Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2025
- Committee actionJul 22, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 13 Democrats
4 of 17 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).
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- S.Res. 321 (119th) A resolution commemorating 30 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam on July 11, 2025.
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Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.