PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1284
PRINTER'S NO. 1936
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1018
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE AND ALLOWAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
SENATOR TOMLINSON, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSURE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), entitled, as
amended, "An act relating to the practice of public
accounting; providing for the examination, education and
experience requirements for certification of certified public
accountants and for the licensing of certified public
accountants, public accountants and firms; requiring
continuing education and peer review; providing for the
organization and ownership of firms and for the procedures
and grounds for discipline and reinstatement of licensees;
prescribing the powers and duties of the State Board of
Accountancy and the Department of State; providing for
ownership of working papers and confidentiality; regulating
the professional responsibility of licensees; defining
unlawful acts and acts not unlawful; providing penalties; and
repealing existing laws," further providing for definitions,
for requirements for issuance of certificate, for
certificates issued by domestic reciprocity, for licenses to
practice and, for licensing of firms; and providing for
expungement of disciplinary records AND FOR PEER REVIEW.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "attest activity" and "report"
in section 2 of the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), known
as the CPA Law, reenacted and amended December 8, 1976
(P.L.1280, No.286) and amended July 9, 2008 (P.L.954, No.73),
are amended and the section is amended by adding definitions A
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