New York A 6486: Requires nonpublic schools provide and maintain on-site automatic external defibrillators on school grounds

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY S2590 (as of 2025-05-21)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 6486

Sponsors: Steven Otis, Amy Paulin, Angelo Santabarbara, Marianne Buttenschon, Nader Sayegh

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A06486 Summary:

BILL NOA06486 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02590

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SPONSOROtis

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COSPNSRSayegh, Paulin, Buttenschon, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §917-a, Ed L

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Requires nonpublic schools provide and maintain on-site automatic external defibrillator (AED) equipment on school grounds and assure that AED equipment is available for off-site curricular events, extracurricular events or school-sponsored athletic events.

Go to top A06486 Actions:

BILL NOA06486 

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03/05/2025referred to education

04/29/2025reported referred to ways and means

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

05/21/2025reported 

05/21/2025rules report cal.224

05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.224

05/21/2025substituted by s2590

&nbspS02590 AMEND= MAYER

&nbsp01/21/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

&nbsp03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.451

&nbsp03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp04/01/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/01/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/01/2025referred to education

&nbsp05/21/2025substituted for a6486

&nbsp05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.224

&nbsp05/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/21/2025returned to senate

&nbsp09/22/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp09/26/2025SIGNED CHAP.422

Go to topA06486 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:04/29/2025AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Correction Date:04/29/2025BenedettoAyeSmithAye

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughAye

PaulinAyeMikulinAye

RamosAbsentReillyAye

KimAyeBrownAye

OtisAyeChangAye

HyndmanAyePirozzoloAye

BronsonAyeMaherAye

TaylorAbsentSempolinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghAye

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkAbsent

ZaccaroAbsent

TorresExcused

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:35/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/21/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA06486 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06486 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6486

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. OTIS, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring on-site
 cardiac automated external defibrillators for nonpublic schools

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 917-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 917-a. On-site cardiac automated external defibrillator in nonpublic
 4 schools. 1. Nonpublic schools shall provide and maintain on-site in each
 5 instructional school facility automated external defibrillator (AED)
 6 equipment, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section
 7 three thousand-b of the public health law, in quantities and types
 8 deemed by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of
 9 health to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use
 10 during emergencies. Nonpublic schools shall cause such AED to be main-
 11 tained and tested according to such applicable standards of the manufac-
 12 turer and any appropriate government agency.
 13 2. Whenever nonpublic school facilities pursuant to subdivision one of
 14 this section are us

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