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type: "Bill"
title: "Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants"
description: "Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants; provides alternative pathways to being certified as certified public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7613"
citation: "New York A 7613 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crystal Peoples-Stokes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5806fab4-298d-4176-be0a-6061d3d659ba"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7613"
source_hash: "ba288ddea12dfd14e01903c9a489fad4c63f23ccc9a423a70986d1df9aea88e0"
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-ny"]
---
# New York A 7613 (2025-2026) — Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants
Reforms the education requirements for persons who want to become certified public accountants; provides alternative pathways to being certified as certified public accountants.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A7613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7613&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A7613A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A7613A)
3. **A7613B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A7613B)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **57–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — primary (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Aron Wieder — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 7613A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 7613B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.517
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.517
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6891B
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.906
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.530 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5806fab4-298d-4176-be0a-6061d3d659ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).