# Illinois HB5446: EMS-RURAL STAFFING-PART-TIME

Illinois HB5446, EMS-RURAL STAFFING-PART-TIME, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-31 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0704) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois HB5446
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: EMS-RURAL STAFFING-PART-TIME
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-06
- Last action: 2026-07-31, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0704
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: health care availability & accessibility, assignments, health and human services
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (201 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow for an alternative rural staffing model for vehicle service providers that serve a rural or semi-rural population of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants and exclusively use volunteers, paid-on-call, or part-time employees, or a combination thereof (now, the use of part-time employees is not an option). Effective immediately.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Brandun Schweizer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chapin Rose (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Erica Harriss (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jason Plummer (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jason R. Bunting (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jil Tracy (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin Schmidt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sally J. Turner (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve McClure (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tony M. McCombie (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 54 | 0 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Health and Human Services; | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-15 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 111 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; | pass | 13 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446eng.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446enr.pdf)
- House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446ham001.pdf)
- House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446ham002.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house)
- SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate)
- HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee)
- HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee)
- SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate)
- SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446eng.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446enr.pdf)
- [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446ham001.pdf)
- [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446ham002.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5446.pdf)

## Related
- [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026)
- [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026)
- [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026)
- [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026)
- [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026)
- [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5446-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).