---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: adding rural emergency medical services providers to the Emergency Medical Services Board."
description: "Relating to: adding rural emergency medical services providers to the Emergency Medical Services Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Marklein", "Nass", "Quinn", "Stafsholt", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6216526f-9178-483f-8204-7ac3e7c825b4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb526"
source_hash: "d77fc756f2000ccb6b162d99a82fad9150e5e08615101777f3be014ed9064486"
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-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 526 (2023) — Relating to: adding rural emergency medical services providers to the Emergency Medical Services Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB526)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Nass, Tomczyk, Stafsholt and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Callahan, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Pronschinske, Rozar and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a coauthor
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:23 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 181 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6216526f-9178-483f-8204-7ac3e7c825b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).