republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of accountancy."
description: "Provides that a candidate for the certified public accountant examination (exam) may not apply for or take the exam prior to meeting certain education requirements. Provides an exception to the application restriction if a candidate applies up to 60 days prior to the candidate's completion of the education requirements. Provides the Indiana board of accountancy (board) may cancel an exam score if a candidate fails to meet certain requirements. Provides that a candidate must attain a grade of at least 75 on the exam. Provides that a candidate may take the required exam sections individually and in any order and that credit for a passed section shall be valid for 18 months. Provides that a candidate must pass all exam sections within a rolling 18 month period and if a candidate does not do so, credit for any section passed outside of the rolling 18 month period expires and the exam section must be retaken. Provides that a candidate shall retain credit for exam sections passed as a candidate of another state if applicable. Provides that a candidate is considered to have passed the exam once the candidate simultaneously holds credit for each passed section. Provides that the board may extend a term of credit validity under certain circumstances. Provides that the board shall notify eligible candidates of the time, place, and procedures for the exam, or that a candidate shall independently contact the board, the board's designee, or a test center operator to schedule the time, place, and procedures for the exam at an approved site. Provides that these requirements expire on July 1, 2021. Requires the agency to adopt rules to implement the provisions in the bill. Voids certain sections of the Indiana Administrative Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Indiana HB 1148 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS AND ACCOUNTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Ford", "Jeff Ellington", "Jon Ford", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c303995-c25b-48a9-9797-c8385a0b9c6e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1148"
source_hash: "2eb61959245fe75aa935f8e2b54034d876bfde641b670aa604c62431b07011d7"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1148 (2020) — Board of accountancy.

Provides that a candidate for the certified public accountant examination (exam) may not apply for or take the exam prior to meeting certain education requirements. Provides an exception to the application restriction if a candidate applies up to 60 days prior to the candidate's completion of the education requirements. Provides the Indiana board of accountancy (board) may cancel an exam score if a candidate fails to meet certain requirements. Provides that a candidate must attain a grade of at least 75 on the exam. Provides that a candidate may take the required exam sections individually and in any order and that credit for a passed section shall be valid for 18 months. Provides that a candidate must pass all exam sections within a rolling 18 month period and if a candidate does not do so, credit for any section passed outside of the rolling 18 month period expires and the exam section must be retaken. Provides that a candidate shall retain credit for exam sections passed as a candidate of another state if applicable. Provides that a candidate is considered to have passed the exam once the candidate simultaneously holds credit for each passed section. Provides that the board may extend a term of credit validity under certain circumstances. Provides that the board shall notify eligible candidates of the time, place, and procedures for the exam, or that a candidate shall independently contact the board, the board's designee, or a test center operator to schedule the time, place, and procedures for the exam at an approved site. Provides that these requirements expire on July 1, 2021. Requires the agency to adopt rules to implement the provisions in the bill. Voids certain sections of the Indiana Administrative Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1148 - Ellington - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1148 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Ford — primary (person)
- Jeff Ellington — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
- **2020-01-08** Authored by Representative Ellington
- **2020-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-21** Senate sponsors: Senators Ford Jon, Ford J.D., Donato
- **2020-01-21** Representative Hatfield added as coauthor
- **2020-01-22** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 48, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 80, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 108

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c303995-c25b-48a9-9797-c8385a0b9c6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).