S 1159 — EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – Amends House Bill 206 to revise provisions regarding use and distribution of emergency medical services funds and county accountability.
Last action — Signed by Governor on 03/31/25 Session Law Chapter 245 Effective: 07/01/2025
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 05, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Brad Little (Republican) on April 03, 2025.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Action History
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Signed by Governor on 03/31/25 Session Law Chapter 245 Effective: 07/01/2025
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Reported delivered to Governor at 10:05 a.m. on 03/31/25
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Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
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Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
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Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
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Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
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Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read in full as required – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw, Horman, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Crane(13)Floor Sponsor - SauterTitle apvd - to Senate
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Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
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Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
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Read First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense
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Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
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Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Goodrich(Rabe), Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Markley(Carlson), Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Ruchti, SemmelrothFloor Sponsor - BjerkeTitle apvd - to House
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Read second time; filed for Third Reading
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Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
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Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
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Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
Sponsors
- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 104 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (104)
104 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 104 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (70)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Achilles | — | Yea |
| Andrus | — | Yea |
| Clow | — | Yea |
| Crane | — | Yea |
| Horman | — | Yea |
| Tanner | — | Yea |
| Tanner | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Crane | — | Not Voting |
| Vander Woude | — | Yea |
| Brooke Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris Mathias | Democrat | Yea |
| Ilana Rubel | Democrat | Yea |
| John Gannon | Democrat | Yea |
| Megan Egbert | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica C. Church | Democrat | Yea |
| Soñia R. Galaviz | Democrat | Yea |
| Steve Berch | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Ehardt | Republican | Yea |
| Ben G. Fuhriman | Republican | Yea |
| Brandon Mitchell | Republican | Yea |
| Britt Raybould | Republican | Yea |
| Bruce D. Skaug | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie Shepherd | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Bruce | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Handy | Republican | Yea |
| Clint Hostetler | Republican | Yea |
| Cornel S. Rasor | Republican | Yea |
| Dale R. Hawkins | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Garner | Republican | Yea |
| David J. Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| David M. Cannon | Republican | Yea |
| Dori Healey | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas T. Pickett | Republican | Yea |
| Dustin Manwaring | Republican | Yea |
| Elaine Price | Republican | Yea |
| Faye Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Scott | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Nelsen | Republican | Yea |
| James Holtzclaw | Republican | Yea |
| James Petzke | Republican | Yea |
| Jason A. Monks | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Ehlers | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff J. Cornilles | Republican | Yea |
| Jerald Raymond | Republican | Yea |
| Joe A. Palmer | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alfieri | Republican | Yea |
| John Shirts | Republican | Yea |
| Jon O. Weber | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Redman | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Judy Boyle | Republican | Yea |
| Kent A. Marmon | Republican | Yea |
| Lori Ann McCann | Republican | Yea |
| Lucas B. Cayler | Republican | Yea |
| Marco Adam Erickson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Harris | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Sauter | Republican | Yea |
| Mike J. Pohanka | Republican | Yea |
| Richard W. “Rick” Cheatum | Republican | Yea |
| Robert “Rob” Beiswenger | Republican | Yea |
| Rod Furniss | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Mendive | Republican | Yea |
| Shawn Dygert | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Jo Mickelsen | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Burgoyne | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Wisniewski | Republican | Yea |
| Vito Barbieri | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Goodrich | — | Yea |
| Markley | — | Yea |
| Den Hartog | — | Yea |
| Carrie Semmelroth | Democrat | Not Voting |
| James D. Ruchti | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Janie Ward-Engelking | Democrat | Yea |
| Melissa Wintrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Ron C. Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Ben Toews | Republican | Yea |
| Brandon Shippy | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Lenney | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Grow | Republican | Yea |
| Camille Blaylock | Republican | Yea |
| Carl J. Bjerke | Republican | Yea |
| Christy Zito | Republican | Yea |
| Codi Galloway | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel D. Foreman | Republican | Yea |
| Dave Lent | Republican | Yea |
| Doug Okuniewicz | Republican | Yea |
| Doug Ricks | Republican | Yea |
| Glenneda Zuiderveld | Republican | Yea |
| James W. “Jim” Woodward | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Guthrie | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Keyser | Republican | Yea |
| Joshua Kohl | Republican | Yea |
| Julie VanOrden | Republican | Yea |
| Kelly Arthur Anthon | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Cook | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Harris | Republican | Yea |
| Phil Hart | Republican | Yea |
| Tammy Nichols | Republican | Yea |
| Todd M. Lakey | Republican | Yea |
| Treg A. Bernt | Republican | Yea |
| Van T. Burtenshaw | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors S 1159?
- S 1159 is sponsored by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
- What is the current status of S 1159?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 05, 2025. Enacted.
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