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  "dataset": "Nurse Licensure Compact adoption & implementation timeline",
  "publisher": "CompactStates.com",
  "url": "https://www.compactstates.com/nlc-adoption-timeline",
  "license": "Free to use with attribution to https://www.compactstates.com",
  "citation": "CompactStates.com, NLC Adoption Timeline, reviewed 2026-07-31, https://www.compactstates.com/nlc-adoption-timeline",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-07-31",
  "disclaimer": "Not an official source. Compact status and dates change; confirm with the relevant board of nursing.",
  "fieldDefinitions": {
    "enactedDate": "Date the compact was signed into law.",
    "privilegeSince": "Date nurses holding another state's multistate license could first practise in this jurisdiction.",
    "residentMslSince": "Date this board first issued multistate licenses to its own residents. Null where not reached.",
    "confidence": "high = stated directly by an official board, state code, or NCSBN announcement; medium = single source, or a month given without a day.",
    "note": "A null date means unverified, not that the event did not occur."
  },
  "milestones": {
    "originalNlcImplementedYear": 2000,
    "enhancedNlcThresholdMet": "2017-07-20",
    "enhancedNlcImplemented": "2018-01-19",
    "enhancedNlcLaunchCohortSize": 29
  },
  "summary": {
    "adoptedJurisdictions": 43,
    "inForce": 40,
    "enactedNotYetImplemented": 3,
    "twoPhaseRollouts": 2
  },
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    "longestEnactmentToImplementation": [
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        "jurisdiction": "Pennsylvania",
        "slug": "pennsylvania",
        "enactedDate": "2021-07-01",
        "privilegeSince": "2025-07-07",
        "gapDays": 1467
      },
      {
        "jurisdiction": "Ohio",
        "slug": "ohio",
        "enactedDate": "2021-07-01",
        "privilegeSince": "2023-01-01",
        "gapDays": 549
      },
      {
        "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
        "slug": "connecticut",
        "enactedDate": "2024-05-30",
        "privilegeSince": "2025-10-01",
        "gapDays": 489
      },
      {
        "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
        "slug": "vermont",
        "enactedDate": "2021-06-07",
        "privilegeSince": "2022-02-01",
        "gapDays": 239
      },
      {
        "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
        "slug": "rhode-island",
        "enactedDate": "2023-06-24",
        "privilegeSince": "2024-01-01",
        "gapDays": 191
      }
    ],
    "privilegeBeforeResidentLicenses": [
      {
        "jurisdiction": "New Jersey",
        "slug": "new-jersey",
        "privilegeSince": "2020-03-01",
        "residentMslSince": "2021-11-15",
        "gapDays": 624
      },
      {
        "jurisdiction": "Washington",
        "slug": "washington",
        "privilegeSince": "2023-07-24",
        "residentMslSince": "2024-01-31",
        "gapDays": 191
      }
    ],
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      {
        "year": 2018,
        "added": 29,
        "cumulative": 29
      },
      {
        "year": 2019,
        "added": 2,
        "cumulative": 31
      },
      {
        "year": 2020,
        "added": 3,
        "cumulative": 34
      },
      {
        "year": 2021,
        "added": 0,
        "cumulative": 34
      },
      {
        "year": 2022,
        "added": 1,
        "cumulative": 35
      },
      {
        "year": 2023,
        "added": 2,
        "cumulative": 37
      },
      {
        "year": 2024,
        "added": 1,
        "cumulative": 38
      },
      {
        "year": 2025,
        "added": 2,
        "cumulative": 40
      }
    ]
  },
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      "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
      "abbreviation": "AL",
      "slug": "alabama",
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      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": "Alabama Board of Nursing rule 610-X-1-.13 was adopted August 30, 2019 and set a January 1, 2020 effective date for the compact (authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-21-2(e)).",
      "privilegeSince": "2020-01-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2020-01-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alabama/Ala-Admin-Code-r-610-X-1-.13"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/alabama"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
      "abbreviation": "AZ",
      "slug": "arizona",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/arizona"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Arkansas",
      "abbreviation": "AR",
      "slug": "arkansas",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/arkansas"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
      "abbreviation": "CO",
      "slug": "colorado",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/colorado"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
      "abbreviation": "CT",
      "slug": "connecticut",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": "2024-05-30",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Ned Lamont as Public Act 24-83 (House Bill 5058). Connecticut was the 42nd jurisdiction to enact the NLC.",
      "privilegeSince": "2025-10-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2025-10-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": 42,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/connecticut-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/connecticut-fully-implements-the-nurse-licensure-compact",
        "https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00083-R00HB-05058-PA.PDF"
      ],
      "note": "The most recent jurisdiction to fully implement the compact.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/connecticut"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
      "abbreviation": "DE",
      "slug": "delaware",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/delaware"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Florida",
      "abbreviation": "FL",
      "slug": "florida",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/florida"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Georgia",
      "abbreviation": "GA",
      "slug": "georgia",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/georgia"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Guam",
      "abbreviation": "GU",
      "slug": "guam",
      "track": "enacted",
      "enactedDate": "2021-03-05",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Lourdes “Lou” Leon Guerrero, making Guam the first U.S. territory to enact the NLC.",
      "privilegeSince": null,
      "residentMslSince": null,
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "medium",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/guam-becomes-first-us-territory-to-enact-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc"
      ],
      "note": "Guam is listed as partially implemented: nurses holding another state’s multistate license may practice in Guam, but Guam residents cannot obtain a Guam-issued multistate license until full implementation. NCSBN has not published a start date for the privilege phase or a target for full implementation, so both date fields stay null rather than guessing.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/guam"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Idaho",
