Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 7 R · 7 D cosponsors

AB 970 — Relating to: grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced January 30, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

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Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 15 sponsors

    1 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 7 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to repeal 20.435 (1) (ck); to create 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

97 added · 91 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Assembly Bill 970 has made some important updates. It now allocates $600,000 for community emergency medical services grants and adds an additional $200,000 specifically for falls prevention awareness programs. The bill also requires grant recipients to report on their use of the funds within a year. These changes are significant because they ensure more funding for essential health services and promote accountability on how that money improves community safety and care.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBs0388/1 KMS:ajk&cjs ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 970 February 18, 2026 - Offered by Representative NYDER.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-5993/1 KMS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 970 January 30, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives S NYDER , DOYLE, N OVAK, GUNDRUM , M CC ARVILLE, TAYLOR, A RMSTRONG , DES MIDT, DONOVAN , FITZGERALD, MURSAU , O'CONNOR , RTIZ-VELEZ and SUBECK , cosponsored by Senator AMES .
A N A CT to repeal 20.435 (1) (ck) and (cL);
Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
to create 20.435 (1) (ck) and (cL) of the statutes;
A N A CT to repeal 20.435 (1) (ck);
to create 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes;
grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives.
grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau 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.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau 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.
The bill provides $600,000 for the grants.
The bill prohibits DHS from awarding a grant to an EMS program that already employs a community paramedic or community EMS practitioner.
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.
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 - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5993/1 KMS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 970 SECTION 1 provider, hospital, clinic, or physician that are not duplicative of services already being provided to a patient.
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 - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRBs0388/1 KMS:ajk&cjs S ECTION 1 provider, hospital, clinic, or physician that are not duplicative of services already being provided to a patient.
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.
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 falls prevention initiatives in communities served by municipal EMS programs that received a grant under the bill to provide community EMS and hire a community paramedic or community EMS practitioner.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
2025-26 2026-27 20.435 Health services, department of (1) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PLANNING ,REGULATION , AND DELIVERY (ck) Community emergency medical services grants GPR C -0- -0- (cL) Falls prevention initiatives grants GPR C -0- -0- SECTION 2.
2025-26 2026-27 20.435 Health services, department of (1) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PLANNING ,REGULATION , AND DELIVERY (ck) Community emergency medical services grants GPR C 600,000 -0- SECTION 2.
20.435 (1) (ck) and (cL) of the statutes are created to read:
20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes is created to read:
(cL) Falls prevention initiatives grants.
SECTION 3.
As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the grants for falls prevention initiatives under 2025 Wisconsin Act ....
20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), section 4 (2).
(this act), is repealed.
- 2026 Legislature - 3 - LRBs0388/1 KMS:ajk&cjs SECTION 3 S ECTION 3.
SECTION 4.
20.435 (1) (ck) and (cL) of the statutes, as created by 2025 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), are repealed.
S ECTION 4.
(1) COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS PILOT PROGRAM .
- 2026 Legislature - 3 - LRB-5993/1 KMS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 970 SECTION 4 (1) COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS PILOT PROGRAM .
- 2026 Legislature - 4 - LRBs0388/1 KMS:ajk&cjs SECTION 4 (d) The department of health services may not award a grant under par.
(d) The department of health services may not award a grant under par.
(b) or (c) to a municipal emergency medical services program that, at the time of applying for the grant, employs a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner.
(b) or (c) to a municipal emergency medical services program that, at the time of applying - 2026 Legislature - 4 - LRB-5993/1 KMS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 970 S ECTION 4 for the grant, employs a community paramedic or community emergency medical services practitioner.
(2) GRANTS FOR FALLS PREVENTION INITIATIVES .
(2) G RANTS FOR STATEWIDE FALLS PREVENTION AWARENESS AND INITIATIVES.
20.435 (1) (cL), the department of health services shall award a grant of $200,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging for falls prevention initiatives administered in communities served by municipal emergency medical services programs, as defined in sub.
20.435 (1) (a), the department of health services shall award a grant of $200,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging for the purpose of statewide falls prevention awareness and initiatives.
(1) (a) 3., that received a grant under sub.
S ECTION 5.
(1) (b) or (c).
Fiscal changes.
If money is not appropriated during the 2025 legislative session for the purpose of the grants under this subsection, the department of health services need not award the grants.
(1) G RANTS FOR STATEWIDE FALLS PREVENTION AWARENESS AND INITIATIVES.
SECTION 5.
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s.
20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $200,000 to award a grant underECTION 4 (2) of this act.
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health - 2026 Legislature - 5 - LRB-5993/1 KMS:ajk ASSEMBLY BILL 970 SECTION 5 services under s.
20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $200,000 to award a grant undECTION 4 (2) of this act.
S ECTION 6.
- 2026 Legislature - 5 - LRBs0388/1 KMS:ajk&cjs S ECTION 5 (1) The repeal of s.
(1) COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS ;REPEAL.
20.435 (1) (ck) and (cL) takes effect on July 1, 2027.
The repeal of s.
20.435 (1) (ck) takes effect on July 1, 2027.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

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

  4. Executive action taken

  5. Fiscal estimate received

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

  7. Received from Assembly

  8. Ordered immediately messaged

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

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Ordered to a third reading

  12. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  13. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder

  14. Read a second time

  15. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

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

  17. Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor

  18. Representatives Sinicki and Anderson added as coauthors

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

  20. Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  21. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  22. Referred to committee on Rules

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

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

  25. Executive action taken

  26. Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  27. Public hearing held

  28. Representatives Miresse and Stubbs added as coauthors

  29. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  30. Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

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

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

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1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (14)

Not signed on (117)

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Votes

Read a third time and passed

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 53000
Democrat 41002
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 97002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Yea
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Yea
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Not Voting
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Yea
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Yea
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Yea
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Yea
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Yea
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Yea
Stroud, Angela Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Yea
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Not Voting
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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What does AB 970 do?
An Act to repeal 20.435 (1) (ck); to create 20.435 (1) (ck) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 970?
AB 970 is sponsored by Snyder, Patrick (Republican), Doyle, Steve (Democrat), Novak, Todd (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), McCarville, Maureen (Democrat), Taylor, Sequanna (Democrat), Armstrong, David (Republican), DeSmidt, Ben (Democrat), Donovan, Bob (Republican), Fitzgerald, Joan (Democrat), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), and James.
What is the current status of AB 970?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced January 30, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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