House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
HB 2155: Concerning the use of nursing titles.
Signed into law: Chapter 6, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Obras
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 6 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026*. (March 9, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Prohibits nonhuman entities from using nursing titles.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 11, 202687 yea · 8 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 26, 202646 yea · 2 nay · 1 not voting
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