South Carolina House Bill 4866

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-29 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "smart Heart Act" By Adding Section 59-17-165 So As To Provide Definitions, To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of A Cardiac Emergency Response Plan In Each Public School; By Adding Section 59-17-170 So As To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of An Athletics Emergency Action Plan In Each Public And Private School; And By Amending Section 59-17-155, Relating To The Automated External Defibrillator Program In High Schools, So As To Provide Each Public School Shall Ensure The Presence Of An Automated External Defibrillator Onsite And Within Certain Proximity Of School Athletic Venues, To Provide Related Testing, Maintenance, And Personnel Training Requirements.

Smart Heart Act

Rep. Brian Lawson [R]	Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Dennis Moss [R]
Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. Bart Blackwell [R]	Rep. Brandon Cox [R]	Rep. Heath Sessions [R]
Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]
Rep. Matthew Leber [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]	Rep. Carla Schuessler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-29	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
2024-02-27	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
2024-02-15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
2024-02-06	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Leber
2024-01-31	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Hart
2024-01-30	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, M.M.Smith
2024-01-24	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.L.Cox, Sessions
2024-01-18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott, Blackwell
2024-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2024-01-17	House	Introduced and read first time

S0977 (Similar To) 2024-01-18 - Referred to Committee on Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	17	155	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	17	165	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	17	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4866&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4866_20240117.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/H4866%202024-01-17%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/H4866%202024-03-07%20updated.pdf