republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-530.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 9, 1987 (P.L.220, No.39), known as the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act, further providing for definitions, for qualifications for license, for reciprocity, for restriction on the use of title "licensed clinical social worker," for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Professional Counselor," for penalties and for unlawful practice; and repealing provisions related to appropriation.	An Act amending the act of July 9, 1987 (P.L.220, No.39), known as the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act, further providing for definitions, for qualifications for license, for reciprocity, for restriction on the use of title "licensed clinical social worker," for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Professional Counselor," for penalties and for unlawful practice; and repealing provisions related to appropriation.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 530	Pennsylvania SB 530 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Killion	3	27	7	2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/68ad5ab4-6b2b-460f-ba33-35fcf7fefcf4	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=530	a0817f951dfe9ebb1fe2622f4608886bd5721566aa516797791186e967b6e09f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 530 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 9, 1987 (P.L.220, No.39), known as the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act, further providing for definitions, for qualifications for license, for reciprocity, for restriction on the use of title "licensed clinical social worker," for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Professional Counselor," for penalties and for unlawful practice; and repealing provisions related to appropriation.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0571 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1166 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1899 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 46–3 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 169–23 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 530 PN 1166, 2017 A7724, CUTLER — 196–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Killion — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Farnese — cosponsor (person)
• Fontana — cosponsor (person)
• Gordner — cosponsor (person)
• Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
• Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0571 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1166 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1899 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68ad5ab4-6b2b-460f-ba33-35fcf7fefcf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).