HB 1323 — An Act amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional Nursing Law, providing for advanced practice registered nurse.

Congress · introduced 2025-04-28

Latest action: — Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, April 28, 2025

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2025-04-28 · house — Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, April 28, 2025

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Printer's No. 1515 · 2,414 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.    1515

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1323
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY MULLINS, MAYES, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, GIRAL,
        SANCHEZ, HARKINS, DONAHUE, INGLIS, KUZMA, CERRATO, MALAGARI,
        CIRESI, BOROWSKI, GREEN, WARREN AND PASHINSKI, APRIL 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, APRIL 28, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the practice of professional nursing;
 3      providing for the licensing of nurses and for the revocation
 4      and suspension of such licenses, subject to appeal, and for
 5      their reinstatement; providing for the renewal of such
 6      licenses; regulating nursing in general; prescribing
 7      penalties and repealing certain laws," providing for advanced
 8      practice registered nurse.
 9      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10   hereby enacts as follows:
11      Section 1.     The act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known
12   as The Professional Nursing Law, is amended by adding a section
13   to read:
14      Section 8.10.    Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.--(a)     The
15   Board shall issue to each person who meets the following
16   criteria a certificate setting forth that the person is
17   certified as an advanced practice registered nurse:
18      (1)     the person holds a master's degree or post-master's
19   degree; and
20      (2)     the person is licensed in one of the following
 1   classifications:
 2      (i)    Certified registered nurse practitioner.
 3      (ii)    Clinical nurse specialist.
 4      (iii)    Certified registered nurse anesthetist.
 5      (b)    A person who is certified by the Board under subsection
 6   (a) is entitled to use the title "advanced practice registered
 7   nurse" and the letters "A.P.R.N." A record of each person
 8   certified as an advanced practice registered nurse in this
 9   Commonwealth shall be kept in the office of the Board and posted
10   on the Board's publicly accessible Internet website.
11      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Professional Licensure Committee	—		pa-leg

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Pennsylvania House Professional Licensure Committee

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Voted	Score
1	Kyle J. Mullins (D, state_lower PA-112)	sponsor	—	5
2	Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Eddie DAY Pashinski (D, state_lower PA-121)	cosponsor	—	1
6	G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190)	cosponsor	—	1
7	III John C. Inglis (D, state_lower PA-38)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113)	cosponsor	—	1
12	La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24)	cosponsor	—	1
13	Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Maureen E. Madden (D, state_lower PA-115)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151)	cosponsor	—	1
16	Patrick J. Harkins (D, state_lower PA-1)	cosponsor	—	1
17	Perry S. Warren (D, state_lower PA-31)	cosponsor	—	1
18	Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53)	cosponsor	—	1

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Professional Licensure Committee · pa-leg

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