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2025-2026 Regular Session

HB154

Emergency medical services; designate ambulance services as an essential service

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to designate ambulance services as an essential service in this state; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute February 20, 2025 Senate committee reassignment January 12, 2026 Senate committee substitute March 19, 2026

Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 4, 2025 · House

Passage: House Vote #149

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

172 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 2 absent

View roll call

March 23, 2026 · Senate

Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #788

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

45 yea–5 nay · 3 not voting · 1 absent

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Committee referrals

January 29, 2025 · House

Health

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  2. Senate Senate Third Read
  3. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  4. Senate Senate Recommitted
  5. Senate Senate Taken from Table
  6. Senate Senate Tabled
  7. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  8. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  9. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  10. House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  11. House House Third Readers
  12. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  13. House House Second Readers
  14. House House First Readers
  15. House House Hopper
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