republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/sb-719.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), known as the CPA Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the board, for examination and for requirements for issuance of certificate; repealing provisions relating to practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under substantial equivalency; further providing for practice outside this Commonwealth under substantial equivalency and for practice by firms and unlicensed entities under substantial equivalency; providing for practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under automatic mobility; and further providing for licenses to practice, for licensing of firms, for grounds for discipline, for reinstatement and for unlawful acts.	An Act amending the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), known as the CPA Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the board, for examination and for requirements for issuance of certificate; repealing provisions relating to practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under substantial equivalency; further providing for practice outside this Commonwealth under substantial equivalency and for practice by firms and unlicensed entities under substantial equivalency; providing for practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under automatic mobility; and further providing for licenses to practice, for licensing of firms, for grounds for discipline, for reinstatement and for unlawful acts.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	SB 719	Pennsylvania SB 719 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Scott Hutchinson	2	21	7	2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/424cae39-83e2-4692-a27b-62528ab33891	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=875&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	f18e11671050d6106b78653ba09cc4971b536dfbdab3958642859999056fa4cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 719 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), known as the CPA Law, further providing for definitions, for general powers of the board, for examination and for requirements for issuance of certificate; repealing provisions relating to practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under substantial equivalency; further providing for practice outside this Commonwealth under substantial equivalency and for practice by firms and unlicensed entities under substantial equivalency; providing for practice in this Commonwealth by individuals under automatic mobility; and further providing for licenses to practice, for licensing of firms, for grounds for discipline, for reinstatement and for unlawful acts.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0750 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN0862 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
• James Malone — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
• Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 27 of 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/424cae39-83e2-4692-a27b-62528ab33891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).