      "abbreviation": "ID",
      "slug": "idaho",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/idaho"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Indiana",
      "abbreviation": "IN",
      "slug": "indiana",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2020-07-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2020-07-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/NLC-Press-Relase.pdf",
        "https://yearinreview.ncsbn.org/stories/07"
      ],
      "note": "The Indiana State Board of Nursing began accepting multistate license applications on the implementation date.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/indiana"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Iowa",
      "abbreviation": "IA",
      "slug": "iowa",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/iowa"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Kansas",
      "abbreviation": "KS",
      "slug": "kansas",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": "NLC legislation passed in 2018, with implementation set for 2019.",
      "privilegeSince": "2019-07-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2019-07-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.yearinreview2019.ncsbn.org/stories/05-2019",
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/kansas"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Kentucky",
      "abbreviation": "KY",
      "slug": "kentucky",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/kentucky"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Louisiana",
      "abbreviation": "LA",
      "slug": "louisiana",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": "NLC legislation passed in 2018, with implementation set for 2019.",
      "privilegeSince": "2019-07-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2019-07-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.yearinreview2019.ncsbn.org/stories/05-2019",
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/louisiana"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Maine",
      "abbreviation": "ME",
      "slug": "maine",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/maine"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Maryland",
      "abbreviation": "MD",
      "slug": "maryland",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/maryland"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Massachusetts",
      "abbreviation": "MA",
      "slug": "massachusetts",
      "track": "enacted",
      "enactedDate": "2024-11-20",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Maura Healey.",
      "privilegeSince": null,
      "residentMslSince": null,
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.mass.gov/news/implementation-of-the-nurse-licensure-compact"
      ],
      "note": "The Board of Registration in Nursing has said implementation is expected to take roughly twelve months, not counting the time required for FBI approval of federal background checks. Until it completes, Massachusetts residents cannot obtain a multistate license AND nurses holding another state’s multistate license are not authorised to practise in Massachusetts. Treat Massachusetts as non-compact for day-to-day practice until the board announces a date.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/massachusetts"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Mississippi",
      "abbreviation": "MS",
      "slug": "mississippi",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/mississippi"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Missouri",
      "abbreviation": "MO",
      "slug": "missouri",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/missouri"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Montana",
      "abbreviation": "MT",
      "slug": "montana",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/montana"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Nebraska",
      "abbreviation": "NE",
      "slug": "nebraska",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/nebraska"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "New Hampshire",
      "abbreviation": "NH",
      "slug": "new-hampshire",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/new-hampshire"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "New Jersey",
      "abbreviation": "NJ",
      "slug": "new-jersey",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2020-03-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2021-11-15",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "medium",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/new-jersey-implements-nurse-license-compact"
      ],
      "note": "Two-phase rollout. New Jersey partially implemented in March 2020 — out-of-state compact nurses could practice here — but did not begin issuing multistate licenses to New Jersey residents until November 15, 2021. NCSBN gives the partial-implementation month without a day, so we record the 1st and mark this record medium confidence.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/new-jersey"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "New Mexico",
      "abbreviation": "NM",
      "slug": "new-mexico",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/new-mexico"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "North Carolina",
      "abbreviation": "NC",
      "slug": "north-carolina",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/north-carolina"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "North Dakota",
      "abbreviation": "ND",
      "slug": "north-dakota",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/north-dakota"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Ohio",
      "abbreviation": "OH",
      "slug": "ohio",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": "2021-07-01",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Mike DeWine; sponsored by Sen. Kristina Roegner.",
      "privilegeSince": "2023-01-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2023-01-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/ohio-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
        "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4723.11"
      ],
      "note": "Eighteen months elapsed between enactment and implementation.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/ohio"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Oklahoma",
      "abbreviation": "OK",
      "slug": "oklahoma",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
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      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/oklahoma"
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      "jurisdiction": "Pennsylvania",
      "abbreviation": "PA",
      "slug": "pennsylvania",
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      "residentMslSince": "2025-07-07",
      "enactmentOrdinal": 37,
      "confidence": "high",
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        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/pennsylvania-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
