Georgia AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about Georgia AED laws and pending Georgia AED legislation. Learn what legislators in Georgia are doing to mandate state requirements for the placement of AEDs, including laws to protect organizations that purchase an AED.
An AED Law can empower individuals to train and be prepared to use an automated external defibrillator to save lives. Good Samaritan laws can protect those who use an AED to help a victim. State AED laws that mandate AED installation in proportion to the population of a public facility could increase survival rates.
Research shows that the availability of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in schools, hotels, recreation and sports facilities, assisted living communities, public buildings, high rises, businesses, and communities, dramatically increases the survival rate for a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
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AED laws in this state. This information is updated continuously.
| Bill No. | Effective Date | Sponsor | Summary | Public Law Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR 1091 | Senator David J. Shafer | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and recognizing March, 2010, as American Red Cross Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1655 | Representative Carl Rogers | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Captain Tim Peebles and inviting his family to be recognized by the House of Representatives; and for other purposes. | ||
| SR 1074 | Senator David J. Shafer | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and proclaiming March, 2012, American Red Cross Month in Georgia; and for other purposes. | ||
| SR 601 | Senator David J. Shafer | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and recognizing March, 2009, as American Red Cross Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 608 | Representative Pat Gardner | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and recognizing March, 2009, as American Red Cross Month at the state capitol and inviting representatives of the American Red Cross to appear before the House of Representatives; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1510 | Representative Pat Gardner | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and proclaiming March 2010, American Red Cross Month in Georgia; and for other purposes. | ||
| SR 1226 | Senator Lee Hawkins | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Captain Tim Peebles; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 412 | Representative Joe Wilkinson | A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Layperson Training in Automated External Defibrillators; and for other purposes. | ||
| SR 261 | Senator David J. Shafer | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and recognizing March, 2011, as American Red Cross Month at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 413 | Representative Pat Gardner | A RESOLUTION commending the American Red Cross and proclaiming March, 2011, American Red Cross Month in Georgia; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1014 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Award Winner Jimmy Allred; and for other purposes. | ||
| SB 265 | Senator Don R. Thomas | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-11-53.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of automated external defibrillators by lay rescuers, so as to require the registration of automated external defibrillators with the Georgia Department of Human Resources; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 1 | |
| HR 1012 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Award Winner Sylvia Lanier; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1013 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Award Winner Betsy Pruett; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1007 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Award Winner Diane Harbin; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1008 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Award Winner Angie Lewis; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1009 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 25th Annual Heart of the Community Board of Governors' Award Winner Alvin Jackson, Sr.; and for other purposes. | ||
| HR 1011 | Representative Katie M. Dempsey | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending 3rd Annual Young Heart of the Community Award Winner William James; and for other purposes. | ||
| HB 228 | 07/01/2009 | Representative Mark Butler | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to reorganize and reestablish various state health and human services agencies; to establish the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Behavioral Health; to reassign various functions of the Department of Community Health and the Department of Human Resources to the new agencies; to provide for transition to the new agencies; to create a new board for each agency and to abolish the Board of Community Health and the Board of Human Resources; to establish the position of State Health Officer; to establish the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; to... | 102 |
| HB 1031 | 07/01/2008 | Representative Bill Hembree | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require each public high school in this state which has an interscholastic athletics program to have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site at such school at all times for use during emergencies; to provide for legislative findings; to define a term; to provide for requirements on maintaining and using the defibrillator; to provide for state funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 789 |
| SB 433 | 07/01/2008 | Senator Tommie Williams | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to provide that certain destination cancer hospitals are subject to certificate of need requirements; to add a definition and revise a definition; to provide certain conditions relating to certificates of need for new institutional health services; to provide considerations for qualification for issuance of certificates of need relating to destination cancer hospitals; to provide for penalties for destination cancer hospitals which fail to comply with minimum requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting... | 392 |
| HB 470 | 07/01/2005 | Representative John R. Lunsford | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the following provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to change all references to "911" emergency numbers to read 9-1-1; Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 20, relating to obstruction of public administration; Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46, relating to telephone service; Code Section 19-13-51, relating to definitions relative to the "Family Violence and Stalking Protective Order Registry Act,"; Code Section 31-11-1, relating to findings and declaration of policy relative to emergency services; Code Section 33-9-39, relating to restrictions on motor vehicle insurance surcharges relating to accidents involving law enforcement officers, firefighters, or... | 134 |
| SB 51 | 07/01/2002 | Senator Don R. Thomas | A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to add provisions regulating the use of automated external defibrillators by lay rescuers; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts in general, so as to provide for immunity from liability for persons engaged in activities relating to the use of automated external defibrillators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 1 |
