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PRINTER'S NO. 2602
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2030
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GUZMAN, KHAN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, WAXMAN,
SANCHEZ, MAYES, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA AND MALAGARI,
NOVEMBER 12, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
NOVEMBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Interstate Compact;
providing for the form of the compact; and imposing
additional powers and duties on the Governor and the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Advanced
Practice Registered Nurse Interstate Compact.
Section 2. Authority to execute compact.
The Governor of Pennsylvania, on behalf of this State, is
hereby authorized to execute a compact in substantially the
following form with any one or more of the states of the United
States and the General Assembly hereby signifies in advance its
approval and ratification of the compact:
ARTICLE I
Findings and Declaration of Purpose
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a. The party states find that:
1. The health and safety of the public are affected by
the degree of compliance with APRN licensure requirements and
the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state
APRN licensure laws;
2. Violations of APRN licensure and other laws regulating
the practice of nursing may result in injury or harm to the
public;
3. The expanded mobility of APRNs and the use of advanced
communication and intervention technologies as part of our
nation's health care delivery system require greater
coordination and cooperation among states in the areas of
APRN licensure and regulation;
4. New practice modalities and technology make compliance
with individual state APRN licensure laws difficult and
complex;
5. The current system of duplicative APRN licensure for
APRNs practicing in multiple states is cumbersome and
redundant for healthcare delivery systems, payors, state
licensing boards, regulators and APRNs;
6. Uniformity of APRN licensure requirements throughout
the states promotes public safety and public health benefits
as well as providing a mechanism to increase access to care.
b. The general purposes of this Compact are to:
1. Facilitate the states' responsibility to protect the
public's health and safety;
2. Ensure and encourage the cooperation of party states
in the areas of APRN licensure and regulation, including
promotion of uniform licensure requirements;
3. Facilitate the exchange of information between party
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states in the areas of APRN regulation, investigation and
adverse actions;
4. Promote compliance with the laws governing APRN
practice in each jurisdiction;
5. Invest all party states with the authority to hold an
APRN accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the
state in which the patient is located at the time care is
rendered through the mutual recognition of party state
privileges to practice;
6. Decrease redundancies in the consideration and
issuance of APRN licenses; and
7. Provide opportunities for interstate practice by APRNs
who meet uniform licensure requirements.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
As used in this Compact:
a. "Advanced practice registered nurse" or "APRN" means a
registered nurse who has gained additional specialized
knowledge, skills and experience through a program of study
recognized or defined by the Interstate Commission of APRN
Compact Administrators ("Commission"), and who is licensed to
perform advanced nursing practice. An advanced practice
registered nurse is licensed in an APRN role that is congruent
with an APRN educational program, certification, and Commission
rules.
b. "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil,
equitable or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which
is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against an
APRN, including actions against an individual's license or
multistate licensure privilege such as revocation, suspension,
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probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation on the
licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on licensure
affecting an APRN's authorization to practice, including the
issuance of a cease and desist action.
c. "Alternative program" means a, non-disciplinary monitoring
program approved by a licensing board.
d. "APRN licensure" means the regulatory mechanism used by a
party state to grant legal authority to practice as an APRN.
e. "APRN uniform licensure requirements" means the minimum
uniform licensure, education and examination requirements set
forth in Article III.b of this Compact.
f. "Coordinated licensure information system" means an
integrated process for collecting, storing and sharing
informatio