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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 971

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Relating to: tuition and materials reimbursement for community paramedics and community emergency medical services practitioners. (FE)

Higher educational aids board Medical service — Occupations Technical college system board

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law, as created in

2025 Wisconsin Act 35

, requires the Higher Educational Aids Board to develop a program to reimburse individuals or their employers for the cost of tuition and materials necessary for the individual to qualify for initial certification or initial licensure as an emergency medical responder or an emergency medical services practitioner. To be eligible for reimbursement, an individual must complete any required course of instruction, pass any required examination, and receive a certification or license from the Department of Health Services.

This bill expands the program to include reimbursement of individuals or their employers for the cost of tuition and materials incurred in completing a program to qualify for DHS approval as a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner. HEAB may provide reimbursement for an individual who has completed a DHS-approved training program and received DHS approval as a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Gundrum (R) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D)

8 cosponsors

J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Anderson , Palmeri (D) , Stubbs (D) , Udell (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

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

Passed 14–0 Feb 12, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 12, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Doyle, Gundrum, Melotik, McCarville, Taylor, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Roe, Sinicki 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

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  7. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  10. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

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

  12. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

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

  13. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Anderson added as coauthors

  14. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:37 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  15. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  16. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder

  18. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  19. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  22. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  24. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

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

  25. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  26. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  27. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  28. Mar 12, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  29. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  30. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1