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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 10, 2023
  3. Done: Senate committeeJanuary 25, 2023
  4. Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 127
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 127 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 127 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa would join a group of states that allows professional counselors to work in different member states without needing a new license for each one. This agreement sets minimum rules for counselor licenses and creates a commission to manage how the system works. It also includes special rules for military members and people using telehealth services.1

Read the official explanation

_____ counselors interstate licensure compact. The compact establishes a system whereby professional counselors licensed to practice in one member state may practice in another member state under a compact privilege without applying for a license in that state. The compact imposes certain minimum requirements on the licensure of professional counselors in member states. The compact becomes effective upon enactment of the compact by states. The compact creates a commission to administer the operation of the compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the member states. The compact includes provisions relating to the purpose, establishment, and membership of the commission; powers and privileges of the commission; active duty military personnel; telehealth; adverse actions; joint investigations; meetings and voting requirements; commission bylaws and rules; commission committees; commission finances; records of the commission; compact state compliance; venue for judicial proceedings; qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification; data and reporting; rulemaking; oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement; technical assistance and termination; effective dates and amendments to the compact; withdrawal, default, and expulsion; severability and construction; and the binding effect of the compact and other laws.

Changed since by amendment S-3106; see Amendments.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 10, 2023. On January 17, 2023 it recommended passage. [].

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

2 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 9, 2023 (1), February 22, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§147G.1

How the Code works3

Lobbying

22 for · 1 against · 19 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 2179 Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact
    89th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee

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  • HF 2272 Enacting the social work licensure compact
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