the peer review process established under the Act in order to have his or her license restored by the Department. Further provides that any firm that has permitted its license to expire may have its license restored by making application to the Department, filing proof acceptable to the Department of its fitness for licensure, paying the required restoration fee, and completing the peer review process.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4707	Illinois HB 4707 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2014-02-05	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/55540d32-7ad7-435c-9b11-c1961b03409c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4707&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79374&SessionID=85&GA=98	41b6507e45fc2b82c4f28ddb320b57c02203b328819963df8a3d9ebcbf552c67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4707 (98th) — CPA - LICENSING

Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Provides that any individual who is the holder of a current and valid license as a certified public accountant of any state who has properly applied to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for licensure by endorsement may perform accountancy activities until the expiration of 6 months after the filing of the application or until the denial of the application by the Department, whichever occurs earlier. Provides that any licensed CPA who is a sole practitioner and who has permitted his or her license to expire or become inactive is required to complete the peer review process established under the Act in order to have his or her license restored by the Department. Further provides that any firm that has permitted its license to expire may have its license restored by making application to the Department, filing proof acceptable to the Department of its fitness for licensure, paying the required restoration fee, and completing the peer review process.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita filing
• 2014-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
• 2014-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2014-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2014-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2014
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0730 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55540d32-7ad7-435c-9b11-c1961b03409c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).