NURSING: LICENSURE; MULTISTATE COMPACT                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:56:31     PM                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
VICE    CHAIR    RUFFRIDGE      announced      that    the   final    order    of   business                                    
would    be   HOUSE    BILL    NO.   149,    "An   Act    relating     to   the   licensure                                     
of    nursing       professionals;          relating       to    a    multistate        nurse                                   
licensure        compact;       and     providing       for     an    effective        date."                                   
[Before the committee was HB 149, as amended on 4/26/23.]                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:57:40     PM                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE         PRAX   moved     to  report     HB   149,    as   amended,     out    of                                 
committee      with     individual       recommendations         and   the    accompanying                                      
fiscal notes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FIELDS objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:58:01     PM                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease at 4:58 p.m.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:59:26     PM                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE        CARRICK      said   HB   149   is   a  significant       policy     call                                  
for   which    there    were    27   amendments      drafted.       She    said   she   would                                   
like    to  see   the   committee      process     continued      and   completed      in  the                                  
House     Labor    and    Commerce      Standing      Committee      before     moving     the                                  
bill form committee.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
5:00:31     PM                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
A   roll    call     vote    was    taken.        Representatives         Saddler,      Prax,                                   
Wright,      and   Ruffridge       voted    in   favor     of   reporting       HB   149,    as                                 
amended,      out   of   committee.         Representatives         Carrick     and    Fields                                   
voted    against     it.     Therefore,       CSHB   149(L&C)      was   reported      out   of                                 
the   House    Labor    and    Commerce     Standing      Committee      by  a  vote    of   4-                                 
2.