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A4164 • 2026

Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.

Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.

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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
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.

Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
  • Topic: Children, Families and Food Security Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Topic:
Children, Families and Food Security
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4164

ASSEMBLY, No. 4164

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires local recreation departments and youth
serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning automated external defibrillators and
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and supplementing
Title 5
of the
Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known
and may be cited as the �Michael Fisher Law.�

���� 2.��� a.� Beginning September
1, 2020, a municipal or county recreation department and a nonprofit youth
serving organization as defined in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.432 (C.15A:3A-1)
including, but not limited to, Little Leagues, Babe Ruth Leagues, Pop Warner Leagues,
Police Athletic Leagues, and youth soccer leagues, which organizes, sponsors,
or is otherwise affiliated with youth athletic events that are played on
municipal, county, school, or other publicly-owned fields, shall ensure that
there is available on site an automated external defibrillator, as defined in
section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24), at each youth athletic event and
practice held on the department�s or organization�s home field.

���� b.��� A recreation department
or youth serving organization shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
requirements of this section if a State-certified emergency services provider
or other certified first responder is on site at the athletic event or practice
and has a defibrillator available for use on site.

���� c.���� Notwithstanding the
provisions of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-23 et seq.) to the contrary, a
recreation department or youth serving organization and its employees and
volunteer umpires, coaches, and licensed athletic trainers shall be immune from
civil liability in the acquisition and use of a defibrillator.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� The bill requires that
beginning on September 1, 2020, municipal or county recreation departments and
nonprofit youth serving organizations, which organize, sponsor, or are
otherwise affiliated with youth athletic events that are played on municipal,
county, school, or other publicly-owned fields, must ensure that there is
available on site an automated external defibrillator (AED) at each youth
athletic event and practice held on the department�s or organization�s home
field.�

���� A recreation department or
youth serving organization will be deemed to be in compliance with the AED
requirement if a State-certified emergency services provider or other certified
first responder is on site at the athletic event or practice and has an AED
available for use on site.� A recreation department or youth serving
organization and its employees, umpires, coaches, and licensed athletic
trainers will be immune from civil liability in the acquisition and use of an
AED.��