        "https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/nursing/nlc",
        "https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=2021&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=68"
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      "note": "The longest enactment-to-implementation gap on record: four years and six days between the governor’s signature and the day multistate licences became available.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/pennsylvania"
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      "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
      "abbreviation": "RI",
      "slug": "rhode-island",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": "2023-06-24",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Daniel J. McKee; sponsored by Sen. Joshua Miller. Rhode Island was the 41st jurisdiction to enact the NLC.",
      "privilegeSince": "2024-01-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2024-01-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": 41,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/rhode-island-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
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      "note": "Rhode Island rejoined the compact. It had been a member of the original NLC and left before the enhanced compact; the 2023 law brought it back effective January 1, 2024.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/rhode-island"
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "South Carolina",
      "abbreviation": "SC",
      "slug": "south-carolina",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
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      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/south-carolina"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "South Dakota",
      "abbreviation": "SD",
      "slug": "south-dakota",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
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      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/south-dakota"
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "Tennessee",
      "abbreviation": "TN",
      "slug": "tennessee",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/tennessee"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Texas",
      "abbreviation": "TX",
      "slug": "texas",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/texas"
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "abbreviation": "VI",
      "slug": "us-virgin-islands",
      "track": "enacted",
      "enactedDate": "2021-12-06",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., making the U.S. Virgin Islands the second U.S. territory to enact the NLC.",
      "privilegeSince": null,
      "residentMslSince": null,
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "medium",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/us-virgin-islands-become-second-us-territory-to-enact-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc"
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      "note": "At enactment NCSBN said full implementation could take six months to a year and that the date would be posted by the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure. No implementation date has been published, and the compact is not yet in effect here.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/us-virgin-islands"
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "Utah",
      "abbreviation": "UT",
      "slug": "utah",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/utah"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
      "abbreviation": "VT",
      "slug": "vermont",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": "2021-06-07",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Phil Scott (2021 Act 64).",
      "privilegeSince": "2022-02-01",
      "residentMslSince": "2022-02-01",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/vermont-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/vermont-implements-the-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
        "https://sos.vermont.gov/nursing/statutes-rules-resources/nurse-licensure-compact/"
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      "note": "Vermont was the 36th jurisdiction to implement the compact.",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/vermont"
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Virginia",
      "abbreviation": "VA",
      "slug": "virginia",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/virginia"
    },
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      "jurisdiction": "Washington",
      "abbreviation": "WA",
      "slug": "washington",
      "track": "post_enlc",
      "enactedDate": "2023-04-21",
      "enactedNote": "Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee (Substitute Senate Bill 5499); sponsored by Sen. Mark Mullet. Washington was the 40th jurisdiction to enact the NLC.",
      "privilegeSince": "2023-07-24",
      "residentMslSince": "2024-01-31",
      "enactmentOrdinal": 40,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/washington-enacts-nurse-licensure-compact-nlc",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/washington-to-allow-nurses-with-multistate-licenses-to-begin-practicing-in-the-state-july-24",
        "https://nursing.wa.gov/msl"
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      "note": "The clearest example of a two-phase rollout. Phase 1 (July 24, 2023) let incoming nurses with another state’s multistate license practice in Washington. Phase 2 (January 31, 2024) let Washington residents apply for a Washington multistate license. The same legislation renamed the regulator to the Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON).",
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/washington"
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "West Virginia",
      "abbreviation": "WV",
      "slug": "west-virginia",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
      ],
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      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/west-virginia"
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      "jurisdiction": "Wisconsin",
      "abbreviation": "WI",
      "slug": "wisconsin",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
        "https://yearinreview2018.ncsbn.org/stories/03-2018",
        "https://www.ncsbn.org/news/the-nlc-celebrates-milestone-anniversary-in-2025"
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      "note": null,
      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/wisconsin"
    },
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      "jurisdiction": "Wyoming",
      "abbreviation": "WY",
      "slug": "wyoming",
      "track": "enlc_launch",
      "enactedDate": null,
      "enactedNote": null,
      "privilegeSince": "2018-01-19",
      "residentMslSince": "2018-01-19",
      "enactmentOrdinal": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sources": [
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      "statePage": "https://www.compactstates.com/states/wyoming"
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