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| Bill | Relating to eligibility requirements for a certified public accountant certificate and to take the uniform CPA examination. | Relating to eligibility requirements for a certified public accountant certificate and to take the uniform CPA examination. | us/states/tx | Texas Legislature | 88 | SB 159 | Texas SB 159 (88) |
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Texas SB 159 (88) — Relating to eligibility requirements for a certified public accountant certificate and to take the uniform CPA examination.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- passage — 31–0 (pass) · upper
- passage — 140–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 159 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 31–0 (pass) · upper
- passage — 145–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-11-14 Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing, introduction - 2022-11-14 Filed
filing - 2023-02-15 Read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2023-02-15 Referred to Business & Commerce
referral-committee - 2023-03-07 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- 2023-03-07 Considered in public hearing
- 2023-03-07 Testimony taken in committee
- 2023-03-07 Left pending in committee
- 2023-03-14 Considered in public hearing
- 2023-03-14 Vote taken in committee
- 2023-03-16 Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-16 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- 2023-03-16 Committee report printed and distributed
- 2023-03-20 Placed on intent calendar
- 2023-03-21 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- 2023-03-21 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2 - 2023-03-21 Vote recorded in Journal
- 2023-03-21 Three day rule suspended
- 2023-03-21 Record vote
- 2023-03-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-21 Passed
passage - 2023-03-21 Record vote
- 2023-03-21 Reported engrossed
- 2023-03-22 Received from the Senate
introduction - 2023-04-03 Read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2023-04-03 Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
referral-committee - 2023-04-12 Considered in public hearing
- 2023-04-12 Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution - 2023-04-12 Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-19 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing - 2023-04-19 Committee report distributed
- 2023-04-20 Committee report sent to Calendars
- 2023-04-20 Laid out in lieu of companion
- 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-20 Passed to 3rd reading
- 2023-04-20 Record vote
- 2023-04-20 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- 2023-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-21 Passed
passage - 2023-04-21 Record vote
- 2023-04-21 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- 2023-04-24 House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage - 2023-05-01 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- 2023-05-01 Read
- 2023-05-01 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- 2023-05-01 Record vote
- 2023-05-01 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- 2023-05-01 Reported enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-02 Signed in the Senate
passage - 2023-05-02 Signed in the House
passage - 2023-05-02 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-13 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-13 Effective on 9/1/23
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2d78f8a-c918-43a1-8f75-c0d6f5d7689b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).