119th Congress
S. 1482
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Lisa Blunt Rochester(D-DE)
- Introduced
- Apr 10, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (4)
Original cosponsors (3)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Added later (1)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · Apr 21, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
This bill temporarily authorizes grants to state agencies, state boards of nursing, nursing schools, or other eligible entities for establishing or expanding state-based nursing workforce centers that carry out research, planning, and programs to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce.
Also, the bill expands the authority of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish health workforce research centers and specifically authorizes HRSA to establish centers focused on nursing.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. - Apr 10, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate