CaliforniaSports facilities and youth groups must ensure AED access
Starting January 1, 2028, sports facilities may provide AEDs for permitted youth practices and matches, while sports groups must find one if none is available.
What it does
A sports facility may obtain and maintain an AED for permitted youth practices or matches, and must make it accessible to the youth sports group if it does.
If the facility has no AED available, the youth sports group must make sure an operational one is accessible for the entire practice or match.
Facilities with an AED must maintain and test it under the maker’s instructions and applicable government rules. A facility already doing so under another law meets this requirement.
Facilities must work with youth sports groups to make installed AEDs accessible and discuss ways to share costs for installation, upkeep, and access.
Argument forAthletes may be able to reach a facility AED during a permitted practice or match, which could help coaches respond quickly to cardiac emergencies.
Argument againstSports groups may have to find an operational AED for every practice or match when the facility has none, adding a task they must manage.
More detail
Facilities may obtain and maintain an AED, and must let the sports group access it when they do. This applies to public or private local facilities with permanent sports infrastructure that host permitted youth sports practices or matches. A local educational agency counts as providing access only when the AED is in the same common area or field, or is externally attached and reasonably accessible; staff do not have to stay onsite. These requirements begin January 1, 2028.
The youth sports group must ensure access to an operational AED for the full practice or match if the facility does not have one available. This applies when an official practice or match takes place at a public or private local facility without an available AED. This requirement begins January 1, 2028.
Facilities must maintain and test their AEDs under the maker’s guidelines and applicable government rules. This applies to public or private local facilities with an AED. A facility already maintaining or testing an AED under another law is treated as meeting this requirement. The facility requirement begins January 1, 2028.
Facilities must work with youth sports groups to make installed AEDs accessible and discuss sharing related costs. This applies when a public or private local facility has installed an AED for use during practices or matches it permits. The facility and sports group must identify ways to share costs; the text does not require either side to pay a set amount or to install an AED.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 30Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6852.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 387 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 28).Minor
- Vote recorded With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6793.)
- Aug 28Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.Minor
- Aug 27In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB387 Alanis By Valladares. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 3Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 25From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 15From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- 2025
- Jun 25Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and ED.Minor
- Jun 24Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jun 24Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jun 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.Major
- Jun 10In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- May 7Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Mar 13In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 387 Alanis Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 13Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 618.)Passed Assembly
- Mar 12Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Mar 11From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 11).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 6Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Mar 5From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.Major
- Feb 18Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Feb 4From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- Feb 3Read first time. To print.Introduced
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