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 02/02/26 - Introduced

 SB-945 School curriculum: physical education framework: cardiopulmonary resuscitation: automated external defibrillators.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/06/2026 09:00 PM

SB945:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Revised
 June 18, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 06, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 945

Introduced by Senator Weber Pierson
(Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Padilla, and Richardson)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Davies, Garcia, Sharp-Collins, and Wallis)

February 02, 2026

 An act to amend Section 51225.6 of add Section 33549 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 945, as amended, Weber Pierson.
 Pupil instruction: School curriculum: physical education framework: cardiopulmonary resuscitation: automated external defibrillators.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that requires a course in health education for graduation from high school to include instruction in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as provided. Existing law also encourages those entities to provide to pupils general information on the use and importance of an automated external defibrillators (AED). Existing law further requires the State Department of Education to provide guidance on how to implement these provisions, including, but not limited to, who may provide instruction.

This bill would instead require, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide instruction in
 performing compression-only CPR and how to use an AED as part of a course required for graduation. The bill would also require the department to provide guidance on how to implement these provisions before the commencement of the 2027–28 school year.

By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education.

This bill would require the commission, when the physical education framework is next revised after January 1, 2027, to consider including content on the importance, performance, and use of CPR and AEDs in that framework.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YESNO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) According to data from Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, with more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring annually and nearly 90 percent resulting in death; California has the highest number of cardiac arrests with one of the nation’s lowest survival rates at just 8.7 percent, which is in part attributed to only 42 percent of individuals suffering a cardiac arrest receiving
 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and approximately 9 percent receiving a shock from an automated external defibrillator (AED).

(b) Cardiac arrest can occur without warning and affects individuals of all ages, including approximately 23,000 children under 18 years of age each year outside of a hospital setting.

(c) Survival from SCA is highly time sensitive, with a victim’s chance of survival decreasing by 7 to 10 percent for every minute without CPR or defibrillation.

(d) Immediate bystander intervention using CPR and AED ca