On August 4, 2022, Governor Carney signed into law Senate Bill 257, making Delaware the 17th member of the Counseling Compact. The Counseling Compact will hold its inaugural commission meeting on October 25-26th. You can find more information, including meeting materials and Zoom information, here.
On July 7, 2022, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed into law HB 791, enacting the Counseling Compact there. This brings compact membership to 16 states. Over the next few months, the member states will nominate their commission delegates and the commission will officially convene its first meeting in October to draft the rules and […]
New Hampshire, the newest member of the Counseling Compact, brings Compact membership to 15 states. Over the next few months, the member states will nominate their Commission delegates and the Commission will officially convene its first meeting to draft the rules and bylaws of Compact. Once the Commissioners agree upon rules and establish a method […]
Ohio, Colorado, and Louisiana are the newest members of the Counseling Compact. With enactments in these states, the Compact has reached 14 members. Over the next few months, the member states will nominate their Commission delegates and the Commission will officially convene its first meeting to draft the rules and bylaws of Compact. Once the Commissioners […]
On May 27, 2022, Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee signed Senate Bill 1027 into law. This makes Tennessee the 11th state to enact the Counseling Compact. Having reached the minimum threshold of ten states to activate the compact, member states are in the process of establishing the Compact Commission. Over the next few months, the […]
On April 19, 2022, Gov. Ricketts of Nebraska signed LB 752, which enacted the Interstate Counseling Compact into law in Nebraska. Nebraska is the 10th state to enter into the Compact, which has already been enacted in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Utah and West Virginia. The Counseling Compact legislation specifies that the […]
On April 8, 2022, Gov. Beshear of Kentucky signed House Bill 65 into law, making Kentucky the 9th state to enact the Interstate Counseling Compact. The Compact will be activated after one more state enacts the Compact. Once ten states enact the compact, the member states will work to establish the interstate commission and officially […]
On April 6, 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed House Bill 1521 into law, making Florida the 8th state to enact the Interstate Counseling Compact. The Compact will be activated once 10 states enact the Compact. To see the press release from the American Counseling Association about this legislation, click here.
On March 31, 2022, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed House Paper 1427/Legislative Document 1920 into law, making Maine the 7th state to enact the Interstate Counseling Compact. The Compact will be activated once three more states enact the Compact. See the American Counseling Association’s press release for this legislation here.
On March 23, 2022, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia signed Senate Bill 213, making West Virginia the fifth state to join the Counseling Compact. On March 24, 2022, Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah signed Senate Bill 237, making Utah the sixth state to join the Counseling Compact. The compact now has more than half […]