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AB-310 • 2026

Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.

Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Alanis
Last action
2025-10-03
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act

This act changes the deadline for youth sports organizations to provide access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) and requires coaches to be certified in CPR and AED use by a certain date.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for youth sports groups to provide access to an AED from January 1, 2027, to January 1, 2028.
  • Removes the requirement that an AED must be used only by medical professionals or certified individuals.
  • Requires coaches to get certification in CPR and using an AED by January 1, 2027.
  • Needs youth sports groups to have a written emergency plan for sudden heart problems by January 1, 2027.
  • Requires youth sports organizations to maintain and test their AEDs properly starting from January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Youth sports organizations
  • Coaches of youth sports teams

Terms To Know

Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
A machine that can help restart a person's heart if it stops beating properly.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
A way to keep someone alive by pushing on their chest and breathing into them when they are not breathing or have no heartbeat.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a youth sports organization fails to meet the requirements.
  • It is unclear how much it will cost for organizations to buy AEDs, train coaches, and maintain emergency plans.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-15 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3015.).

  5. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2429.).

  7. 2025-07-07 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2).

  9. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  10. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  11. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 912.)

  13. 2025-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. 2025-03-18 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 18).

  15. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T.

  16. 2025-01-24 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  17. 2025-01-23 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 310, Alanis.
Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.
Existing law, the Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act, requires a youth sports organization to ensure, by January 1, 2027, that its athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) during any practice or match. Existing law requires the AED to be administered by a medical professional or other certified and qualified person designated by a youth sports organization.
This bill would delay the requirement to have access to an AED until January 1, 2028, would remove the requirement that it be administered by a medical professional, and would also require, by January 1,
2027, a youth sports organization to ensure that its coaches are certified, as specified, to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to operate an AED. The bill would require, by January 1,
2027, a youth sports organization to have a written emergency response plan that includes certain information, including the location and procedures to be followed during a sudden cardiac event. The bill would require, by January 1, 2028, a youth sports organization to properly maintain and test its AED, as specified.

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