TO ALLOW FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY FOR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS; AND TO ALLOW EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER STATE TO QUALIFY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Jan 19, 2023
Signed Apr 12, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2023 · House Apr 5, 2023
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 8, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Apr 12, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB79 is now Act 872
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
upper
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
lower
Mar 13, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Jan 19, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
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