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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 148
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Senator
Marklein
. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR148,1,2
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Relating to:
commending employers that permit employees to leave work to
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perform volunteer emergency medical services duties.
SJR148,1,5
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Whereas, emergency medical services (EMS) are a vital component of our
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healthcare system, providing lifesaving medical care to patients during times of
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crisis; and
SJR148,1,7
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Whereas, volunteers are critical to EMS operations across the state, especially
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in small and rural communities; and
SJR148,1,10
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Whereas, about 76 percent of active EMS service providers licensed in
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Wisconsin are primarily staffed by volunteers, per the Wisconsin Department of
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Health Services; and
SJR148,1,13
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Whereas, a state survey of EMS agencies licensed in Wisconsin whose
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primary service was 911 transport found that a majority of responding agencies
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had “volunteer model” crews, of which 72 percent were rural agencies; and
SJR148,2,2
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Whereas, EMS agencies face particular challenges with staffing during the
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daytime, when many volunteers are unavailable due to commitments at their
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primary place of employment; and
SJR148,2,8
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Whereas, current state law generally requires an employer to allow an
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employee who is a volunteer firefighter, EMS practitioner, emergency medical
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responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company,
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public agency, or nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the
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employee is responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required
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to report for work; and
SJR148,2,11
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Whereas, current state law, however, does not require an employer to allow
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such an employee to leave work to respond to an emergency that occurs during
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work; and
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Whereas, given the widespread need for EMS volunteers in this state,
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employers that permit their employees to leave work to perform EMS duties during
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an emergency—despite not being required to—should be lauded for enabling rapid
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emergency responses; now, therefore, be it
SJR148,2,19
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Resolved by the
senate
, the
assembly
concurring, That
the members of
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the Wisconsin Legislature commend employers in this state that permit their
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employees to leave work to perform volunteer EMS duties in response to an
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emergency.
SJR148,2,20
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