SB 25-191

Senate Bill 25-191, also known as Cardiac Emergency Plans for School Sports, changes how schools handle automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It removes the need for schools to get approval from a doctor and list specific staff who can use AEDs. Instead, starting January 1, 2026, public and nonpublic schools must follow national guidelines for placing and maintaining AEDs to ensure they are ready in case of a cardiac emergency. The bill has been signed into law, meaning these changes will take effect as planned.

Official Summary

Current law requires a person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator (AED) to develop written plans for the placement, use, and maintenance of the AED (written plans). The act eliminates the requirements that the written plans: Identify personnel authorized to use the AED; and Be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician. The act imposes requirements for cardiac emergency preparedness for public and nonpublic schools. Beginning on or before January 1, 2026, a local education provider shall require each public school that acquires or has acquired an AED to place and maintain the AED in accordance with nationally recognized, evidence-based standards for emergency cardiovascular care, and the governing authority of a nonpublic school shall require each nonpublic school that acquires or has acquired an AED to place and maintain the AED in accordance with the same standards. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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