2025 Board of Accountancy Legislative Session Breakdown
Join us at the Oregon Board of Accountancy during the 2025 Legislative Session by looking at the bills up for review from the Board of Accountancy. This year, bills reflect the desire to empower future CPAs, create more opportunities for accounting students, protect CPA licensing mobility and modify the laws regulating public accountancy.
The Oregon BOA had a successful work session on Feb. 27 for its SB 797 at the Oregon Legislature. This bill was voted out of committee unanimously and is now moving to the Senate floor. The bill would allow for an additional pathway to CPA licensure based on a bachelor's degree and two years of supervised experience, while protecting CPA mobility privileges. This type of proposal, which already passed in Ohio and Virginia, is gaining traction all across the country.
The Oregon BOA is grateful for the strong support of its associations (OSCPA and OAIA) for this bill and the support in the Oregon Legislature.
Read below for a breakdown of the specific bills being pursued by the Oregon Board of Accountancy.
SB 796 - Allows the Oregon Board of Accountancy to create a grant program to provide scholarships for students seeking accounting degrees in college or individuals who wish to become certified public accountants in Oregon. Check out the one page summary here.
Status: PUBLIC HEARING HELD FEBRUARY 10, 2025
This bill has now been referred to the legislative budget committee called Ways and Means, which is a joint (bi-cameral) committee. The Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government will consider the bill next, together with HB 5001 the Board's budget bill, which carries the proposed funding for SB 796.
Check out these testimonies from BOA Executive Director Martin Pittioni, Board member Logan Steele and Pipeline Committee Chair Elizabeth Almer.
SB 797 - Modifies laws regulating public accounting professionals. Check out the one page summary.
Status: SENATE FLOOR VOTE HELD MARCH 6, 2025 / RESULT : 30-0 UNANIMOUS APPROVAL
Check out a testimony on SB 797 from Board Chair Haley Lyons.
HB 5001 - Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected ort received by the Oregon Board of Accountancy.
Status: PUBLIC HEARING HELD FEBRUARY 12, 2025. Check out an explanation of HB 5001.