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Introduced
02/28/2025
02/28/2025
In Committee
04/23/2025
04/23/2025
Crossed Over
05/01/2025
05/01/2025
Passed
05/21/2025
05/21/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/22/2025
05/22/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to cardiac emergencies; amending s. 1003.453, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, school districts to provide training in basic first aid to certain students; providing requirements for such training; creating s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring each public school to develop a plan for urgent life- saving emergencies (PULSE) for specified purposes; requiring school officials to work with local emergency service providers to integrate the PULSE into emergency responder protocols; requiring public schools, including charter schools, to have at least one operational automated external defibrillator on school grounds by a specified date; providing requirements for the placement and maintenance of the defibrillators; providing construction; requiring that certain school staff receive specified training; providing registration requirements for the location of the defibrillators; providing immunity from liability for school employees and volunteers under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill requires school districts to provide mandatory first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to students, specifically once in middle school and once in high school, with instruction that allows students to practice psychomotor skills and learn how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). Additionally, the bill mandates that each public school develop a Plan for Urgent Life-Saving Emergencies (PULSE) to respond to sudden cardiac arrest or life-threatening emergencies, which must be integrated with local emergency service providers' protocols. By July 1, 2027, all public schools, including charter schools, must have at least one operational AED on school grounds in a clearly marked location, with appropriate staff trained in first aid, CPR, and defibrillator use. The AED locations must be registered with local emergency medical services, and school employees and volunteers using defibrillators will be covered under Good Samaritan legal protections. The State Board of Education is required to adopt rules to implement these new requirements, with the bill set to take effect on July 1, 2025.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Education
Sponsors (29)
Alex Rizo (R)*,
Taylor Yarkosky (R)*,
Adam Anderson (R),
Robin Bartleman (D),
Yvette Benarroch (R),
Kim Berfield (R),
Omar Blanco (R),
Erika Booth (R),
Mike Caruso (R),
Joe Casello (D),
Linda Chaney (R),
Nan Cobb (R),
Lindsay Cross (D),
Fentrice Driskell (D),
Anna Eskamani (D),
Mike Gottlieb (D),
Rita Harris (D),
Brian Hodgers (R),
Kim Kendall (R),
Jennifer Kincart Jonsson (R),
Jim Mooney (R),
Danny Nix (R),
Michael Owen (R),
Bill Partington (R),
Michelle Salzman (R),
Judson Sapp (R),
Paula Stark (R),
Dana Trabulsy (R),
Susan L. Valdés (R),
Other Sponsors (1)
Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
Last Action
Chapter No. 2025-67 (on 05/22/2025)
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