Nurse Licensure Compact status
Every U.S. nursing jurisdiction. Enacting the compact and implementing it are separate events — the middle group has done the first but not the second.
Issuing and honouring multistate licences (40)
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Enacted — not fully in effect (3)
Not in the compact (13)
Alaska, American Samoa, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico
Source: CompactStates.com · Status data reviewed 2026-07-31 · Verify individual licences with the issuing board of nursing.