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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling; to add a new Article 3 to Chapter 8A of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide for the operation of an Alabama Licensed Counselor Wellness Committee and voluntary treatment program for impaired licensed professional counselors and associate licensed counselors."
description: "Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, wellness program and committee established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Alabama SB 335 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Hatcher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ddf1374-5136-4b32-9250-f5fd88423c81"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "dc3200c558fef0e27f516d0a966895277d4c405243a17f242517d5ea4765d45a"
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 335 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling; to add a new Article 3 to Chapter 8A of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide for the operation of an Alabama Licensed Counselor Wellness Committee and voluntary treatment program for impaired licensed professional counselors and associate licensed counselors.
Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, wellness program and committee established
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB335-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1285170.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 0E22GG-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/0E22GG-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB335-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB335-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 1121 on SB335 (2023 Regular Session) — **982** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1102 on SB335 (2023 Regular Session) — **300** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1101 on SB335 (2023 Regular Session) — **300** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kirk Hatcher — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Temporarily
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-473 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ddf1374-5136-4b32-9250-f5fd88423c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).