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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 3255	Illinois SB 3255 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2018-02-16	2018-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/7c0d88e7-428b-4167-924d-977bbfeb8f71	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=111043&SessionID=91&GA=100	9f551f014e74f88b6c3a28efcb8509320191ad3b78589aabe2c37aa50c1da4bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/7c0d88e7-428b-4167-924d-977bbfeb8f71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).