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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants."
description: "Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Texas SB 522 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING & ACCOUNTANTS (S4321)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0759fea3-0183-4b26-9b58-7c825112ba8a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 522.xml"
source_hash: "006284ef911fda85bde6d49a38166c069f14291cce10e28ecb8243ac1fdab413"
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-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 522 (89R) — Relating to the certification and regulation of certain out-of-state certified public accountants.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00522F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **9910** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Button — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-01** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
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).