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A4346 • 2026

Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.

Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.

Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness 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 Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4346

ASSEMBLY, No. 4346

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning youth sports team coaches and supplementing
Title 5 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� A person shall not
serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person possesses a
certificate issued by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to subsection b. of
this section.

���� b.��� The commissioner shall
promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), setting forth certification
requirements necessary to serve as a coach of a youth sports team, pursuant to
subsection a. of this section, which shall include, but not be limited to,
first aid training and instruction in the administration of cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.� The commissioner shall provide for the issuance of a
certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the training required
pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

���� c.���� For the purposes of
this section, �youth sports team� means a sports team organized or performing
pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter or which is a member team in a
league organized by or affiliated with a county or municipal recreation
department, for which enrollment is limited to juveniles under the age of 18.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of
enactment, except that the Commissioner of Health may take any anticipatory
administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation
of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that youth
sports team coaches are required to be trained in the administration of
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other first aid measures.

���� Under the bill, a person would
not be permitted to serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person
is certified by the Commissioner of Health as having received the required
training and instruction. The bill requires the commissioner to promulgate
rules and regulations setting forth certification requirements necessary to
serve as a coach of a youth sports team, which are to include, but not be
limited to, first aid training and instruction in the administration of CPR.�
The bill further requires the commissioner to provide for the issuance of a
certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the necessary training.

���� On February 10, 2023, a 12
year-old boy named Elijah Jordan Brown-Garcia of Newark, New Jersey collapsed
following a light football practice and conditioning skills training. During
the practice, he was supervised by adults who did not know CPR or other life-saving
first aid measures. This bill would ensure that the adults supervising children
participating in sports are appropriately trained to provide CPR and other
life-saving first aid measures.