PARA–EMT Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 18, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 5, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Nov 10, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Nov 10, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Oct 5, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2025 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 50, March 18, 2025, page H1172.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-11 | AMERICA BUILDS: MAKING FEDERAL REAL ESTATE WORK FOR THE TAXPAYER55 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 5, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To preserve access to emergency medical services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PARA–EMT Act of 2025
- Preserve Access to Rapid Ambulance Emergency Medical Treatment Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
