# Maryland SB 0024: State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions Maryland SB 0024, State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-14 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0024-2026RS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0024 - State: Maryland - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-09-30 - Last action: 2026-04-14, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Public Health, Administrative Agencies, Awareness and Outreach, Certifications, Committees and Commissions, Emergency Medical Services -see also- Ambul; RescSqd, Federal Government, Food -see also- Meat, Poultry, & Seafood; Milk; etc., Forms, Job Training -see also- Continuing Ed; Vocational Rehab, Law Enforcement -see also- SRO; Sheriffs; State Police, Medical Equipment and Devices, Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc., Registration -see also- Motor Vehicle Registration, Restaurants, Retail Sales, Standards and Best Practices, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc. - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (168 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Police patrol AEDs don’t need certificates: benefit, low. Starting October 1, 2026, law enforcement agencies do not need a Program certificate for AEDs in patrol vehicles. Those AEDs stay under the agency’s control and outside the Program’s certification process. - AEDs required in groceries and restaurants: cost, medium. Beginning January 1, 2025, grocery stores and restaurants must place an AED in a visible area that employees and customers can reach. Starting October 1, 2026, these businesses must register their name with the Public Access AED Program to get and keep a certificate. They must keep the AED and its… - Regional AED committees and immunity ended: cost, low. Starting October 1, 2026, the law removes regional council AED committees and ends the special civil immunity for their members. The committees and related references no longer appear in statute. - Rules for sites with public AEDs: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, any site that makes a public AED available and holds a Program certificate must name an AED coordinator. The coordinator must keep each AED and its supplies working under the maker’s and FDA rules and make sure the plan says to call 911 when an AED is used. These sites mu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-02 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 125 | 8 | 2 | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2026-04-14: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 - 2026-04-03: Returned Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Third Reading Passed (125-8) (House) - 2026-04-01: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House) - 2026-04-01: Favorable Report by Health (House) - 2026-03-17: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2026-03-06: Referred Health (House) - 2026-03-05: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Favorable with Amendments {223826/1 Adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) - 2026-01-16: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate) - 2026-01-14: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) - 2025-09-30: Pre-filed (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2026-04-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0024t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024t.pdf) - First Reading, 2026-01-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024f.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization (became law) - SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law) - SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) - SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law) - SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits (became law) - HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_92_sb0024t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0024f.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - A…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0496-2026RS) - [SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0366-2026RS) - [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS) - [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS) - [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS) - [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0024-2026RS (as of 2026-10-19).