Independent tracker · updated 2026-09-10

One license.
Nineteen states.
Thirty-two to go.

The Dietitian Licensure Compact lets an RD hold a license in one state and practice in every other member state — no second application, no second fee, no second renewal. It is already law in 19 states and legally active. No privileges have been issued yet, and whether your state is in or out is still being decided by legislators who have not heard from an RD.

This site tracks exactly where it stands, why each state sits where it does, and how to reach the one person whose vote changes yours.

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Member states over time Cumulative enactments, April 2024 – September 2026

19 states have enacted the compact of 51 jurisdictions
7 states were needed to activate it met in March 2025
2027 first compact privileges expected no month announced
32 jurisdictions still outside the part you can change

The short version

What the compact actually does — and what it does not

It does

Let a dietitian licensed in their home state obtain a privilege to practice in every other member state.
Replace a stack of separate state licenses — each with its own application, fee, and renewal cycle — with one license plus privileges.
Make telehealth across state lines legally straightforward instead of a compliance maze.
Follow military spouses when they are restationed, instead of ending their practice at the state line.
Share disciplinary information between member states, so a practitioner cannot outrun a sanction.

It does not

Lower any standard. Every dietitian still holds the national RD credential and an unencumbered home-state license.
Create a national license, or move licensing authority to the federal government.
Take away a state's power to set scope of practice or to discipline a practitioner.
Change which law applies to a patient — you practice under the rules of the state the patient is in.
Help you if you live in a non-member state. Eligibility follows your residence, not your employer.

The eligibility rule that catches people out: to use the compact you must hold the RD credential, hold an active unencumbered license in your home state, and live in a member state. If you live in a state that has not joined — or one that does not license dietitians at all — the compact does nothing for you, regardless of how many states join.

Every state, every status

The map

Select a state for its bill number, its enactment date, its Academy affiliate, and — where it is not in — the specific reason. Filter by status with the legend.

Select any state for its bill, its status, its Academy affiliate, and the reason it is where it is.

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Alabama — Member state
Alaska — Stalled
Arizona — No bill yet
Arkansas — Member state
California — Cannot join yet
Colorado — Cannot join yet
Connecticut — No bill yet
Delaware — No bill yet
District of Columbia — No bill yet
Florida — No bill yet
Georgia — Member state
Hawaii — No bill yet
Idaho — Stalled
Illinois — No bill yet
Indiana — Stalled
Iowa — Member state
Kansas — Member state
Kentucky — Member state
Louisiana — Vetoed
Maine — Stalled
Maryland — Declined
Massachusetts — No bill yet
Michigan — No bill yet
Minnesota — No bill yet
Mississippi — Member state
Missouri — Member state
Montana — Member state
Nebraska — Member state
Nevada — No bill yet
New Hampshire — Stalled
New Jersey — No bill yet
New Mexico — No bill yet
New York — No bill yet
North Carolina — No bill yet
North Dakota — Member state
Ohio — Member state
Oklahoma — Member state
Oregon — No bill yet
Pennsylvania — No bill yet
Rhode Island — Member state
South Carolina — In process
South Dakota — Member state
Tennessee — Member state
Texas — Stalled
Utah — Member state
Vermont — Stalled
Virginia — Cannot join yet
Washington — Member state
West Virginia — Stalled
Wisconsin — Member state
Wyoming — No bill yet

In order of enactment

The nineteen

Nebraska went first with nothing to join. Mississippi was the seventh, which is the number written into the compact itself — the moment seven separate state laws became one governing body. Washington is the most recent.

It's possible your state legislator has never heard of this.

18 jurisdictions have no compact bill at all — not a defeated one, not a stalled one. None. That's not opposition; that's an empty inbox.

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