republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1175.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accountants."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate certified public accountants and the practice of public accountancy. Existing law makes it a crime for a person to engage in the practice of public accountancy without a valid permit issued by the board or pursuant to a practice privilege."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1175"
citation: "California AB 1175 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f9ef20-fea7-4a9c-b833-be0040c437c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175"
source_hash: "13905ccd313972d5431fc59b69516a3869a730feddee5e9a630f62891384eb5a"
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-ca"]
---

# California AB 1175 (20252026) — Accountants.

Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate certified public accountants and the practice of public accountancy. Existing law makes it a crime for a person to engage in the practice of public accountancy without a valid permit issued by the board or pursuant to a practice privilege.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117599INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117598AMD)
3. **04/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117597AMD)
4. **04/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117596AMD)
5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117594CHP)
6. **AB1175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175)
7. **09/04/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1175&version=20250AB117595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1175 Irwin By Weber Pierson — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1175 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1426.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2394.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f9ef20-fea7-4a9c-b833-be0040c437c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).