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Indiana 2026

HB 1278

Nursing matters; education programs.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 10:11:05 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Indiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA), HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Nurses (Excluding Advanced Practice Registered Nurses), STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Governor
Introduced / first action
2026-01-06 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires the Indiana State Nurses Association, any time there is a vacancy or expiration of a term on the board of nursing, to recommend to the governor a list of qualified nurses for appointment. (Current law requires the Indiana State Nurses Association to recommend the list when there is a vacancy on the board.) Allows an institution that has been operating an eligible nursing program for at least five years to increase the enrollment in any eligible nursing program at any rate the institution considers appropriate.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Public Law 89

    became-law

  2. Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    passage

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

    passage

  5. Signed by the Speaker

    passage

  6. Joint Rule 15 Certification

  7. Returned to the House with amendments

    receipt

  8. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 187: yeas 45, nays 0

    passage, reading-3

  9. Amendment #1 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote

    amendment-passage

  10. Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  11. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  12. Placed back on second reading

    reading-2

  13. Senator Yoder added as cosponsor

  14. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  15. Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor

  16. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  17. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

    reading-1, referral-committee

  18. Referred to the Senate

    referral

  19. Senate sponsors: Senators Busch, Charbonneau, Jackson L

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 94, nays 0

    passage, reading-3

  21. Second reading: ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  22. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  23. Representatives Ledbetter, Isa, Shackleford added as coauthors

  24. Authored by Representative Barrett

  25. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

    reading-1, referral-committee

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