2025 Legislative Agenda 

November 15, 2024

TXCPA’s advocacy for the profession ramps up each legislative session with a focused and proactive agenda. The Legislative Advisory Committee prepares and approves a draft agenda, and the TXCPA Board of Directors reviews and gives final approval on the items that TXCPA will move forward with as the session begins. The following 2025 Legislative Agenda was approved by the TXCPA Board of Directors at their November 7, 2024, meeting.

Additional Pathway to Licensure

The number of students entering the profession has declined for a number years and the profession is not seeing enough licensees to handle the economic growth in our state, as well as the human capital needs of Texas firms and businesses. This has been one of the profession’s leading challenges for the last several years.

Currently, all states require 150 semester hours of education, one year of work experience, and passage of the Uniform CPA Exam. This remains an option for candidates.

In the 2025 Texas Legislative Session TXCPA will advocate for a pathway that includes a baccalaureate degree plus two years of work experience to be defined by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Mobility for Existing and Future CPAs

Minimizing the disruption to CPA mobility is our highest priority as the licensure landscape evolves across the country. TXCPA will introduce legislation for a more uniform and streamlined mobility provision, creating some minimum standards and guardrails that an out-of-state CPA must meet in order to have practice privileges in Texas.

Public Information Act Amendment

TXCPA plans to seek an amendment to the Public Information Act to provide for sharing of licensee data with membership and trade associations, which will help organizations like TXCPA provide additional support to professionals.

Evergreen TXCPA Advocacy Items

Every legislative session, TXCPA keeps an eye on proposed bills to:

• Prevent any proposed sales tax on professional services,
• Ensure proper regulatory oversight of the CPA license, and
• Monitoring proposed tax legislation

Our government affairs volunteers and staff are actively engaged in promoting the TXCPA Legislative Agenda. We invite all members to add their voice to the advocacy for these issues that will help protect and advance the CPA profession in Texas. Stay tuned to your TXCPA communications as additional resources are made available to help you get involved and stay informed.