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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Nursing matters."
+description: "Adds members to the Indiana state board of nursing and changes the required qualifications for certain members. Amends the requirements that an individual applying for a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse must meet. Provides that an applicant for a state accredited program of practical nursing (program) is not required to have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Requires a student of the program to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent before completing the program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 176"
+citation: "Indiana SB 176 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Nurses (Excluding Advanced Practice Registered Nurses)", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Academics and Curriculum", "SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barrett", "Ed Charbonneau", "Shelli Yoder", "Tyler Johnson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c24024-649e-48f7-afcc-1cf0b38fc17d"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0176"
+source_hash: "88a200d37e9025afc7dcb9d85bbb63e7d23c7159283abcb7a4add66960014692"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 176 (2025) — Nursing matters.
+
+Adds members to the Indiana state board of nursing and changes the required qualifications for certain members. Amends the requirements that an individual applying for a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse must meet. Provides that an applicant for a state accredited program of practical nursing (program) is not required to have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Requires a student of the program to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent before completing the program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0176/SB0176.04.ENRH.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0176/SB0176.01.INTR.pdf)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0176/SB0176.02.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0176/SB0176.03.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 176 - Yoder — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 176 - Yoder - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 176 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
+- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
+- Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
+- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
+- Andrea Hunley — coauthor (person)
+- Danny Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
+- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
+- James Buck — coauthor (person)
+- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
+- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
+- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
+- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
+- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
+- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
+- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
+- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
+- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
+- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
+- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Yoder
+- **2025-01-13** Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Johnson T added as third author
+- **2025-01-16** Senators Becker, Busch, Bohacek, Leising, Crider, Jackson L, Ford J.D. added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Johnson T removed as coauthor
+- **2025-01-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-21** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Barrett
+- **2025-01-23** Cosponsors: Representatives Behning and Shackleford
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Alexander added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Buck added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Glick added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-23** Senators Hunley, Spencer, Qaddoura, Pol, Niezgodski added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-23** Senators Alting and Raatz added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-24** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 284: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-20** Representative Lopez added as cosponsor
+- **2025-03-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 303: yeas 49, nays 0
+- **2025-04-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Public Law 45 `became-law`
+- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c24024-649e-48f7-afcc-1cf0b38fc17d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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