Senate Bill 976
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
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 6, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 970. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
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
Jesse James, a Republican, is its .
19 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Anderson and Moore Omokunde
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Vining and Madison
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.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 19, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 9, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026
6 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 6, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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Feb 6, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator James; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Doyle, Novak, Gundrum, McCarville, Taylor, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Subeck and Stubbs
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Representatives Anderson and Moore Omokunde added as cosponsors
- Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate