NURSES: Allows full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action Jun 7, 2021
Floor votes · House May 5, 2021
How they voted
48–34
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 84
May 5, 2021
D
Democratic27
77% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican56
51% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 24, 2021
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 10, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 61, nays 41. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (10-6-1).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
Co
Chris Turner
RRepublican
Co
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
EC
Edward C. "Ted" James, II
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
Co
Kenny R. Cox
DDemocratic
Co
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick O. Jefferson
DDemocratic
Co
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
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