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Senate approves bill directing Education Department to inventory AEDs and emergency plans in schools

Iowa Senate · April 1, 2026

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Summary

Senate file 24 74, sponsored from the Heart Association and moved by Senator Green, directs the Iowa Department of Education to collect data on automated external defibrillators and related emergency plans in school buildings and report to the General Assembly by Jan. 15, 2027; the Senate passed the bill and ordered it messaged to the House.

Senator Green (Senator from Boone) said Senate file 24 74 "comes to us from the Heart Association" and "directs the Department of Education to collect data in regards to defibrillators in school buildings and as well assess, and gather data for our schools' existing emergency plans specific to cardiac arrest or similar life threatening emergencies." He said the Department of Education shall submit the report to the General Assembly by Jan. 15, 2027.

With no further floor discussion, Senator Green moved the bill for final reading and passage. The clerk read the bill on the floor and the title was agreed to. The secretary opened the voting system and recorded the roll call; the chair reported those voting 'aye' as 45 and 'nay' as 0. The bill was declared passed by a constitutional majority and was ordered messaged to the House by unanimous consent.

No amendments beyond the conforming clerical reading were recorded on the floor. The measure focuses on a data-collection and reporting requirement for the Department of Education.