Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. (HB2211)

Introduced By

Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield) with support from co-patrons Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville), and Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. Requires that applicants for licensure to practice professional nursing who are graduates of a nursing education program in a foreign country have (i) graduated or be eligible to graduate from a licensing board-approved RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program or have graduated from an approved foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program and (ii) if a graduate of a foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program not taught in English or if English is not the applicant's native language, successfully passed an English proficiency examination. The bill requires the Board of Nursing to (a) identify multiple approved entities to provide language examinations and multiple approved entities to evaluate and verify credentials earned from a nursing education program in a foreign country and (b) make the list of approved entities publicly available on the Board of Nursing website. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/11/2023Committee
01/11/2023Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103100D
01/11/2023Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/16/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2211)
01/19/2023Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
01/26/2023House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/26/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
01/31/2023Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2023Committee substitute printed 23105520D-H1
02/01/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2211H1)
02/02/2023Read first time
02/03/2023Read second time
02/03/2023Committee substitute agreed to 23105520D-H1
02/03/2023Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2211H1
02/06/2023Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
02/06/2023VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/07/2023Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/16/2023Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2023Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2023Read third time
02/20/2023Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2023Enrolled
02/23/2023Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2211ER)
02/23/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2211ER)
02/23/2023Signed by Speaker
02/25/2023Signed by President
03/02/2023Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
03/02/2023G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
03/26/2023G Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (effective 7/1/23)
03/26/2023G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)