HB 45 Alabama House · 2023 Regular Session

Relating to public K-12 sports; to create the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; to require the State Board of Education to adopt certain guidelines and information sheets regarding sudden cardiac arrest and distribute those information sheets to students, parents, and coaches; to require coaches to undergo certain training related to sudden cardiac arrest and to remove students who exhibit symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest from play; to require students and parents to acknowledge consent of certain informational materials related to sudden cardiac arrest; to establish certain penalties for coaches and to protect a coach from certain liability related to sudden cardiac arrest.

Summary
Public K-12 schools, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act, State Board of Education to adopt guidelines about sudden cardiac arrest; certain training regarding sudden cardiac arrest, required; student removal from athletic activity if exhibiting certain symptoms, required
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 23, 2023 Signed May 23, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023 · House Apr 20, 2023

How they voted

330
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
May 11, 2023
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Children and Youth Health)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Children and Youth Health)
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Children and Senior Advocacy)
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Children and Senior Advocacy)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jeremy Gray
Jeremy Gray
DDemocratic
AL
83