---
type: "Bill"
title: "MHDDC-CLINICAL PROF COUNSELOR"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Defines \"clinical professional counselor\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4405"
citation: "Illinois HB 4405 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-29"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b27612-6cb1-48de-97e7-d17979371b0c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4405&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78690&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "933467bd3020d1bdefeddb90af892580f2019d8af65411e1506d18cd80c7a23e"
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-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 4405 (98th) — MHDDC-CLINICAL PROF COUNSELOR

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Defines "clinical professional counselor". Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4405&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78690&DocNum=4405&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4405eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78690&DocNum=4405&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4405enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78690&DocNum=4405&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
- **2014-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2014
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0724 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b27612-6cb1-48de-97e7-d17979371b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).