Existing law authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish minimum training and other standards for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and generally provides immunity from civil damages in connection with AEDs. Existing law requires persons or entities that acquire AEDs to comply with maintenance, testing, and training requirements, which are scheduled to change on January 1, 2013. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, sets forth tenant notice and other requirements for owners of buildings in which an AED is placed.
California SB 1436 (20112012) — Automated external defibrillators.
Existing law authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish minimum training and other standards for the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and generally provides immunity from civil damages in connection with AEDs. Existing law requires persons or entities that acquire AEDs to comply with maintenance, testing, and training requirements, which are scheduled to change on January 1, 2013. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, sets forth tenant notice and other requirements for owners of buildings in which an AED is placed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #10 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1436 Lowenthal Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lowenthal — primary (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Olsen — principal coauthor (person)
Price — coauthor (person)
Vargas — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-22 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2012-03-27 Set for hearing April 11.
2012-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3143.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-24 Set for hearing May 1.
2012-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-14 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-05-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5422.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-25 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 71, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e92e0be9-72f9-4c63-be3b-dd302b772fab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).