Delaware Senate Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-9)
Status: Passed on August 4 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-04 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act is an interstate compact called the Multistate Professional Counselor Licensure Compact, and it facilitates the interstate practice of licensed professional counseling. The Counseling Compact allows a counselor who is licensed in their home state and has not had any encumbrances on their license within the last 2 years to obtain the ability to practice counseling in other states participating in the Compact if the counselor satisfies the requirements, including completion of a criminal background check. A counselor must comply with the rules of any state in which they are practicing. Any state in which the counselor practices has the authority to remove the counselor's ability to practice in their state for a specific period of time, impose fines, and take other actions necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens. If the counselor's home state license becomes encumbered, the counselor will lose the ability to practice interstate under the Compact until their home state license is no longer encumbered and at least 2 years have passed.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To A Multistate Professional Counselor Licensure Compact.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]
Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2022-06-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-05-03 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-04		Signed by Governor
2022-06-29		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-16		Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-05-04		Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House
2022-05-03		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-04-12		Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2022-04-06		Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=99324
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=99324&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB257
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53107
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53823