HB 1695 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public elementary & secondary schools; cardiac emergency response or emergency action plans.

Summary
Public elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response or emergency action plans required. Requires each public elementary or secondary school to develop a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP) or an athletic emergency action plan (EAP), as those terms are defined in the bill, that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual who is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds and, in the event that such school has an athletic department or organized athletic program, while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event. The bill requires each such CERP or athletic EAP to integrate nationally recognized evidence-based core elements and nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines and to integrate certain additional provisions and guidelines, including those relating to establishing a cardiac emergency response team, activating such team in response to a sudden cardiac event, and integrating the CERP or athletic EAP into the local community's emergency medical services response protocols. This bill is identical to SB 817.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 4, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Education and Health Substitute Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was formatted from a Senate substitute version into a formally chaptered act, with no substantive policy changes to the actual text of the law. The core requirements for cardiac emergency response plans, AED placement, staff training, and grant program eligibility remain identical.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; the bill covers the same schools and requirements as before.
TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a Senate substitute amendment into a formally approved chaptered act, with changes to header information, page numbering, and formatting only.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
46
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1695ER)
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Appropriations Amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Alex Askew
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
VA
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