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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants."
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description: "Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 522"
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citation: "Texas SB 522 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ACCOUNTING & ACCOUNTANTS (S4321)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Perry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-12-02"
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last_action: "2025-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0759fea3-0183-4b26-9b58-7c825112ba8a"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 522.xml"
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source_hash: "006284ef911fda85bde6d49a38166c069f14291cce10e28ecb8243ac1fdab413"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 522 (89R) — Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **99–10** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-02** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Rules suspended
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- **2025-05-01** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
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- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-02** Record vote
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- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0759fea3-0183-4b26-9b58-7c825112ba8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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