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SB 1350 Connecticut Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND REQUIRING CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SB 1350 requires Connecticut's Department of Education to create a grant program by January 1, 2026, to help public schools pay for cardiac emergency response plans. The program prioritizes schools where at least 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches (called "priority schools") and covers costs for automated external defibrillators (AEDs), maintenance, and staff training. This supports existing law requiring schools to have AEDs and trained personnel accessible during school hours, athletic events, and other school activities. The grant details, including available funds and application forms, must be posted online by the same deadline.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationProvides state grants for AEDs and training in schools, prioritizing underfunded schools, directly enhancing school safety infrastructure and compliance with existing requirements.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareFunds AEDs and staff training for school cardiac emergencies, advancing public health access through state grant program targeting priority schools.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action May 8, 2025
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ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference → APP Joint Favorable Substitute · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was modified to add a funding limitation requiring the Department of Education to establish the grant program only within available resources, and the appropriation amount was removed from the text. This change limits the department's obligation to fund the cardiac emergency response grant program if budget constraints exist.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by adding a funding limitation that ties grant program establishment to available resources.
FISCAL

Added language requiring the Department of Education to establish the grant program only within available resources, creating a potential funding limitation.

Removed the specific appropriation of five hundred twenty-one thousand dollars from the General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

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Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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