---
type: "Bill"
title: "MHDD CD-CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes the definition of \"clinical psychologist\" to a person licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Illinois SB 62 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-16"
last_action: "2013-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8532d443-8292-4be2-8f2c-f40ccda54f6b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=62&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=69157&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "438754cdb8b9af425f83c08d44cc11f2e1f53d7535b74e237b2b63129d4936c3"
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 SB 62 (98th) — MHDD CD-CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes the definition of "clinical psychologist" to a person licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. 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=09800SB0062&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69157&DocNum=62&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0062eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69157&DocNum=62&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0062enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69157&DocNum=62&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2013-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-30** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 13, 2013
- **2013-02-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2013
- **2013-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2013-03-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-03-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2013-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2013
- **2013-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0075 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8532d443-8292-4be2-8f2c-f40ccda54f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).