What's happening
This bill names the law requiring AEDs in public schools as the "Louis Acompora AED's in schools act."
Why it matters
Personalizing the law by naming it after Louis Acompora highlights the real-life impact of AED (defibrillator) access in schools, potentially raising awareness about sudden cardiac arrest among students and the importance of emergency preparedness.
The renaming may inspire stronger compliance and advocacy, as attaching a human story can motivate school communities and policymakers to maintain and properly use AEDs, possibly saving more lives.
This change may encourage educators, parents, and students to learn more about Louis Acompora's story and the reasons behind the original law, deepening public understanding of why AEDs are required in schools.
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Name School AED Law
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History
- Signed chap.249
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.964
- Substituted for S8124
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.186
- Rules report cal.186
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Name AED School Law
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Carl L. Marcellino
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10369
IN ASSEMBLY
April 18, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 61 of the laws of 2002 amending the education law and a chapter of the laws of 2002 amending the education law relating to requiring certain public school facilities to retain on premises at least one functional cardiac automated external defibrillator, as proposed in legislative bill number A. 8779-A, relating to on-site cardiac automated external defibrillator, in relation to naming such act the "Louis Acompora AED's in schools act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 61 of the laws of 2002 amending the education law and a chapter of the laws of 2002 amending the education law relating to requiring certain public school facilities to retain on premises at least one functional cardiac automated external defibrillator, as proposed in legislative bill number A. 8779-A, relating to on-site cardiac automated external defibrillator, is amended by adding a new section 1-a to read as follows:
§ 1-a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Louis Acompora AED's in schools act".
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15303-01-8
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