Counseling, Board of; licensure of professional counselors without examination.
Summary
Board of Counseling; licensure of professionalcounselors without examination. Requires the Board of Counselingto issue a license as a licensed professional counselor without examinationto a person who has applied for such a license and who satisfiesall other education, experience, and fitness to practice requirementsset forth in regulation and who, in the judgment of the Board, isqualified to practice professional counseling.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2021
Last action Jan 28, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2021
How they voted
20–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 22
Jan 28, 2021
D
Democratic13
92% Yea
R
Republican9
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 28, 2021
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0-2)
house of delegates
Jan 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 4, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100282D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark L. Cole
RRepublican
Co
John Avoli
RRepublican
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
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