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House Business Affairs & Labor
The Business Affairs & Labor committee unanimously advanced a bill creating three pathways to CPA licensure to combat an accountant shortage, then killed a contested property-insurance appraisal measure after its own sponsor and colleagues sparred bitterly over whether it undercut a Colorado Supreme Court impartiality ruling.
Key Actions
·Property Insurance Appraisal Clause Claim DisputesKilled
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Notable Quotes
“The actual time it would take for me to achieve the 150 total credit hours under the current requirement would be more than an extra year, which makes the CPA license feel out of reach for me.”
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Votes
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (9)Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks, Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin
No (4)Larry Don Suckla, Regina English, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (12)Max Brooks, Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Naquetta Ricks
Excused (1)Sean Camacho
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Good afternoon. Business and labor. We're going to start. Ms. Haroja, please call the roll. Representative Brooks. Excused. Present. Oh, you're there. It was that last vote. You're free to go now. S. English Here. Gonzalez. Excused. Kelty. Here. Leader. President Mabry. Here. Marshall. Excused. Morrow. On the wall. Richardson. Here. Ryden. Excused. Zukla? Camacho. He's here, but not in the room. Excuse. I guess. And Madam Chair, I am present. Thank you. Okay, so Today we have two bills before us, and the first bill is SB 26 076. And we have our bill sponsors before us. Who would like to begin? Representative Richardson. Thank you, Madam Chair and committee, on behalf of my C.O. prime Rep. Stewart and I. Thanks for coming out. Colorado, like much of our nation, is facing a serious CPA shortage. The shortage isn't abstract. It affects small businesses trying to make payroll and plan for growth. That affects nonprofits working to meet community needs. And it affects families and taxpayers who rely on timely qualified accounting and audit services. When this pipeline shrinks and it has, workloads on the remaining CPAs has risen, burnout is increasing. The profession is becoming less attractive to…
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