---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Alabama HB 45 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public K-12 schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Gray"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T20:27:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa48681-d853-44f1-9b4f-add93472def3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "af6ad9382beb4cb8f3de813c0855f251cf7d0b0b57ae9acaab6ba67e27b90107"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 45 (2023rs) — 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.

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

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB45-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1267490.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment BAEAJ4-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BAEAJ4-1.pdf)
4. **Children and Senior Advocacy Amendment 1VJQL3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1VJQL3-1.pdf)
5. **Children and Senior Advocacy Amendment LVGHWA-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/LVGHWA-1.pdf)
6. **Children and Senior Advocacy Amendment VUR9PL-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/VUR9PL-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB45-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 676 on HB45 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 304 on HB45 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 306 on HB45 (2023 Regular Session) — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 305 on HB45 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Children and Youth Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Children and Youth Health) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Children and Senior Advocacy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Children and Senior Advocacy) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-23T20:27:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-235 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caa48681-d853-44f1-9b4f-add93472def3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).