Emergency medical services; designate ambulance services as an essential service
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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This bill substitute primarily restructures the formatting and presentation of HB 154, converting it from a committee substitute to a committee substitute version with updated sponsor attribution. The substantive policy content regarding emergency medical services designation remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Changed document header from committee offer language to formal committee substitute format with updated sponsor list
Adjusted line numbering and spacing throughout the document for formatting consistency
Removed original committee offer language that introduced the substitute
Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2026 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
41–4
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 47
Mar 23, 2026
D
Democratic18
72% Yea
R
Republican29
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Senate Recommitted
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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