Kentucky House Bill 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-08 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create a new section within KRS Chapter 335.500 to 335.599 to declare the purpose of the Licensed Professional Counseling Compact; establish definitions; establish requirements for states that want to enter the compact; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for licensed professional counselors; establish provisions for active duty military personnel or their spouses; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for licensed professional counselors in any member state via telehealth; establish procedures for adverse actions a home and member state can take against a licensed professional counselor; create the Counseling Compact Commission; establish and elect an executive committee; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the compact; require the commission to create, maintain, operate and use a coordinated database and reporting system containing, licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for rulemaking; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states; allow the compact to go into effect on the date the compact is enacted into law in the tenth member state; establish withdrawal procedures for a member state that withdraws from the compact; provide severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.

AN ACT relating to the Licensed Professional Counseling Compact.

Rep. Norma Kirk-McCormick [R]

2022-03-29 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2271 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-14 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 128 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-08	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 127)
2022-03-30	House	delivered to Governor
2022-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-03-29	House	received in House
2022-03-29	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0
2022-03-25	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-24	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-23	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-22	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-17	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
2022-03-09	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
2022-03-08	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2022-02-17	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2022-02-15	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-15	Senate	received in Senate
2022-02-14	House	3rd reading, passed 90-0
2022-02-10	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2022
2022-02-10	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-02-09	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2022-02-07	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-09-09	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb65.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb65/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb65/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0127.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb65/vote_history.pdf