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An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events

Filed by Marjorie C. Decker  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H2391  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2062

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Public Health
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-03-24JointHearing scheduled for 04/02/2025 from 09:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-07-03HouseReported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
2025-12-04HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-01-27HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4993
2026-01-27HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-01-27HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-01-28HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-01-28HouseNew draft substituted, see H4993

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting eventsHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

3 committee votes

Public Health (J)  ·  2025-06-27 17:30  ·  Should H2391, An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events, be reported with Recommendation: Ought to pass, report to the House?

favorable · 10

no action · 1

Health Care Financing (J)  ·  2025-11-21 16:16  ·  H2391 reported favorably

favorable · 13

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-01-27 10:45  ·  H.2391 “An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events” as amended

favorable · 28

no action · 7

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-04-02Public Health (J)Gardner Auditorium, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (J)
FavorableHealth Care Financing (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.