---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; automated external defibrillators; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require automated external defibrillators in all schools; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of emergency action plans to address a person in cardiac arrest; to provide for internal response teams; to provide for practice drills; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 874"
citation: "Georgia HB 874 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Gerald Greene", "Jan Jones", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea240af7-9c59-4078-b0f7-62441df7ffaf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5ddaaffc2259de793d26b118fccb537078e42a42813e7dac1809417886a814d4"
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-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 874 (2023_24) — Schools; automated external defibrillators; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require automated external defibrillators in all schools; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of emergency action plans to address a person in cardiac arrest; to provide for internal response teams; to provide for practice drills; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 874/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228432.pdf)
2. **LC 33 9550/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220874.pdf)
3. **LC 33 9620S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222354.pdf)
4. **LC 33 9621S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224344.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #492 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **151–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #752 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Act 465 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea240af7-9c59-4078-b0f7-62441df7ffaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).