bleed control kits; school districts

SB1299 - bleed control kits; school districts

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Rosanna Gabaldón, Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Catherine Miranda, Priya Sundareshan
Last action: 2026-01-26
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1299: Stop the Bleed Pilot Program for Schools

This bill creates a pilot program in the Department of Health Services to provide bleed control kits and training materials to Arizona school districts that choose to participate.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the 'Stop the Bleed' pilot program within the Department of Health Services (DHS).
Requires DHS to purchase and distribute bleed control kits to participating school districts after their nurses receive training, if enough money is available.
Allows school districts starting in the 2026-2027 school year to create a stop-the-bleed plan with local law enforcement.
Mandates that schools place at least one kit in an accessible spot and include kits in safety plans.
Requires annual inspections of all kits so officials can replace expired or missing items.
Sets aside $180,000 from the state general fund for DHS to buy these kits.

Who It Names or Affects

The Arizona Department of Health Services
Public school districts in Arizona that choose to join the program
School nurses who must receive training before receiving kit allotments

Terms To Know

Bleed control kit: A first aid response kit containing a tourniquet, compression bandage, bleeding control bandage, gloves, marker, scissors, and instruction materials.
Stop the Bleed training: Instruction on how to use bleed control kits using materials developed by federal agencies or medical trauma committees.

Limits and Unknowns

The program ends automatically after December 31, 2029.
Kits are only distributed if enough money is available and the school district requests them.
School districts must consult local law enforcement to decide where to place kits.

Bill History

2026-01-26 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-22 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-01-22 Senate
Senate Education: None
2026-01-22 Senate
Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: None
2026-01-22 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1299 - bleed control kits; school districts

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bleed control kits; school districts

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1299

Introduced by

Senators
Gabald�n: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Miranda, Sundareshan

AN
ACT

Establishing the stop the bleed pilot
program in the department of health services; appropriating monies.

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

Section 1.
Stop the bleed
pilot program; control kits; training; delayed repeal; definition

A. The stop the bleed pilot
program is established in the department of health services.� If sufficient
monies are available, the department of health services shall purchase bleed
control kits and distribute the bleed control kits to each school district that
chooses to administer stop the bleed training and requests bleed control kits
from the department.� The department of health services shall provide each
school nurse within a participating school district that school's allotment of
bleed control kits after the school nurses in that school district have
received stop the bleed training.

B. Beginning in the
2026-2027 school year, each school district may develop and implement a stop
the bleed program in consultation with local law enforcement.� The program may
be implemented in each school and must require:

1. At least one bleed
control kit to be placed in an easily accessible location within the school as
determined by the school after consulting with local law enforcement.

2. Bleed control kits to be
included in the school district-level safety plans.

3. Annual inspection of
each bleed control kit.� School officials shall replace, as necessary, any
expired or missing materials, supplies or equipment required for a bleed
control kit.� The school district may apply to the department of health
services for replacement materials, supplies or equipment.

C. The department of health
services may accept gifts, grants, donations and in-kind donations for the
purposes of this section.

D. This section is repealed
from and after December 31, 2029.

E. For the purposes of this
section, "bleed control kit" means a first aid response kit that
contains:

1. At least one tourniquet
endorsed by the United States department of defense's committee on tactical
combat casualty care.

2. At least one compression
bandage.

3. At least one bleeding
control bandage.

4. Protective gloves.

5. At least one marker.

6. Scissors.

7. Bleeding control
instructional materials developed by either:

(a) The United States
department of homeland security, as part of the department's "stop the
bleed" campaign.

(b) The American college of
surgeons committee on trauma.

Sec. 2.
Appropriation; department of health services; stop the
bleed pilot program; exemption

A. The
sum of $180,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year
2026-2027 to the department of health services to purchase stop the bleed
control kits pursuant to this act.

B. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.