HOUSE BILL 437
RS30827 / H0437
The Midwifery practice act sunsets on July 1, 2024. The Division seeks to consolidate the regulation of licensed midwives under the Board of Nursing for practical and financial reasons. The Board of Midwifery is operating at a deficit, and it is highly unlikely that it will ever be financially solvent. The Board of Nursing has sufficient resources to absorb the Board of Midwifery and will be able to effectively regulate the midwifery profession as it currently regulates certified nurse midwives. To account for the consolidation, we have altered the board’s composition.
This legislation will have no fiscal impact to the state general fund, other state funds or expenditures, or local government. There are no funds implicated in this statutory change.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01/29 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 01/30 | Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare |
| 02/15 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 02/16 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 02/19 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 02/20 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Wilson), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Rubel Floor Sponsor - Healey Title apvd - to Senate |
| 02/21 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| 02/21 | Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare |
| 02/28 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 02/29 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/12 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-2-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – Carlson, Toews(Toews) Absent and excused – Schroeder Floor Sponsor - Harris Title apvd - to House |
| 03/13 | Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling |
| 03/13 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| 03/14 | Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker |
| 03/14 | Signed by President; returned to House |
| 03/14 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 03/15 | Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 14, 2024 |
| 03/19 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 18, 2024 Session Law Chapter 59 Effective: 07/01/2024 |