republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-71.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.	This Act requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to promulgate regulations requiring all coaches to have CPR, first aid, and automated external defibrillator (AED) training. It also requires schools with an athletic program or department to have an Emergency Action Plan for responding to a cardiac arrest event at an athletic event or practice. It requires that an AED be accessible in a clearly marked, unlocked location at any athletic event or venue. Finally, the regulations must require testing and maintenance of AEDs and notification to the Office of Emergency Medical Services regarding the AED acquisition and its location.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 71	Delaware HB 71 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson Franklin D. Cooke Kerri Evelyn Harris Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Russell Huxtable Sean M. Lynn Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Jones Giltner William Bush	1	13	2	2025-03-12	2025-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ff8a6774-20de-43ae-afaf-34727acf3cff	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141931	0e98d03da0283a2ebe8b1939e742df8ff07724ead9d0d490e98cdeeb035a9a0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 71 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.

This Act requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to promulgate regulations requiring all coaches to have CPR, first aid, and automated external defibrillator (AED) training. It also requires schools with an athletic program or department to have an Emergency Action Plan for responding to a cardiac arrest event at an athletic event or practice. It requires that an AED be accessible in a clearly marked, unlocked location at any athletic event or venue. Finally, the regulations must require testing and maintenance of AEDs and notification to the Office of Emergency Medical Services regarding the AED acquisition and its location.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 71 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-12 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-12 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-18 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff8a6774-20de-43ae-afaf-34727acf3cff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).