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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS."
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description: "Clarifies the education and professional experience requirements for certified public accountant license applicants to establish alternative pathways to licensure. (SD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1291"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 1291 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Public Accountancy", "Certified Public Accountants", "Licensure", "Qualifications"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KEOHOKALOLE"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b83d885d-1e07-46b3-bf2d-e4c03318eb47"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1291&year=2025"
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source_hash: "4ddaa24ed1eca594ff7909f4ec367848cf9981ced01aff6737e38714a63bbda1"
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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-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 1291 (2025) — RELATING TO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
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Clarifies the education and professional experience requirements for certified public accountant license applicants to establish alternative pathways to licensure. (SD1)
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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. **SB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1291_.HTM)
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2. **SB1291_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1291_SD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB1291_SD1_PROPOSED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1291_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-11** Act 014, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-11** Act 014, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `became-law`
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- **2025-03-31** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-31** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 423). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-31** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-03-28** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4).
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- **2025-03-28** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1715), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2025-03-25** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to CPC, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 295) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
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- **2025-02-27** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 797) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2025-02-19** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-19-25 9:32AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-27** Referred to CPN. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
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- **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction.
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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/b83d885d-1e07-46b3-bf2d-e4c03318eb47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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