republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-148.md

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Bill	Public Accountancy Act of 2025; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to revise provisions relating to the education and experience requirements of certified public accountants; to revise provisions relating to licensure of firms practicing public accountancy; to revise provisions relating to reciprocity; to conform terminology; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budget and audits, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 148	Georgia HB 148 (2025_26)	bill	LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES	enacted	Alan Powell Bruce Williamson David Wilkerson John Carson Kimberly Alexander Shaw Blackmon	2	15	2	2025-01-28	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e1d5470b-1526-45f9-abad-b38242945c18	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b45c76afe573280ae66141a7c38d3a249a3d6a3fb16443cd04175f505822c416	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 148 (2025_26) — Public Accountancy Act of 2025; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accountants, so as to revise provisions relating to the education and experience requirements of certified public accountants; to revise provisions relating to licensure of firms practicing public accountancy; to revise provisions relating to reciprocity; to conform terminology; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budget and audits, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

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

1. HB 148/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 55 0431/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #411 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #44 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 87 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1d5470b-1526-45f9-abad-b38242945c18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).