training; AEDs; CPR; school personnel

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms training must follow nationally recognized cardiovascular care guidelines, which was added for accuracy.

HB4043: School Training for CPR and AED Use

This law requires Arizona school districts and charter schools to have at least one staff member trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use by August 2027, while public high schools with sports teams must provide accessible defibrillators starting August 2026.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each school district and charter school to ensure at least one employee is trained in CPR and first aid during regular hours beginning August 1, 2027.
• Mandates that if a campus has an automated external defibrillator (AED), the same staff member must also be trained on how to use it by August 1, 2027.
• Requires public high schools with athletic teams or sports programs in grades nine through twelve to place AEDs at every school campus and school-sponsored athletic event starting August 1, 2026.
• States that all provided AEDs must be in unlocked locations that are clearly marked, easily accessible during the day or events, compliant with national guidelines, and maintained in good working order.
• Allows schools to accept gifts, grants, donations, and in-kind contributions to buy and maintain these medical devices.

Who It Names or Affects

• School districts and charter schools across Arizona
• Public high schools that offer grades nine through twelve and sponsor sports teams or athletic programs
• School employees who must complete the required training courses

Terms To Know

Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

An FDA-approved medical device that monitors heart rhythm, detects specific dangerous rhythms without operator intervention, and automatically delivers an electric shock if needed.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

A training course in emergency care for when breathing or heartbeat stops, following nationally recognized cardiovascular care guidelines.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify how much money schools must spend to meet these requirements.
• There is no anticipated fiscal impact on the state General Fund, but costs for individual school districts are not detailed in this text.
• While specific start dates of August 1, 2026 and August 1, 2027 are listed, the general effective date provision refers to a standard legislative timeline.

Official Summary Text

HB4043 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 4043

training; AEDs;
CPR; school personnel

Purpose

Requires,
beginning August 1, 2027, each school district and charter school to ensure
that there is at least one employee at each school campus during regular school
hours who has successfully completed a training course in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, and if there is at least one automated
external defibrillator (AED) at the school campus, the use of AEDs.

Background

On request by a
student's parent or guardian, each school district or charter school must
provide information describing the types of emergency response training,
including CPR training, that a school district or charter school requires
school employees to complete (
A.R.S.
� 15-160.04
).

Beginning August
1, 2026, each public school that provides instruction to students in any of
grades 9 through 12 and sponsors an athletic team or sports program must
provide an AED at each school campus and school-sponsored athletic event and
ensure that each provided AED is: 1) in an unlocked location that is clearly
marked and easily accessible both during the school day and at each
school-sponsored athletic event; 2) in a location from which the AED may be
promptly retrieved and used at the school or school-sponsored athletic event;
3) in a location that complies with guidelines that are established by a
nationally recognized organization that is focused on emergency cardiovascular
care; and 4) maintained in good working order and tested according to the
manufacturer's guidelines (
A.R.S.
� 15-120.07
).

AED
means a medical device heart
monitor and defibrillator that: 1) is approved for premarket
modification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;
2) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular
fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and is capable of
determining, without intervention by an operator, if defibrillation
should be performed; and 3) automatically charges and
delivers an electrical impulse to a person's heart when it determines that
defibrillation should be performed (
A.R.S.
� 36-2261
)
.

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state
General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires,
beginning August 1, 2027, each school district and charter school to ensure
that there is at least one employee at each school campus during regular school
hours who has successfully completed:

a)

a training course in CPR and first aid that follows nationally
recognized cardiovascular care guidelines; and

b)

if
there is at least one AED at the school campus, a training course in the use of
AEDs that follows nationally recognized cardiovascular care guidelines.�

2.

Makes conforming changes.

3.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

House Action

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Current Bill Text

Chapter 0213 - 572R - H Ver of HB4043

House Engrossed

training; AEDs; CPR;
school personnel

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 213

HOUSE BILL 4043

AN
ACT

amending section 15-120.07, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to public schools.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 15-120.07, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
15-120.07.

School employee
training; high school sports; automatic external defibrillators; definitions

A. Beginning August 1, 2027, each
school district and charter school in this state shall ensure that
there is at least one employee at each school
campus
during REGULAR school hours who has successfully
completed
the following:

1. a training course in
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and first aid that follows
nationally recognized cardiovascular care guidelines.

2. If there is at least one automated
external defibrillator at the school campus, a training course in the use of
automated external defibrillators that follows nationally recognized
cardiovascular care guidelines.

A.

B.
Notwithstanding
title 36, chapter 21.1, article 3, beginning August 1, 2026, each public school
in this state that provides instruction to students in any of grades nine through
twelve and that sponsors an athletic team or sports program shall:

1. Provide an automated external defibrillator at
each school campus and school-sponsored athletic event.

2. Ensure that each automated external defibrillator
that is provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection is all of the
following:

(a) In an unlocked location that is clearly marked
and easily accessible both during the school day and at each school-sponsored
athletic event.

(b) In a location from which the automated external
defibrillator may be promptly retrieved and used at the school or school-sponsored
athletic event.

(c) In a location that complies with guidelines that
are established by a nationally recognized organization that is focused on
emergency cardiovascular care.

(d) Maintained in good working order and tested
according to the manufacturer's guidelines.

B.

C.
A
school district or charter school may accept gifts, grants, donations and
in-kind donations for the purposes of this section, including to purchase and
maintain automated external defibrillators.

C.

D.
For
the purposes of this section:

1. "Automated external defibrillator" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 36-2261.

2. "School-sponsored athletic
event":

(a) Means an event that takes place on a school
campus and that is related to a sport or other athletic activity in which
students participate as individuals or as members of a team.

(b) Includes scheduled practices, trainings and
competitions.
END_STATUTE

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 19, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.