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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 970

Grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, Medical service: Occupations, Organization, Miscellaneous, Senior citizen

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 18, 2026, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 30, 2026

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 18, 2026

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 976. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Community emergency medical services grants This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to six emergency medical services (EMS) programs that are conducted by a county, city, village, or town, or any combination thereof, to provide community EMS and hire a full-time community paramedic or community EMS practitioner. DHS must prioritize awarding the grants to two rural, two suburban, and two urban EMS programs. The bill provides $600,000 for the grants. If funding is available after DHS awards the grants to six EMS programs, the bill allows DHS to award a grant to a seventh EMS program. The bill prohibits DHS from awarding a grant to an EMS program that already employs a community paramedic or community EMS practitioner. Within one year after receiving a grant, the bill requires grant recipients to submit a report to DHS and the legislature detailing the effectiveness of the grant.

Under current law, community paramedics and community EMS practitioners are licensed paramedics or EMS practitioners who have two years of experience, have completed a DHS-approved training program, have obtained DHS approval to provide services, and provide services in affiliation with a community EMS provider, hospital, clinic, or physician that are not duplicative of services already being provided to a patient.

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Grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives The bill also directs DHS to award a grant in the amount of $200,000 in both fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging for the purpose of statewide falls prevention awareness and initiatives and appropriates $200,000 in both fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for that purpose.

Who's behind it

14 representatives are its ⁠. 7 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (8)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 4 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote on an amendment

Passed, 14 to 0 · Feb 12, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Feb 12, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 97 to 0 · Feb 18, 2026 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (97)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Mar 12, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 12, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.

  3. Feb 23, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 20, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

  5. Feb 19, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  6. Feb 18, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 97 to 0.

  7. Feb 18, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  8. Feb 13, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026

    5 more representatives signed on in support.

  9. Feb 12, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. Feb 12, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  11. Feb 10, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  12. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  13. Feb 2, 2026 to Feb 3, 2026

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  14. Jan 30, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.

  15. Jan 30, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Doyle, Novak, Gundrum, McCarville, Taylor, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez and Subeck; cosponsored by Senator James

  2. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  5. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Miresse and Stubbs added as coauthors

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  10. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  11. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  15. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Sinicki and Anderson added as coauthors

  16. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

  17. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:36 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  18. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  19. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder

  21. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  22. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  25. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  27. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  28. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  29. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  30. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  31. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary