SB1204 • 2026

Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools

Education Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Osgood
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: Senate - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass the legislature and died in committee, which contradicts the candidate explanation's claim that it passed.

Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools

This bill requires public schools to include responses to severe bleeding incidents in their emergency plans and have bleeding control kits available by a specified date.

What This Bill Does

Requires each public school to include responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds in its plan for urgent life-saving emergencies (PULSE).
Requires public schools, including charter schools, to have bleeding control kits available on school grounds by July 1, 2028.
Directs the Department of Education to establish guidelines for determining how many bleeding control kits each school needs.
Requires appropriate staff members to be trained in using bleeding control kits.
Includes the use and location of bleeding control kits in emergency drills.

Who It Names or Affects

Public schools, including charter schools
Staff at public schools who need training

Terms To Know

PULSE: Plan for Urgent Life-Saving Emergencies in Schools
bleeding control kits: kits that help stop severe bleeding until medical help arrives

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass the legislature and died in committee.

Bill History

2026-03-13 Senate
• Died in Education Pre-K - 12
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-12 Senate
• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
2026-01-06 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools; Requiring responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds to be included in each public school’s plan for urgent life-saving emergencies; requiring public schools to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by a specified date; requiring the Department of Education to establish guidelines for determining the required number of kits for each school; requiring certain staff to receive training relating to such kits; requiring the kits and the use of such kits to be included in certain drills, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1204

By
Senator Osgood

32-00792A-26 20261204__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to bleeding control kits in K-12
3 schools; amending s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring
4 responses to severe bleeding incidents on school
5 grounds to be included in each public school’s plan
6 for urgent life-saving emergencies; requiring public
7 schools to have bleeding control kits on school
8 grounds by a specified date; requiring the Department
9 of Education to establish guidelines for determining
10 the required number of kits for each school; requiring
11 certain staff to receive training relating to such
12 kits; requiring the kits and the use of such kits to
13 be included in certain drills; requiring the kits to
14 be restocked under certain circumstances; providing an
15 effective date.
16
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
18
19 Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 1003.457,
20 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), a new
21 subsection (4) is added to that section, and subsection (1) of
22 that section is amended, to read:
23 1003.457 Cardiac emergencies
,

and
automated external
24 defibrillators
, and bleeding control kits
on school grounds.—
25 (1) Each public school shall develop a plan for urgent
26 life-saving emergencies (PULSE) that addresses the appropriate
27 use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an
28 individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest
, severe bleeding,

29 or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds.
30 Each PULSE must integrate evidence-based core elements and
31 consider those elements recommended by the American Heart
32 Association for schools responding to cardiac emergencies.
33
(4)(a)

No later than July 1, 2028, each public school,

34
including charter schools, must have bleeding control kits on

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school grounds. Each bleeding control kit must be available in a

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clearly marked and publicized location. Schools must maintain

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the bleeding control kits according to the manufacturer’s

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recommendations. The Department of Education shall establish

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guidelines for determining the number of bleeding control kits

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each school is required to have pursuant to this subsection.

41
(b)

Appropriate staff, as determined by the department,

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must receive training in the use of bleeding control kits.

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(c)

Bleeding control kits and the use of such kits must be

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integrated into the appropriate emergency drills under s.

45
1006.07(4).

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(d)

Upon the use of a bleeding control kit, the kit must be

47
restocked and used items must be replaced.

48 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.