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| Bill | Nursing matters; education programs. | 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. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1278 | Indiana HB 1278 (2026) |
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Indiana HB 1278 (2026) — Nursing matters; education programs.
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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HB 1278 - Busch - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- HB 1278 - Barrett - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brad Barrett — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — primary (person)
- Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Isa — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-01-06 Authored by Representative Barrett
- 2026-01-20 Representatives Ledbetter, Isa, Shackleford added as coauthors
- 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 94, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-01-28 Senate sponsors: Senators Busch, Charbonneau, Jackson L
- 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate
referral - 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-02-09 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- 2026-02-09 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- 2026-02-10 Placed back on second reading
- 2026-02-10 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- 2026-02-12 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Amendment #1 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage - 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments
receipt - 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 187: yeas 45, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Joint Rule 15 Certification
- 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage - 2026-03-04 Public Law 89
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9a71d80-4bb4-4455-a378-08a420241c78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).