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Bill	PROF COUNSELOR-EDUCATION	Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that a qualified applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must be a graduate of a master's or doctoral level program in the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved by the Department. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4864	Illinois HB 4864 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2010-01-13	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/734212bf-f493-4cde-8b1f-feb8a6264ca3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4864&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49316&SessionID=76&GA=96	451166c15e80e072af7e4222d081e54362e44da68e65aa5121340a0989eaed4d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4864 (96th) — PROF COUNSELOR-EDUCATION

Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing Act. Provides that a qualified applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must be a graduate of a master's or doctoral level program in the field of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, or similar degree program approved by the Department. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sandy Cole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandy Cole filing
• 2010-01-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-09 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2010-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2010-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-17 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2010
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1139 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/734212bf-f493-4cde-8b1f-feb8a6264ca3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).