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
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2023
Last action May 15, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2023
How they voted
57–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 61
Mar 21, 2023
D
Democratic54
92% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 15, 2023
Committee
05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
03/21/2023 House read and passed
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Legislature · Passed
03/15/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
02/14/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 3, 2023
Introduced
02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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