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AB 510 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Makes various changes to the regulation of accountancy. (BDR 54-695)

AB 510 changes Nevada's accountancy regulation by shifting authority from state law to the Nevada State Board of Accountancy. The bill eliminates specific statutory requirements for education and work experience needed to become a certified public accountant, instead requiring the Board to set these standards through regulations. It also removes the Board's authority to charge fees for evaluating candidate experience and clarifies rules for granting conditional exam credit. These changes directly affect individuals seeking CPA certification and the Board's operational procedures in Nevada.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed May 26, 2025
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As Introduced → As Enrolled · 6 edits · May 26, 2025
MODERATE
This bill removes statutory requirements for education and work experience for certified public accountants in Nevada, transferring that authority to the State Board of Accountancy to set through regulations. It also clarifies examination credit rules and fee-setting authority for the Board.
Scope change
The bill shifts authority from statute to regulation for CPA licensing requirements, potentially allowing more flexibility in how the Board sets education and experience standards.
REQUIREMENT

Eliminated statutory education and work experience requirements for CPA certification, moving authority to the Board to set these standards through regulations.

Added a new requirement that applicants must pass all examination sections prescribed by the Board to receive a CPA certificate.

Clarified that applicants are subject to educational requirements in effect when they pass the examination, regardless of later regulatory changes.

Removed the Board's authority to charge a fee for evaluating candidate experience.

Changed fee authority for fictitious name registration from a required Board regulation to discretionary Board fee-setting.

ADDED

Clarified the Board's authority to establish examination credit terms and time limits for passing all sections.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 14, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 26, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
upper
May 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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