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CS/CS/SB 830: Student Cardiac and Medical Emergencies

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Health Policy ; Collins ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Simon

Student Cardiac and Medical Emergencies; Citing this act as the “HeartCharged Act”; requiring each public school to have at least one automated external defibrillator on school grounds; encouraging each public school to establish public and private partnerships and seek gifts, grants, and other donations for specified purposes; providing immunity from liability for school employees and students under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; revising the requirements for certain athletic coaches to include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and the use of an automatic external defibrillator, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/5/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2024-33) -SJ 702
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/11/2023 Senate • Filed
1/4/2024 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/25/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
1/30/2024 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/31/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/1/2024 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time
2/5/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
2/8/2024 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• Now in Fiscal Policy
2/12/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/15/2024 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2/19/2024 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/20/2024 Senate • CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
2/22/2024 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/1/2024 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/24
3/5/2024 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 702
• Substituted CS/HB 865 -SJ 702
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2024-33) -SJ 702