---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools"
description: "Require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Ohio HB 47 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education", "Health and Human Services", "Primary and Secondary Education", "Public Health", "Public Safety", "State and Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Bird", "Richard Brown"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 20
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f43d1d4-b41b-4449-975b-21524928c73f"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/hb47/"
source_hash: "df7a3a8ba0edba04b348eb7906958648d6c5d46f3748f2823bd31ff5f4355691"
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-oh"]
---

# Ohio HB 47 (135) — Require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/IN/00/hb47_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/PH/03/hb47_03_PH?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/PS/05/hb47_05_PS?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Health Provider Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/RH/01/hb47_01_RH?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/RH/02/hb47_02_RH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/RS/04/hb47_04_RS?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb47/EN/06/hb47_06_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Bird — primary (person)
- Richard Brown — primary (person)
- Adam Mathews — cosponsor (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Liston — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- C. Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Abrams — cosponsor (person)
- Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Don Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Elgin Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Elliot Forhan — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- Haraz Ghanbari — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff LaRe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Miller, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Latyna Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Marilyn John — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Lightbody — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Skindell — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Munira Abdullahi — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Nickie Antonio — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lipps — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Hicks-Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Dell'Aquila — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Kunze — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tavia Galonski — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Patton — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)
- William DeMora — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported
- **2023-05-24** Informally passed
- **2023-06-06** Re-referred
- **2023-06-13** Reported
- **2023-06-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Passed `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Reported
- **2024-06-27** Concurred in Senate amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f43d1d4-b41b-4449-975b-21524928c73f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).