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Last action · March 10, 2025
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 5)

Introduced February 4, 2025

House
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to certified public accountant firms.

Amend KRS 325.380 to eliminate limitations on the naming rights of small certified public accounting firms upon the death or retirement of an owner.

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This bill changes the rules for small certified public accounting firms in Kentucky, allowing them to keep using a name that includes a deceased or retired owner without the previous restrictions. It gives small CPA firms more flexibility in how they brand and identify themselves after ownership changes. Who it may affect: owners and employees of small certified public accounting firms, and clients who work with them.

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Legislative History

Mar 10, 2025 · House
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 5)
Mar 7, 2025 · House
Delivered To Governor (clerical)
Mar 7, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate
Mar 7, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By Speaker Of The House
Mar 7, 2025 · House
Received In House (clerical)
Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 33-0
Yea: 33
Nay: 0
Absent: 5
Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, March 07, 2025 (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 19, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 91-0
Yea: 91
Nay: 0
Absent: 9

Primary Sponsor

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Deanna Frazier Gordon

Representative · House District 081

Primary sponsor
Deanna.Gordon@kylegislature.gov

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