HB 935 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans - High School Football Games - Requirements

HB 935 requires Maryland high school football games to have either a licensed athletic trainer or an ambulance staffed with emergency medical personnel present on-site during games. This amendment to existing school emergency plan requirements (Section 7-451 of the Education Article) directly affects all public high schools hosting football games in Maryland. The bill adds this specific medical presence requirement to the existing venue-specific emergency action plans, which already cover AED access, heat acclimatization protocols, and cardiac response plans. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, and does not change other established emergency plan provisions for athletic facilities.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill expands emergency safety requirements for high school football games in Maryland by mandating the on-site presence of either a licensed athletic trainer or an ambulance staffed with emergency medical personnel. The changes also update the legal sections affected to include both Section 7-451 and 7-452 of the Education Article, and modify the emergency action plan requirements to include additional health care professionals and ambulance staff specifications.

Scope change

The bill now affects both Section 7-451 and 7-452 of the Education Article, whereas previously it only affected Section 7-451. The requirements now specifically target high school football programs with additional on-site personnel mandates.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for on-site presence of licensed athletic trainers or ambulances staffed with emergency medical services personnel at high school football games, with exceptions for certain circumstances.

Modified the emergency action plan requirements to include additional categories of health care professionals and ambulance staff specifications beyond just athletic trainers and ambulances.

Added new subsection (F) requiring high school football venue-specific emergency action plans to include specific game-day requirements.

SCOPE

Expanded the bill to repeal and reenact both Section 7-451 and 7-452 of the Education Article instead of just Section 7-451.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

135–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 139

Mar 3, 2025

D Democratic100

98 Yea 2

98% Yea

R Republican39

37 Yea 2

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

lower

Mar 3, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (135-0-4)

house of delegates

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

First Reading Ways and Means

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors