---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Nurse Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact."
description: "An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Nurse Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 115 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boscola"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cfdb2ae-020e-4e43-a6b4-37806559a525"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=115"
source_hash: "40e2b3f8b53c318a1b577ee3054a5eaa7610f2e08436424be5f1b0ece0d1cdad"
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-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 115 (2021-2022) — An Act making the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a party to the Nurse Licensure Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0115&pn=0473)

## Votes

- SB 115 PN 473, 2021 A961, COLLETT Amendment No. A-0961 — **18–30** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **146–55** (pass) · lower
- SB 115 PN 473, 2021 A1555, GERMANE, LAWRENCE — **93–108** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–6** (pass) · upper
- SB 115 PN 473, Final Passage — **32–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boscola — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0473 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 68 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cfdb2ae-020e-4e43-a6b4-37806559a525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).