Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Summary
The bill repeals the current 'Nurse Licensure Compact' and adopts the 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact'. The 'Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact' makes the following changes to the 'Nurse Licensure Compact': Provides authority to each party state licensing board to obtain and submit criminal background checks for multistate nurse licensure candidates; Allows the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to adopt rules related to the compact; and Specifies the procedure for states to enter, withdraw from, or amend the compact.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
Jan 2018
House Passage
Jan 2018
Signed into Law
Jan 2018
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Signed Jan 18, 2018
Floor votes · House Jan 17, 2018
How they voted
46–2
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 52
Jan 17, 2018
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican22
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 18, 2018
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Jan 17, 2018
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (46-2-4)
house
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
lower
Jan 12, 2018
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations
lower
Jan 11, 2018
Committee
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Jan 11, 2018
Committee
Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
upper
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Hugh McKean
RRepublican
P
JS
Jim Smallwood
RRepublican
P
NT
Nancy Todd
DDemocratic
P
TK
Tracy Kraft-Tharp
DDemocratic
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