Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 226 — TO AMEND THE SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION ACT; AND TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS RELATED TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.

Last action — Notification that SB226 is now Act 247

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on March 06, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

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  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 226 has added some new content while removing the reference to Act 247, which was previously approved on March 6, 2025. This change could mean the bill now aligns better with current laws or updated priorities. It's important because updates like these can clarify the bill's intentions and ensure it fits within the existing legal framework.

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Act 247 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 226 5 By:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly A Bill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 226 5 By:
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies the training requirements for school district employees involved in athletics related to sudden cardiac arrest.

  • Arkansas Code § 6-18-708(b)

    may include a component on best practices for a coach to educate parents of students involved in athletics on sports safety. → In addition to the training under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, a person employed by a school district as an athletics coach, licensed teacher coach, registered volunteer, or competitive or noncompetitive spirit coach shall maintain a Basic Life Support certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation in accordance with best practices of the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association, or both.

    It requires additional Basic Life Support training for certain school district employees.

Action History

  1. Notification that SB226 is now Act 247

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

  7. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  11. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  12. Read the third time and passed.

  13. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  14. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

  15. Filed

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 226?
SB 226 is sponsored by Brit McKenzie and Greg Leding.
What is the current status of SB 226?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2025. Enacted.
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