With concerns about the shortage of nurses, legislatures in CA, CT, FL, IA, KY, ME, NE, and OR have introduced legislation calling for the formation of commissions, task forces or councils to study the nursing shortage and make recommendations to state officials (legislature, governor or administration.) Legislation passed in AR this year requires the Arkansas Legislative Commission on Nursing to report a strategic plan for meeting the workforce needs of the state to the Legislative Council. NH enacted legislation requires a taskforce to make recommendations on recruitment and retention of health care providers. Legislation enacted in PA directs the House Professional Licensure Committee to conduct hearings on the shortage of licensed health care professionals and report its findings and recommendations to the House. Two bills passed in VA require the Virginia Partnership for Nursing to conduct a study of the availability and adequacy of nursing education programs and establishes a 24 member advisory council to assist the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Services to resolve the nursing shortage and recommend resolutions for issues pertaining to nurse education, recruitment and retention. A bill signed into law in WV requires a commission to study the nursing shortage and make recommendations to the legislature on how to reverse the shortage.