AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES (Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice before taking and receiving results of the NCLEX exam.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Last action May 20, 2022
Floor votes · House May 19, 2022
How they voted
60–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 74
May 19, 2022
D
Democratic64
79% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 20, 2022
Committee
05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
May 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
05/19/2022 House read and passed
lower
May 11, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/11/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 5, 2022
Committee
04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anastasia Williams
DDemocratic
P
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung
RRepublican
P
Blake A. Filippi
RRepublican
P
David Bennett
DDemocratic
P
Katie Kazarian
DDemocratic
P
Mary Messier
DDemocratic
P
Mike Chippendale
RRepublican
P
Rebecca Kislak
DDemocratic
P
Robert Craven
DDemocratic
P
Stephen Casey
DDemocratic
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