republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing programs and licensing matters."
description: "Establishes certain requirements for the temporary licensure of retired or inactive emergency medical services personnel, retired or inactive health care professionals, out-of-state health care professionals, or recently graduated students who have applied for certain licenses. Allows a health care provider or an officer, agent, or employee of a health care provider who has a temporary license to qualify for coverage under the Medical Malpractice Act. Provides that the state board of nursing (board) shall issue by endorsement a license to practice as a registered nurse or practical nurse to an applicant who is a graduate of a foreign nursing school and provides certain documentation. Allows: (1) an eligible associate degree or bachelor's degree registered nursing program to increase enrollment at any rate deemed appropriate by the program; and (2) a nursing program that is not an eligible program but meets specified requirements to increase enrollment by not more than 100%. Allows a nursing program to substitute a certain number of simulation hours for clinical hours in certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for clinical preceptors. Provides that a majority of the faculty is not required to be full-time employees of a state educational institution that operates a nursing program that predominantly issues associate degrees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Indiana HB 1003 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER EDUCATION", "Adult Education", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "LICENSES AND LICENSING", "NURSES AND NURSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Ethan Manning", "Justin Busch", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f6b7bd5-2266-4f1d-8ed1-c44dc3d5aa5f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1003"
source_hash: "279a645adc46c7353514eb3e9b8add11fa28fab59cb0b9affa7623e86bd0b962"
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 HB 1003 (2022) — Nursing programs and licensing matters.

Establishes certain requirements for the temporary licensure of retired or inactive emergency medical services personnel, retired or inactive health care professionals, out-of-state health care professionals, or recently graduated students who have applied for certain licenses. Allows a health care provider or an officer, agent, or employee of a health care provider who has a temporary license to qualify for coverage under the Medical Malpractice Act. Provides that the state board of nursing (board) shall issue by endorsement a license to practice as a registered nurse or practical nurse to an applicant who is a graduate of a foreign nursing school and provides certain documentation. Allows: (1) an eligible associate degree or bachelor's degree registered nursing program to increase enrollment at any rate deemed appropriate by the program; and (2) a nursing program that is not an eligible program but meets specified requirements to increase enrollment by not more than 100%. Allows a nursing program to substitute a certain number of simulation hours for clinical hours in certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for clinical preceptors. Provides that a majority of the faculty is not required to be full-time employees of a state educational institution that operates a nursing program that predominantly issues associate degrees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1003 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — primary (person)
- Justin Busch — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Barrett — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davisson — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)
- Ron Alting — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Authored by Representative Manning
- **2022-01-11** Coauthored by Representative Barrett
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Davisson J. added as coauthor
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Representative Fleming added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Amendment #3 (Nisly) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer, Charbonneau, Busch
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 91, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Senator Alting added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-17** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-17** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2022-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-23** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-02-24** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 88, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Public Law 69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f6b7bd5-2266-4f1d-8ed1-c44dc3d5aa5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).