Use of Professional Nursing Titles

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Use of Professional Nursing Titles; Providing that licensed advanced practice registered nurses who hold specified degrees may use titles and abbreviations associated with those degrees in a specified manner; prohibiting such persons from holding themselves out to patients or prospective patients as a doctor in advertising without also clearly denoting their licensed profession, etc.

Every action

15 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 4, 2026CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
2. Feb 9, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
3. Feb 12, 2026CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services8–1 vote
4. Feb 16, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
5. Feb 16, 2026CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
6. Feb 18, 2026CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
7. Feb 26, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed · Senate Rules
8. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Rules · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.

• Barbara ShariefD Primary sponsor · District 35
• AC Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Sponsoring committee
• HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee