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AB158 • 2025

changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff

changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff

Healthcare Labor
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Callahan, Green, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Steffen, Subeck and Wittke, cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Marklein, Keyeski and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-03-10 Asm.

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  6. 2026-03-06 Asm.

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  7. 2025-11-24 Asm.

    Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a coauthor

  8. 2025-08-25 Asm.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  9. 2025-07-30 Asm.

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  10. 2025-05-13 Asm.

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  11. 2025-04-22 Asm.

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  12. 2025-04-22 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. 2025-04-10 Asm.

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  14. 2025-04-08 Asm.

    Representatives Palmeri and Fitzgerald added as coauthors

  15. 2025-04-02 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Armstrong , Behnke , Callahan , Green , Gustafson , Kitchens , Kreibich , Melotik , Miresse , Mursau , Novak , Piwowarczyk , Pronschinske , Steffen , Subeck and Wittke ; cosponsored by Senators Jacque , Marklein , Keyeski and Spreitzer

  16. 2025-04-02 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

Official Summary Text

changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff
Status: A - Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment