republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-216.md

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Bill	Mental health professionals.	Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except in certain circumstances. (2) Amends provisions concerning experience hours and the expiration of a temporary license or permit. Removes certain provisions regarding first available examinations.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 216	Indiana SB 216 (2025)	bill	ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs Prescription Drugs Substances and Alcohol AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Behavioral Health HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health) HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Generally HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Mental Illness and Treatment HIGHER EDUCATION; Academics and Curriculum HIGHER EDUCATION; Generally SOCIAL SERVICES; Social Workers	enacted	Ed Charbonneau Lori Goss-Reaves Michael Crider Vaneta Becker	4	22	3	2025-01-08	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ce7b41d1-875a-479d-9abf-785abd2b930c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0216	b74e834f007c2ed32daf92300a7ac8069d753d38c957a950ef20ffc0313afd06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 216 (2025) — Mental health professionals.

Allows certain individuals to take the examination for licensure as a social worker before having completed the bachelor's degree. Makes the following changes in regard to marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and clinical addiction counselors: (1) Provides that an individual must be licensed as an associate before obtaining the relevant experience hours, except in certain circumstances. (2) Amends provisions concerning experience hours and the expiration of a temporary license or permit. Removes certain provisions regarding first available examinations.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 216 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 216 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 216 - Crider — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Vaneta Becker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Crider
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-16 Senator Becker added as third author
• 2025-01-21 Senator Charbonneau added as second author
• 2025-01-21 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-23 House sponsor: Representative Goss-Reaves
• 2025-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-01-24 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-24 Amendment #1 (Goss-Reaves) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-26 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 310: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-15 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 457: yeas 39, nays 0
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-01 Public Law 130 became-law
• 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce7b41d1-875a-479d-9abf-785abd2b930c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).