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SENATE BILL 20
By Watson
SB0020
000445
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63,
relative to licensing requirements for professional
counselors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-104(3)(B), is amended by
deleting the language "Has obtained" and substituting "Except as provided in subsection (b),
has obtained".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-22-104, is amended by
designating the existing language as subsection (a), and adding the following as a new
subsection (b):
(b) Subdivision (a)(3)(B) does not apply to an applicant for licensure as a
professional counselor if:
(1) The applicant has a valid, unencumbered license as a professional
counselor issued by another state, territory, or federal district of the United
States; and
(2) The requirements for licensure as a professional counselor by that
issuing state, territory, or federal district are judged to be acceptable by the
board.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of promulgating rules to effectuate this act, this act takes
effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes
effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.