---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)"
description: "Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 369"
citation: "Maryland SB 369 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Hester", "Kagan", "M. Washington", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b27c1b-d6f0-4423-a4ad-065b31f5064a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0369?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "610a992d655d6ebed6e3549490cf3fa33cade74c52044085415e64fca48dc50f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 369 (2025) — Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_613_sb0369e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0369e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0369f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0369t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-17** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-10** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40b27c1b-d6f0-4423-a4ad-065b31f5064a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).