republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1564.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 license required, for State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, for powers and functions of board, for qualifications for license, for procedures for licensing, for reciprocity, for endorsement of out-of-State licenses and for reinstatement of license; providing for restrictions on use of title "Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist" and for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Associate Professional Counselor"; further providing for license renewal and records and fees and for unlawful practice; and providing for effect of associate licensure.	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 license required, for State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, for powers and functions of board, for qualifications for license, for procedures for licensing, for reciprocity, for endorsement of out-of-State licenses and for reinstatement of license; providing for restrictions on use of title "Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist" and for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Associate Professional Counselor"; further providing for license renewal and records and fees and for unlawful practice; and providing for effect of associate licensure.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 1564	Pennsylvania HB 1564 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Melissa Cerrato	5	24	10	2023-07-11T04:00:00+00:00	2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1cbd88f9-5c2d-413b-8c97-a84cbbadadbc	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=34&rollcallid=1174&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	0bf8c490c96fb22a0ceac0e5519a865beaed64182be1ac7ba7b2551940ffc43c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1564 (2023-2024) — 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 license required, for State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, for powers and functions of board, for qualifications for license, for procedures for licensing, for reciprocity, for endorsement of out-of-State licenses and for reinstatement of license; providing for restrictions on use of title "Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist" and for restrictions on the use of title "Licensed Associate Professional Counselor"; further providing for license renewal and records and fees and for unlawful practice; and providing for effect of associate licensure.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A03171 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN1838 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN2436 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN2568 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A03426 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 152–51 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE — 135–66 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 44–5 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• A3171 — 201–2 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Professional Licensure): Report Bill As Committed — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — 12–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melissa Cerrato — primary (person)
• Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
• Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua Siegel — cosponsor (person)
• Kristine Howard — cosponsor (person)
• La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure referral-committee
• 2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 4 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cbd88f9-5c2d-413b-8c97-a84cbbadadbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).