republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-287.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)."
description: "Existing law requires any person or entity that supplies an AED, which means an automated or automatic external defibrillator (AED) , to notify an agent of the local emergency medical services agency of the existence, location, and type of AED acquired and to provide the acquirer of the AED with all information governing the use, installation, operation, training, and maintenance of the AED. Existing law provides that any person or entity that acquires an AED is not liable for civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering of emergency care, except as provided, if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the AED is checked for readiness after each use and at least every 30 days if the AED has not been used in the preceding 30 days. Existing law also provides that a person or entity that provides AED training to a person who renders emergency care is not liable for any civil damages, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "California SB 287 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10410796-f620-42fd-b88f-7696bb7e3ad3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287"
source_hash: "2c942c8b56b290769c6e6c5b70117e7feda84ae41889736cf531868b9cb6d107"
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-ca"]
---

# California SB 287 (20152016) — Automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

Existing law requires any person or entity that supplies an AED, which means an automated or automatic external defibrillator (AED) , to notify an agent of the local emergency medical services agency of the existence, location, and type of AED acquired and to provide the acquirer of the AED with all information governing the use, installation, operation, training, and maintenance of the AED. Existing law provides that any person or entity that acquires an AED is not liable for civil damages resulting from any acts or omissions in the rendering of emergency care, except as provided, if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the AED is checked for readiness after each use and at least every 30 days if the AED has not been used in the preceding 30 days. Existing law also provides that a person or entity that provides AED training to a person who renders emergency care is not liable for any civil damages, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28799INT)
2. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28798AMD)
3. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28797AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28796AMD)
5. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28794CHP)
6. **SB287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287)
7. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB287&version=20150SB28795ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB287 Hueso Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 287 Hueso Senate Third Reading By BIGELOW — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 651.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 982.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 3. Page 1097.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2631.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2271.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10410796-f620-42fd-b88f-7696bb7e3ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).