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-UNOFFICIAL COPY  26 RS HB 335/GA
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-HB033510.100 - 1639 - XXXX   3/24/2026 3:13 PM  GA
-AN ACT relating to choking prevention in schools. 1
-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
-SECTION 1.   A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 158 IS CREATED TO 3
-READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
-(1) As used in this section, "anti -choking device" means a portable suction device 5
-used to remove an airway obstruction during a choking emergency that has been 6
-registered as a Class II medical device with the United States Food and Drug 7
-Administration. 8
-(2) If a school acquires an anti -choking device, it shall ensure that all school 9
-cafeteria personnel and any other expected users of the device receive training in: 10
-(a) The Heimlich maneuver; and 11
-(b) Accordance with the manufacturer's instructions for assembly and use of 12
-the device. 13
-(3) Any person or entity who, in good faith and wit hout remuneration or the 14
-expectation of remuneration, renders emergency care or treatment by use of an 15
-anti-choking device or the Heimlich maneuver on public or private school 16
-property or while attending a school -sponsored event shall be immune from civil 17
-liability for any personal injury as a result of the care or treatment, or as a result 18
-of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment, 19
-where the person acts as an ordinary, reasonable prudent person would have 20
-acted under the same or similar circumstances. 21
-(4) The administration of emergency care or treatment in subsection (3) of this 22
-section by employees or contractors of a board of education, outside of a location 23
-within a school building where medical care is typically r endered, shall not be 24
-considered to be rendered for remuneration or with the expectation of 25
-remuneration because the employees or contractors perform medical care as part 26
-of their regular professional or work responsibilities. 27
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-(5) The immunity from civil l iability for any personal injury under subsections (3) 1
-and (4) of this section includes the person or entity who provides the anti -choking 2
-device and the person or entity responsible for the site where the anti -choking 3
-device is located. 4
-(6) The immunity f rom civil liability under subsections (3) and (4) of this section 5
-does not apply if the personal injury results from the gross negligence or willful 6
-or wanton misconduct of the person rendering the emergency care. 7
-Section 2.   This Act may be cited as Landon's Law. 8
+HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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+KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT FORM
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+2026 REGULAR SESSION
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+Amend printed copy of HB 335
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+Amendment No. HFA 1  Rep. Rep. Matthew Lehman
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+Committee Amendment   Signed:
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+Floor Amendment   LRC Drafter:
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+Adopted:   Date:
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+Rejected:   Doc. ID: XXXX
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+  On page 1, lines 7 to 8, delete " registered as a Class II medical device with the United
+States Food and Drug Administration " and insert in lieu thereof " authorized by the United
+States Food and Drug Administration for marketing and distribution"; and
+On page 1, line 16, after "device", insert ", according to its labeled instructions for use,".