---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional counseling, Counseling Compact, licensed professional counselors authorized to practice on a limited basis among compact member states"
description: "Professional counseling, Counseling Compact, licensed professional counselors authorized to practice on a limited basis among compact member states"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Alabama SB 99 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counselors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9c565ea-d8b7-4f25-8a60-4810dff921c6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB99"
source_hash: "2c569605f057736b04dcb43f7c55820230056f94b9b81396c948d958f30fa7c1"
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 SB 99 (2022rs) — Professional counseling, Counseling Compact, licensed professional counselors authorized to practice on a limited basis among compact member states

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB99-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217127-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217127-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB99-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB99-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 240 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 310 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 241 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 240 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 241 `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from Health to M&VA
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 310 `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-89. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9c565ea-d8b7-4f25-8a60-4810dff921c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).