Wisconsin bill establishes emergency medical services tuition reimbursement and a live 911 pilot program

Original title: An Act to create 38.04 (9m) and 39.378 of the statutes; Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

Last action · March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Sponsors: Tony Kurtz and 29 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Wisconsin lawmakers proposed creating tuition and materials reimbursement programs for emergency medical responders and practitioners, alongside a live 911 pilot program.

Why it matters

Establishes state-funded financial support for emergency medical training and funds a new emergency dispatch technology test, impacting emergency services personnel and local communication systems.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Emergency medical responders and practitioners

Eligible to receive tuition and materials reimbursement for education.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for tuition and materials reimbursement under this measure?

Emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners.

Did this bill become law?

No, the bill failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Failed in the Assembly.

Procedural history

20 actions

Mar 23, 2026House
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Oct 14, 2025House
Laid on the table
Oct 13, 2025House
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
Jun 18, 2025House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
Jun 18, 2025House
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer
Jun 17, 2025House
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

Show 14 earlier actions

Jun 16, 2025HouseCommittee
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025
Jun 6, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to committee on Rules
Jun 6, 2025House
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
Jun 6, 2025House
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
Jun 4, 2025House
Executive action taken
May 27, 2025House
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz
May 5, 2025House
Fiscal estimate received
Apr 25, 2025House
Representative Stroud added as a coauthor
Apr 23, 2025House
Public hearing held
Apr 23, 2025House
Fiscal estimate received
Apr 22, 2025House
Representative Andraca added as a coauthor
Apr 22, 2025House
Fiscal estimate received
Apr 15, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
Apr 15, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Summerfield, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gustafson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Subeck, VanderMeer and Nedweski; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, James, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Pfaff and Testin

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