SB 1707
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: ED DP 6-0-1-0 | APPROP 9-0-1-0 | 3rd Read 26-1-3-0
SB 1707: public high schools; AEDs; requirements
Sponsor: Senator Gowan, LD 19
Committee on Appropriations
Overview
An emergency measure that requires each public high school that sponsors an athletic team
or sports program to provide an automated external defibrillator (AED) at each school
campus and school-sponsored athletic event. Appropriates $500,000 from the state General
Fund (GF) in FY 2026 for schools to implement AED requirements.
History
An AED is a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that is capable of determining,
without intervention by an operator, if a controlled electrical charge to the heart should be
performed to restore a viable cardiac rhythm. Unless otherwise exempted, a person who is a
trained user of an AED has completed a state -approved course in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and the use of an AED for the lay rescuer and first responder (A.R.S. § 36-2261).
Provisions
1. Mandates, beginning August 1, 2025, each public high school that sponsors an athletic
team or sports program to provide an AED at each school campus and school-sponsored
athletic event and to ensure that each AED provided is:
a) in an unlocked location that is accessible during the school day and at each school-
sponsored athletic event;
b) in a location from which it may be promptly retrieved and used at the school or school-
sponsored athletic event; and
c) maintained in good working order and tested according to manufacturer's guidelines.
(Sec. 1)
2. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2026 to the Arizona Department of
Education (ADE) to implement the prescribed AED requirements. (Sec. 2)
3. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing until June 30, 2027. (Sec. 2)
4. Instructs ADE to distribute the monies to schools, with priority given to schools in which
50% or more of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. (Sec. 2)
5. Authorizes a school to use the appropriated monies to purchase and maintain AEDs and
purchase other goods and services identified by ADE as necessary for implementing the
prescribed AED requirements. (Sec. 2)
6. Allows a school district or charter school to accept gifts, grants and donations to provide
AEDs as prescribed. (Sec. 1)
7. Defines AED and school-sponsored athletic event. (Sec. 1)
8. Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 3)
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