Jordan McNair Student Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mfume
Introduced
Summary
This bill would require colleges and secondary schools to adopt and implement venue-specific heat-related illness emergency action plans and to report annually on compliance. It would also push routine in-person training, require automatic external defibrillators and cold water immersion equipment, and direct federal outreach about funding and training resources.
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- Students and families: Student athletes would face clearer symptom identification, in-person drills, and posted plans in locker rooms and stadiums to speed recognition and treatment of heat illness.
- Institutions of higher education: Colleges that participate in Title IV programs and are members of athletic associations would have 1 year to create venue-specific plans in consultation with local emergency responders, keep an AED within 3 minutes of each venue, include cold water immersion gear, and submit annual compliance reports.
- Secondary schools and districts: Secondary schools with athletics would have matching venue-specific plan requirements as a condition of ESEA-related funding and would be notified about federal grants, training, and equipment resources to help implement the plans.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Heat safety plans for school athletics
If enacted, certain colleges and high schools would need a heat emergency plan for each athletic venue within one year. Plans would cover spotting heat illness, using AEDs, and cold-water immersion, and would be practiced in person each year. Schools would post plans in locker rooms and other athletic areas, put them online, and share them with local responders. They would report compliance to the Education Department within one year of first putting the plan in place and every year after. Schools would consider having an AED within 3 minutes of each venue and list AED locations, with limited adjustments allowed when facilities undergo major changes.
Schools alerted to heat safety funds
If enacted, the Education Department would tell schools and colleges about federal funds for heat illness prevention. Notices would cover money for training, equipment, and treatment. This would start upon enactment and could help schools find grants faster. It would not create new funding or change who qualifies for existing programs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mfume
MD • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Scott, David
GA • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Roll Call Votes
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