South Carolina House Bill 3831

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "smart Heart Act" By Adding Section 59-17-165 So As To Provide Definitions And To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of A Cardiac Emergency Response Plan In Each Public School; And By Amending Section 59-17-155, Relating To The Automated External Defibrillator Program In High Schools, So As To Provide Each Public School Shall Ensure The Presence Of An Automated External Defibrillator Onsite And Within Certain Proximity Of School Athletic Venues, And To Provide Related Testing, Maintenance, And Personnel Training Requirements.

Smart Heart Act

Rep. Brian Lawson [R]	Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. Heath Sessions [R]	Rep. Travis Moore [R]
Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Don Chapman [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]
Rep. Craig Gagnon [R]	Rep. David Martin [R]	Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Adam Duncan [R]
Rep. Blake Sanders [R]	Rep. Hamilton Grant [D]	Rep. Leon Howard [D]	Rep. Heather Bauer [D]
Rep. Fawn Pedalino [R]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
2025-02-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Sanders, Grant, Howard, Bauer, Pedalino
2025-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2025-01-29	House	Introduced and read first time

H3576 (Similar To) 2025-01-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	17	155	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	17	165	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3831&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3831_20250129.htm