Concerning the use of nursing titles.

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S-3625.1

SENATE BILL 5904

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senators Bateman, Holy, Chapman, Nobles, Riccelli, Saldaña, and Shewmake

Prefiled 12/16/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

AN ACT Relating to the use of nursing titles; amending RCW 18.79.030 and 18.79.030 ; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 18.79.030 and 2023 c 123 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a registered nurse in this state unless that human person has been licensed under this chapter or holds a valid multistate license under chapter 18.80 RCW. A person who holds a license to practice as a registered nurse in this state may use the titles "registered nurse" and "nurse" and the abbreviation "R.N." No other person or any nonhuman entity may assume those titles or use the abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person or any nonhuman entity using them is a registered nurse.

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

21.4% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Floor Consideration — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum +1 56/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 212 days quiet

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