DE HB 71

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did DE HB 71 pass?

Yes. DE HB 71 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Signed by Governor

What is DE HB 71 about?

This Act requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to promulgate regulations requiring all coaches to have CPR, first aid, and automated external defibrillator (AED) training. It also requires schools with an athletic program or department to have an Emergency Action Plan for responding to a cardiac arrest event at an athletic event or practice. It requires that an AED be accessible in a clearly marked, unlocked location at any athletic event or venue. Finally, the regulations must require testing and maintenance of AEDs and notification to the Office of Emergency Medical Services regarding the AED acquisition and its location.

Who sponsors DE HB 71?

Franklin D. Cooke, Daniel B. Short, Brian Pettyjohn and 11 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 71, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-03-12
Latest action: 2025-07-30 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-07-30
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2025-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-06-18
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-06-12
Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-12
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2025-06-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-06-10
Amendment HA 1 to HB 71 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-06-10
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-05-07
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-12
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

HA 1 to HB 71Compare
(document, no version)Compare
Bill TextCompare

Documents

Votes

SM
2025-06-12 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Stell Parker Selby: other
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
SM
2025-06-30 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141931

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-23T17:37:22.455962Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=DE&identifier=HB 71. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.