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SB168 • 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
Senators Jacque, Marklein, Keyeski and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Green, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Steffen, Subeck, Wittke and Callahan
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  3. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-03-10 Sen.

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-03-06 Sen.

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  7. 2025-11-24 Sen.

    Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a cosponsor

  8. 2025-08-25 Sen.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  9. 2025-08-04 Sen.

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  10. 2025-05-13 Sen.

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  11. 2025-04-22 Sen.

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  12. 2025-04-17 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. 2025-04-10 Sen.

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  14. 2025-04-08 Sen.

    Representatives Palmeri and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors

  15. 2025-04-03 Sen.

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

  16. 2025-04-03 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

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: S - Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry