Existing law exempts from civil liability any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) at the scene of an emergency, except in the case of personal injury or wrongful death that results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person who renders emergency care or treatment. Existing law also exempts from civil liability a person or entity that acquires an AED for emergency use, a physician who is involved with the placement of the AED, and any person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is located if specified conditions are met, including maintenance and regular testing of the AED and having a written plan that describes the procedures to be followed in case of an emergency that may involve the use of the AED. Under existing law, those specified conditions also require, when an AED is placed in a public or private K–12 school, the school principal to, among other things, ensure that the school administrators and staff annually receive a brochure, approved as to content and style by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, that describes the proper use of an AED, to ensure that similar information is posted next to every AED, and to designate the trained employees who are available to respond to an emergency that may involve the use of an AED during normal operating hours.
California SB 658 (20152016) — Automated external defibrillators.
Existing law exempts from civil liability any person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) at the scene of an emergency, except in the case of personal injury or wrongful death that results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person who renders emergency care or treatment. Existing law also exempts from civil liability a person or entity that acquires an AED for emergency use, a physician who is involved with the placement of the AED, and any person or entity responsible for the site where the AED is located if specified conditions are met, including maintenance and regular testing of the AED and having a written plan that describes the procedures to be followed in case of an emergency that may involve the use of the AED. Under existing law, those specified conditions also require, when an AED is placed in a public or private K–12 school, the school principal to, among other things, ensure that the school administrators and staff annually receive a brochure, approved as to content and style by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, that describes the proper use of an AED, to ensure that similar information is posted next to every AED, and to designate the trained employees who are available to respond to an emergency that may involve the use of an AED during normal operating hours.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 658 Hill Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB658 Hill Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Gordon — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-12 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-26 Set for hearing April 8.
2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 545.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 12.
2015-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 984.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2527.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2190.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
2015-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 264, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c15dd52-04fb-4d21-93d7-c87845442ae4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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