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2013 House Bill 1556: Creating initiatives in high schools to save lives in the event of cardiac arrest
Introduced by Rep. Kevin Van De Wege (Sequim) (D) on January 30, 2013
Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop guidance for a medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program for high schools. This act requires high schools to offer CPR training to students, and mandates that completing the training be requirement for passing at least one health and fitness class necessary for graduation. (See also SB 5428). Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Education Committee on January 30, 2013
Substitute offered in the House on February 21, 2013
Replaces the requirement that completion of CPR instruction be necessary
for passing at least one health and fitness class necessary for graduation with a requirement
that instruction in CPR be included in at least one health class necessary for graduation
beginning in the 2013-14 school year.
Referred to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on February 22, 2013
Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 1, 2013
Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in
consultation with others, to develop guidelines for a medical emergency
response and automated external defibrillator program for high schools.
Requires each school district with a high school to offer instruction in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Requires that CPR instruction be included in the instruction for one health
class necessary for graduation.
Received in the Senate on March 12, 2013
Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on March 12, 2013
Amendment offered in the Senate on April 3, 2013
Allows a school district to use a video to teach appropriate AED use and retains underlying portions of the bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 12, 2013
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 3, 2013
Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with others, to develop guidelines for a medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program for high schools. Requires each school district with a high school to offer instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Requires that CPR instruction be included in the instruction for one health class necessary for graduation.
Received in the House on April 22, 2013
Motion in the House on April 22, 2013
To concur in Senate amendment(s).
The motion passed by voice vote in the House on April 22, 2013
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 8, 2013