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Missouri Senate gives first-round approval to bills requiring AEDs and cardiac plans in schools
Summary
The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to Senate Bills 166 and 155, which would require public schools to install automated external defibrillators and adopt cardiac emergency response plans beginning with the 2026–27 school year; an amendment would add charter schools.
The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to Senate Bills 166 and 155, advancing proposals that would require public schools to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and adopt cardiac emergency response plans beginning with the 2026–27 school year, according to the chamber’s discussion.
Senator Curtis Gregory of Marshall sponsored the measures, which the Senate described as requiring public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans and to place AEDs on site. The bills would take effect at the beginning of the 2026–27 school year if enacted.
Senator Barbara Washington of Kansas City offered an amendment during the discussion to include charter schools. "Charters, they're under a different statute number. Would you have any objection to making sure that we delineate that so that we make sure our charter schools understand that they have to do the same thing?" Washington said during floor discussion.
Lawmakers gave the measures first-round approval; the Senate’s next positive vote on each bill would send it to the Missouri House of Representatives for consideration. The transcript did not include vote tallies, budget provisions, or funding sources tied to the bills.
At the state capital, Dean Morgan reported.
