---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact"
description: "Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "Maryland HB 736 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19cca6ff-ef46-4b07-96ad-8995aa22e9cb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0736?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "431aad4d73e0602c1553bab3038abbc64a61fa12da222c862518c23b3c50bc65"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 736 (2021) — Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_134_hb0736t.pdf)
2. **First - Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0736f.pdf)
3. **Third - Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0736t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19cca6ff-ef46-4b07-96ad-8995aa22e9cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).