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2025–2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 998

An Act providing for the Nurse Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development.

In the House of Representatives since April 20, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

15 co-sponsors

Maria Collett, Tracy Pennycuick, Wayne D. Fontana, Jay Costa, David G. Argall, John I. Kane, Amanda M. Cappelletti, Lisa Baker, James Andrew Malone, Judith L. Schwank, Lynda Schlegel Culver, Nikil Saval, Nick Miller, Daniel Laughlin, Frank A. Farry

Its course

October 7, 2025 to October 19, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action14 actions on 6 days

In the SenateOct 7 to Apr 20195 days

Institutional Sustainability & InnovationOct 7 to Oct 2821 days

AppropriationsNov 17 to Apr 20154 days

In the House of RepresentativesFrom Apr 20

EducationApr 21 to Oct 19181 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • Senate, third reading43–4

    Passed · Apr 20, 2026

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Oct 7 – Apr 20, 2026

  1. Oct 7Sent to INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION
  2. Oct 28INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION recommended it
  3. Nov 17Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Apr 20, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the Senate, 43 to 4

In the House of Representatives Apr 21, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026

  1. Apr 21, 2026Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to EDUCATION
  3. Oct 19, 2026EDUCATION recommended it
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Oct 7Referred to INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION, Oct. 7, 2025Senate
  2. Oct 28Reported as committed, Oct. 28, 2025Senate
  3. Oct 28First consideration, Oct. 28, 2025Senate
  4. Nov 17Second consideration, Nov. 17, 2025Senate
  5. Nov 17Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Nov. 17, 2025Senate
  6. Apr 20, 2026Re-reported as committed, April 20, 2026Senate
  7. Apr 20, 2026Third consideration and final passage, April 20, 2026 (43-4)Senate
  8. Apr 20, 2026(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 175-176), April 20, 2026Senate
  9. Apr 21, 2026In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  10. Apr 21, 2026Referred to EDUCATION, April 21, 2026House of Representatives
  11. Oct 19, 2026Reported as committed, Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Oct 19, 2026First consideration, Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives
  13. Oct 19, 2026Laid on the table, Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives
  14. Oct 19, 2026Removed from table, Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives