---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the emergency medical preparedness of schools."
description: "Amend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and procedures for portable automated external defibrillators and ensure training requirements are met; amend KRS 158.302 to conform; amend KRS 160.445 to require all interscholastic coaches to be trained in CPR and use of portable automated external defibrillators; require all schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator at every practice or competition and meet training requirements; require venue-specific emergency plans to identify the location of a portable automated external defibrillator and the procedures for use; require schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to annually certify compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements and venue-specific emergency plan requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Kentucky HB 331 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Children and Minors", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Emergency Medical Services", "Public Health", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9daa7a4a-9e62-4641-a56d-afee151a703c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb331.html"
source_hash: "69c8f6408d02e5692cddddbd8d96b1e9a98715f109c2d268e2c7385d6c409dc1"
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-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 331 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the emergency medical preparedness of schools.

Amend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and procedures for portable automated external defibrillators and ensure training requirements are met; amend KRS 158.302 to conform; amend KRS 160.445 to require all interscholastic coaches to be trained in CPR and use of portable automated external defibrillators; require all schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator at every practice or competition and meet training requirements; require venue-specific emergency plans to identify the location of a portable automated external defibrillator and the procedures for use; require schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to annually certify compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements and venue-specific emergency plan requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb331/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0165.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb331/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 331 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 99-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 165) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9daa7a4a-9e62-4641-a56d-afee151a703c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).