Delaware Senate Bill 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Passed on June 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act replaces the current multistate nurse licensure compact with an enhanced version. The enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact allows for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to have one multistate license, with the privilege to practice in their home state and other compact states. Under the enhanced version, all nurses practicing under a multistate license must meet a minimum set of licensure requirements, including a fingerprint federal criminal background check. Nurses who fail to meet these requirements will not be eligible for a multistate license, and multistate privileges will be removed from nurses when disciplinary actions are taken against a home state multistate license. If Delaware fails to enact the enhanced nurse multistate licensure compact, Delaware nurses with current multistate licenses will no longer be permitted to practice in states that have enacted the enhanced version. Currently, 13 states have adopted this enhanced Compact and legislation to adopt it is pending in 15 other states.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To A Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.

Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2017-06-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-05-17 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-30		Signed by Governor
2017-06-28		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2017-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2017-05-18		Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House
2017-05-17		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2017-05-17		Amendment SA 1 to SB 59 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2017-05-10		Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2017-05-09		Amendment SA 1 to SB 59 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-04-05		Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate

Type	Source
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Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25612&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB59
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=2502&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18649
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18993