HB 668 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Counseling Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.

HB 668 would allow Pennsylvania to join the Counseling Compact, an existing agreement between states. This would let licensed counselors from other participating states practice in Pennsylvania more easily, and allow Pennsylvania counselors to practice in those states without obtaining separate licenses. The bill's key mechanism is adopting the standard compact form, creating a streamlined process for cross-state counseling licensure without changing existing state licensing requirements.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action May 5, 2026
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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1620 Printer's No. PN2869 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill version reflects Senate amendments that updated the bill's title and printer number to indicate it has been amended by the Senate. The substantive text of the Counseling Compact remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the list of sponsors and a few line breaks in the definitions section.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect Senate amendments and changed the printer number from 1620 to 2869.

Adjusted the list of House sponsors to include new names (E. Nelson, Webster, T. Davis, Rivera, and Friel) and added the Senate sponsor (Senator Stefano).

Minor formatting changes were made to the definition of 'Impaired Practitioner' and the list of counseling topic areas, primarily adding line breaks or reordering items for clarity.

Floor votes · House Jun 4, 2025

How they voted

18616
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 203
Jun 4, 2025
D Democratic102
102 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican101
84 Yea 16 Nay 1
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported as amended
upper
Jun 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 3, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Professional Licensure
lower
1 primary · 35 co-sponsors

Sponsors