10/22/2025
Thank you Senator Howard Marklein and Representative Tony Kurtz for championing this legislation and for your continued support of in Wisconsin.
Thank you Governor Tony Evers for signing these bills and your continued efforts to ensure a bright, sustainable future for ground ambulance service across the state.
We appreciate you taking the time to sit with and listen to PAAW members, for taking an interest in us, and for supporting us so we can continue to show up for our communities each and every day.
Today, the Governor signed two EMS bills authored by Representative Tony Kurtz and me.
Act 35 creates a tuition reimbursement program to reduce financial barriers to entry for volunteers and ensures that Wisconsin Technical Colleges can put on EMS classes even if they are not full.
Act 36 increases the reimbursement rate for calls in which EMS departments respond to a call but do not transport the patient to the hospital. It also requires an annual report to be published on scope of practice changes and how they will impact training hours for volunteers.
I am pleased that the Governor swiftly signed our two EMS bills into law. These ideas, brought to me by local EMS departments, will increase access to training, provide tools for recruitment, and support innovation.
