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3	3		SB140
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5	5		By Senator Waggoner
6	6		RFD: Education Policy
7	7		First Read: 11-Feb-25
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	12	+	5 7MYMEEV-1 01/30/2025 GP (L)lg 2024-2794
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14	14		First Read: 11-Feb-25
	15	+	SYNOPSIS:
	16	+	Under existing law, the Coach Safely Act
	17	+	requires coaches of youth athletic activities to
	18	+	undergo training relating to concussions, head trauma,
	19	+	and other serious injuries that could result from
	20	+	participation in a high risk youth athletic activity.
	21	+	This bill would require the Alabama Department
	22	+	of Public Health to notify youth athletic associations
	23	+	of noncompliance with the Coach Safely Act and, if the
	24	+	noncompliance is not remedied after two years,
	25	+	authorize the department to levy a fine against the
	26	+	association.
	27	+	This bill would also prohibit a youth athletic
	28	+	association that is noncompliant with the Coach Safely
	29	+	Act for four consecutive years from administering or
	30	+	conducting youth athletic activities on state property.
15	31		A BILL
16	32		TO BE ENTITLED
17	33		AN ACT
18	34		Relating to the Coach Safely Act; to amend Section
19	35		22-11F-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 22-11F-4 to the
20		-	Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the definition of "youth
21		-	athlete"; to provide procedures for the Department of Public
22		-	Health to notify youth athletic associations that are
23		-	noncompliant with the Coach Safely Act of their noncompliance,
24		-	subject to the availability of funding and staffing; and to
25		-	provide penalties for further noncompliance.
26		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
27		-	Section 1. Section 22-11F-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is
28		-	amended to read as follows:
29		-	"§22-11F-2
30		-	For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
31		-	shall have the following meanings:
32		-	(1) ASSOCIATION. Any organization that administers or
33		-	conducts high risk youth athletics athletic activities on
34		-	property owned, leased, managed, or maintained by the state,
35		-	an agent of the state, or a political subdivision of the
36		-	state. The term does not include any municipality or any
37		-	board, agency, department, corporation, authority, or
	36	+	Code of Alabama 1975; to provide procedures for the Department
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67		-	board, agency, department, corporation, authority, or
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	66	+	Code of Alabama 1975; to provide procedures for the Department
	67	+	of Public Health to notify youth athletic associations that
	68	+	are noncompliant with the Coach Safely Act of their
	69	+	noncompliance; and to provide penalties for further
	70	+	noncompliance.
	71	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	72	+	Section 1. Section 22-11F-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is
	73	+	amended to read as follows:
	74	+	"§22-11F-2
	75	+	For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
	76	+	shall have the following meanings:
	77	+	(1) ASSOCIATION. Any organization that administers or
	78	+	conducts high risk youth athletics athletic activities on
	79	+	property owned, leased, managed, or maintained by the state,
	80	+	an agent of the state, or a political subdivision of the
	81	+	state.
69	82		(2) ATHLETICS PERSONNEL. Athletic directors and other
70	83		individuals actively involved in organizing, training, or
71		-	coaching sports activities for individuals who are age 14
72		-	years of age or and under and who have yet been admitted to
73		-	seventh grade.
	84	+	coaching sports activities for individuals age 14 years of age
	85	+	and under.
74	86		(3) COACH. Any individual, whether paid, unpaid,
75	87		volunteer, or interim, who has been approved by the
76	88		association to organize, train, or supervise a youth athlete
77	89		or team of youth athletes. If an individual approved by the
78	90		association is unavailable, the term may include an individual
79	91		selected by a youth athlete or a team of youth athletes who
80	92		has not been approved by the association.
81	93		(4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public
82	94		Health.
83		-	(4)(5) HIGH RISK YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. Any
84		-	organized sport in which there is a significant possibility
85		-	for a youth athlete to sustain a serious physical injury,
86		-	including, but not limited to, the sports of football,
87		-	basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, ice or field hockey,
88		-	cheerleading, and lacrosse.
89		-	(5)(6) YOUTH ATHLETE. Individuals age An individual who
90		-	is 14 years of age and or under and who has yet been admitted
91		-	to seventh grade participating in an organized sport."
92		-	Section 2. Section 22-11F-4 is added to the Code of
93		-	Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
94		-	§22-11F-4
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	124	+	Health.
	125	+	(4)(5) HIGH RISK YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. Any
	126	+	organized sport in which there is a significant possibility
	127	+	for a youth athlete to sustain a serious physical injury,
	128	+	including, but not limited to, the sports of football,
	129	+	basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, ice or field hockey,
	130	+	cheerleading, and lacrosse.
	131	+	(5)(6) YOUTH ATHLETE. Individuals age An individual 14
	132	+	years of age and under participating in an organized sport."
	133	+	Section 2. Section 22-11F-4 is added to the Code of
	134	+	Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
	135	+	§22-11F-4
125	136		(a) If the department determines that a youth athletic
126	137		association is not in compliance with Section 22-11F-3, the
127		-	following procedures apply, subject to the availability of
128		-	funding and staffing:
	138	+	following procedures apply:
129	139		(1) After the first year of noncompliance, the
130	140		department shall privately notify the association in writing
131	141		of its failure to comply.
132	142		(2) After a second consecutive year of noncompliance,
133	143		the department shall notify the association in writing of its
134	144		continued failure to comply and post a copy of the notice on
135	145		the department's public website.
136	146		(3) After a third consecutive year of noncompliance,
137	147		the department shall levy a fine against the association. The
138	148		fine shall be 10 percent of the total revenue reported by the
139	149		association on its Internal Revenue Service Form 990, Return
140	150		of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, for the previous tax
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142	152		(4) After a fourth consecutive year of noncompliance,
143		-	the youth athletic association may not administer or conduct
144		-	any youth athletic activities on property owned, leased,
145		-	managed, or maintained by the state, an agent of the state, or
146		-	a political subdivision of the state for a period of one year.
147		-	(b) A notice provided under subsection (a) shall
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149		-	(1) Instructions on how to comply with Section
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151		-	(2) An explanation of the consequences of continued
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	182	+	(4) After a fourth consecutive year of noncompliance,
	183	+	the youth athletic association may not administer or conduct
	184	+	any youth athletic activities on property owned, leased,
	185	+	managed, or maintained by the state, an agent of the state, or
	186	+	a political subdivision of the state for a period of one year.
	187	+	(b) A notice provided under subsection (a) shall
	188	+	include:
	189	+	(1) Instructions on how to comply with Section
	190	+	22-11F-3; and
	191	+	(2) An explanation of the consequences of continued
	192	+	noncompliance.
183	193		(c) The department shall adopt rules to implement and
184	194		administer this section.
185	195		Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
186	196		1, 2025.
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193		-	Read for the first time and referred
194		-	to the Senate committee on Education
195		-	Policy
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197		-	Read for the second time and placed
198		-	on the calendar:
199		-	2 amendments
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201		-	Read for the third time and passed
202		-	as amended
203		-	Yeas 31
204		-	Nays 0
205		-	Abstains 0
206		-	................27-Feb-25
207		-	Patrick Harris,
208		-	Secretary.
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