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type: "Bill"
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title: "Schools; automated external defibrillators; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require automated external defibrillators in all schools; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of emergency action plans to address a person in cardiac arrest; to provide for internal response teams; to provide for practice drills; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 874"
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citation: "Georgia HB 874 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Gerald Greene", "Jan Jones", "Karen Bennett", "Lee Hawkins", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea240af7-9c59-4078-b0f7-62441df7ffaf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5ddaaffc2259de793d26b118fccb537078e42a42813e7dac1809417886a814d4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 874 (2023_24) — Schools; automated external defibrillators; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require automated external defibrillators in all schools; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of emergency action plans to address a person in cardiac arrest; to provide for internal response teams; to provide for practice drills; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 874/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228432.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 9550/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220874.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 9620S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222354.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 9621S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224344.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #492 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **151–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #752 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Act 465 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea240af7-9c59-4078-b0f7-62441df7ffaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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