I received a recruitment email from a hospital system I had once applied to. I'm not really looking, but out of curiosity looked at their job descriptions.
Formerly they required a BSN within 5 years. Now they give you 6 years, but it's waived if the applicant has 20 or more years RN experience.
Either it's a swing in the direction of common sense, or, more likely, a response to the current increased need for RNs in my region. But it warmed my old heart.