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type: "Bill"
title: "PROF COUNSELOR-EDUCATION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4864"
citation: "Illinois HB 4864 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-13"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734212bf-f493-4cde-8b1f-feb8a6264ca3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4864&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49316&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "451166c15e80e072af7e4222d081e54362e44da68e65aa5121340a0989eaed4d"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4864&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49316&DocNum=4864&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4864eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49316&DocNum=4864&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4864enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49316&DocNum=4864&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **512** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734212bf-f493-4cde-8b1f-feb8a6264ca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).