HB 193 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of General Services and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for automated external defibrillators in State buildings.

PRINTER'S NO.   140

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 193
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, GUENST, GIRAL, KENYATTA, HOWARD, PIELLI,
        PROBST, CIRESI, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, PROKOPIAK, WARREN,
        HADDOCK, HILL-EVANS, BOROWSKI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MALAGARI,
        DONAHUE, OTTEN AND DEASY, JANUARY 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 16, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of
22      General Services and its departmental administrative and
23      advisory boards and commissions, providing for automated
24      external defibrillators in State buildings.
25      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26   hereby enacts as follows:
27      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
28   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
 1   section to read:
 2      Section 2422.     Automated External Defibrillators in State
 3   Buildings.--(a)    The Department of General Services shall
 4   install and maintain in each State building at least one
 5   functioning automated external defibrillator per State building,
 6   plus at least one additional automated external defibrillator
 7   for every 70,000 square feet, which shall be conspicuously
 8   placed and easily accessible.
 9      (b)   Subsection (a) shall not apply to State buildings that
10   are not regularly occupied or in use, such as:
11      (1)   Salt storage facilities.
12      (2)   Unoccupied storage buildings.
13      (3)   Maintenance sheds.
14      (4)   Temporary structures.
15      (c)   The Department of General Services may adopt guidelines
16   as necessary to administer this section.
17      (d)   As used in this section:
18      "Automated external defibrillator" means a portable device
19   that uses electric shock to restore a stable heart rhythm to an
20   individual in cardiac arrest.
21      "State building" means a building owned by the Commonwealth
22   and maintained by the Department of General Services.
23      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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