Representatives Baisley and Roberts, co-prime sponsors, presented Senate Bill 22-225. The bill creates the Emergency Medical Services System Sustainability Task Force in the Department of Public Health and Environment and requires ambulances to be licensed at the state level beginning July 2024. The sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

Donnie Woodyard, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Timothy Dienst, representing the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms Gini Pingenot, representing Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill. Chief Scott Sholes, representing the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. The witnesses responded to questions from the committee.