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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mental health professionals."
+description: "Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except in certain circumstances. (2) Amends provisions concerning experience hours and the expiration of a temporary license or permit. Removes certain provisions regarding first available examinations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 216"
+citation: "Indiana SB 216 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs", "Prescription Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol", "AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Behavioral Health", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Generally", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and Treatment", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Academics and Curriculum", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Generally", "SOCIAL SERVICES; Social Workers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Lori Goss-Reaves", "Michael Crider", "Vaneta Becker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce7b41d1-875a-479d-9abf-785abd2b930c"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0216"
+source_hash: "b74e834f007c2ed32daf92300a7ac8069d753d38c957a950ef20ffc0313afd06"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 216 (2025) — Mental health professionals.
+
+Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except in certain circumstances. (2) Amends provisions concerning experience hours and the expiration of a temporary license or permit. Removes certain provisions regarding first available examinations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0216/SB0216.04.ENGH.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0216/SB0216.05.ENRH.pdf)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0216/SB0216.01.INTR.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0216/SB0216.03.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 216 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 216 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 216 - Crider — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
+- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Crider
+- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Becker added as third author
+- **2025-01-21** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
+- **2025-01-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves
+- **2025-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-24** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-24** Amendment #1 (Goss-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-26** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-16** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 457: yeas 39, nays 0
+- **2025-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Public Law 130 `became-law`
+- **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce7b41d1-875a-479d-9abf-785abd2b930c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+