Relating to the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling; to add a new Article 3 to Chapter 8A of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide for the operation of an Alabama Licensed Counselor Wellness Committee and voluntary treatment program for impaired licensed professional counselors and associate licensed counselors.
Summary
Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, wellness program and committee established
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 18, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2023 · House Jun 1, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 34
May 25, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
lower
May 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
lower
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
upper
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kirk Hatcher
DDemocratic
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