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type: "Bill"
title: "PROF COUNSELOR-RESTRICTIONS"
description: "Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that no person shall, without a valid license as a professional counselor issued by the Department, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public (now, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public if the words \"professional counselor\" or \"licensed professional counselor\" are used to describe the person offering to render or rendering them, or \"professional counseling\" is used to describe the services rendered or offered to be rendered)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2345"
citation: "Illinois SB 2345 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c340ae3-dfd1-4868-98c5-564ecf518e3b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2345&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23180&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "3155607f40dc736358eb57f64a4d525fb863edc5306c927badd74a780557c3ae"
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 2345 (94th) — PROF COUNSELOR-RESTRICTIONS
Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that no person shall, without a valid license as a professional counselor issued by the Department, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public (now, offer to render or render professional counseling services to individuals, corporations, or the public if the words "professional counselor" or "licensed professional counselor" are used to describe the person offering to render or rendering them, or "professional counseling" is used to describe the services rendered or offered to be rendered).
## 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=09400SB2345&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23180&DocNum=2345&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2345eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23180&DocNum=2345&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2345enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23180&DocNum=2345&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)
- William E. Peterson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William E. Peterson `filing`
- **2006-01-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 2, 2006
- **2006-02-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 8, 2006
- **2006-02-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2006-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2006-03-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2006-03-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-12** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-05-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0765 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c340ae3-dfd1-4868-98c5-564ecf518e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).