---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMS PERSONNEL-PHYSICIAN ASSIST"
description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Defines \"Pre-Hospital Physician Assistant\" or \"PHPA\". Includes Pre-Hospital Physician Assistants in the definition of \"Emergency Medical Services Personnel\". Adds PHPAs to provisions concerning licensing and educational requirements. Provides than an EMS Medical Director may immediately suspend a PHPA for specified reasons. Adds a PHPA to the State Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board. Adds PHPAs to provisions concerning misrepresentation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 3255"
citation: "Illinois SB 3255 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0d88e7-428b-4167-924d-977bbfeb8f71"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=111043&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "9f551f014e74f88b6c3a28efcb8509320191ad3b78589aabe2c37aa50c1da4bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 3255 (100th) — EMS PERSONNEL-PHYSICIAN ASSIST

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Defines "Pre-Hospital Physician Assistant" or "PHPA". Includes Pre-Hospital Physician Assistants in the definition of "Emergency Medical Services Personnel". Adds PHPAs to provisions concerning licensing and educational requirements. Provides than an EMS Medical Director may immediately suspend a PHPA for specified reasons. Adds a PHPA to the State Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board. Adds PHPAs to provisions concerning misrepresentation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3255&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111043&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3255eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111043&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3255enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=111043&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Zalewski — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
- Mr. Nicholas K Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2018-04-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2018
- **2018-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
- **2018-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K Smith
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
- **2018-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2018
- **2018-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1082 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0d88e7-428b-4167-924d-977bbfeb8f71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).