---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and Family Therapy Board, practice of marriage and family therapy further defined to include diagnosis of mental and emotional problems, certain limitations deleted, Sec. 34-17A-3 am'd."
description: "Marriage and Family Therapy Board, practice of marriage and family therapy further defined to include diagnosis of mental and emotional problems, certain limitations deleted, Sec. 34-17A-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "Alabama HB 166 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and Family Therapy", "Board of Examiners in"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86de843-0628-4089-8ce4-28295fc6b0ec"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB166"
source_hash: "c6446fd4593814aa744860fa904bbf591181f379771448a2392a16a41bab2592"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 166 (2018rs) — Marriage and Family Therapy Board, practice of marriage and family therapy further defined to include diagnosis of mental and emotional problems, certain limitations deleted, Sec. 34-17A-3 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB166-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB166-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB166-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 781 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Members intended to cosponsor — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 655 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 192 — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 780 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Davis motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 803 — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 193 — **68–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Moore (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 192 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Sells intended to vote "Yea"
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 193 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Members intended to cosponsor
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 655 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ward Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 780 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 781 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Davis motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 803 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-285. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 12:09 p.m. on March 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86de843-0628-4089-8ce4-28295fc6b0ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).