---
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: "SB 571"
citation: "Maryland SB 571 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85af882d-b27c-4778-85f9-b07b24d3bcdb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0571?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9da19dc4c7f02083b7992b283af4f74fad4aec6e4f3435f4203a49b6ca22f5e5"
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 SB 571 (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_135_sb0571t.pdf)
2. **First - Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0571f.pdf)
3. **Third - Interstate Licensed Professional Counselors Compact** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0571t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85af882d-b27c-4778-85f9-b07b24d3bcdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).