Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriation. (FE)
Health services department of — Health Medical service — Occupations Organization miscellaneous Senior citizen
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill appropriates $600,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the Department of Health Services for grants for emergency medical services programs to employ a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner, as provided in other legislation. In addition, the bill appropriates $200,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to DHS for grants to the Wisconsin Institute of Healthy Aging, as provided in the other legislation. If the other legislation is not enacted into law during the 2025 legislative session, the appropriation of the money is void.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: James (R)
6 cosponsors
Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald and Miresse , Johnson (D) , McCarville (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Snyder (R)
Registered lobbying interests · 10
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
- AARP
- Alzheimer's Association
- Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources
- League of Wisconsin Municipalities
- Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin
- Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Inc
- Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Wisconsin EMS Association
- Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
- Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association
Full history
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator James; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Doyle and Johnson
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Representatives Fitzgerald and Miresse added as cosponsors
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- 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