Overview
- Named the 'Bove Law,' the draft legislation would make first-aid training compulsory in schools, sports centers, certain jobs and for obtaining a driving license.
- The proposal seeks to cut the value-added tax on defibrillators to 5% to widen access to lifesaving equipment.
- Senate leaders from majority and opposition parties endorsed the measure, with Vice President Licia Ronzulli calling it a non-ideological, co-signed initiative.
- Minister for Sport Andrea Abodi signaled readiness to convene stakeholders, while Senator Marco Lombardo urged building a 'community of rescuers.'
- Bove, who suffered a cardiac event on the field in December 2024, dedicated the effort to victims and foundations as presenters cited an annual toll of 65,000 deaths from delayed first aid.