SB141 • 2026

AEDS/OVERDOSE KITS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS

An Act relating to automated external defibrillators in buildings open to the public; relating to opioid overdose response kits in buildings open to the public; relating to civil liability for providing opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SENATOR GIESSEL
Last action: 2025-03-24
Official status: (S) HSS
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is set for January 1, 2026, which means the law is passed but not yet active.

SB 141: AEDs and Overdose Kits in Public Buildings

This bill requires the state to place automated external defibrillators and opioid overdose kits on each floor of public buildings, offers these items for free to other building owners open to the public, and protects people from lawsuits when they provide or use these emergency drugs.

What This Bill Does

Requires the state to provide and maintain an AED and an opioid overdose response kit with signs on every floor of state-owned buildings used by the government or public in a central location.
Makes free AEDs, identifying signs, and opioid overdose kits available for each floor to owners or renters of other buildings open to the public.
States that people who give an opioid overdose drug during an emergency cannot be sued if they reasonably believed it was needed.
Protects from lawsuits anyone who provides and keeps an opioid overdose drug ready in a public place.
Directs the Department of Health to try to get federal money to help pay for these items.
Requires the Department of Health to create rules to carry out this law.

Who It Names or Affects

The State of Alaska and its agencies, specifically regarding state-owned buildings.
Owners or renters of non-state buildings that are open to the public who may receive free equipment.
People in emergency situations who administer opioid overdose drugs to others.

Terms To Know

Automated external defibrillator (AED): A device used to deliver an electric shock during cardiac arrest, required by this bill for public buildings.
Opioid overdose response kit: A package containing at least two doses of medicine to reverse opioid effects, disposable gloves, face shields for rescue breathing, and instructions.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify the exact cost or total number of kits the state will provide.
It is unclear how much federal funding might be available to help pay for this equipment.
Specific rules about implementation are left for future regulations by the Department of Health.

Bill History

2025-03-24 599
(S) REFERRED TO HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
2025-03-24 599
(S) HSS, FIN
2025-03-24 599
(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Official Summary Text

AEDS/OVERDOSE KITS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
An Act relating to automated external defibrillators in buildings open to the public; relating to opioid overdose response kits in buildings open to the public; relating to civil liability for providing opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL NO. 141

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY SENATOR GIESSEL

Introduced: 3/24/25
Referred: Health and Social Services, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to automated external defibrillators in buildi ngs open to the public; 1
relating to opioid overdose response kits in buildings open to the public; relating to civil 2
liability for providing opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
* Section 1. AS 09.65.340(b) is amended to read: 5
(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a person who ad ministers an 6
opioid overdose drug to another person who the person reasonabl y believes is 7
experiencing an opioid overdose em ergency is not liable for civ il damages resulting 8
from an act or omission in the emergency administration of the opioid overdose drug. 9
A person who provides and maintains an opioid overdose drug in a public place 10
for the purpose of ensuring the opioid overdose drug is readily available for 11
administration to a person experi encing an opioid overdose emer gency is not 12
liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission in t he emergency 13
administration of the opioid overdose drug. 14
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* Sec. 2. AS 18.35 is amended by adding a new section to read: 1
Article 4. Lifesaving Equipment in Buildings Open to the Public. 2
Sec. 18.35.400. Automated external d efibrillators and opioid ov erdose 3
response kits in state buildings and buildings open to the public. (a) The state shall 4
provide and maintain an automated external defibrillator and an opioid overdose 5
response kit, along with appropriate identifying signs, on each floor of each build ing 6
owned or controlled and held by the state for government or pub lic use. The 7
automated external defibrillato r and opioid overdose response k it must be placed in a 8
central location on each floor. 9
(b) The state shall make available free of charge to the owner or lessee of a 10
building that is open for public use 11
(1) an automated external defibrillator, along with a clearly identifying 12
sign, for each floor of the building; and 13
(2) an opioid overdose response kit, along with a clearly iden tifying 14
sign, for each floor of the building. 15
(c) The Department of Health s hall apply for and make reasonab le efforts to 16
secure federal assistance that may be available to the state to assist with the cost of 17
providing and maintaining automated external defibrillators and opioid overdose 18
response kits provided under this section. 19
(d) The Department of Health s hall adopt regulations to implem ent and 20
enforce this section. 21
(e) In this section, "opioid overdose response kit" means a ki t that contains at 22
least two doses of a drug that reverses, in whole or in part, t he pharmacological effects 23
of an opioid overdose, disposable gloves, disposable face shiel ds for rescue breathing, 24
and instructions for use. 25
* Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 26