20250AB__128597CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-21 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-06-04 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-04 ENROLLED 2025-09-08 CHAPTERED 2025-10-11 APPROVED 2025-10-11 FILED 2025-10-11 2025 AB CHP CHP 0 Introduced by Committee on Emergency Management (Assembly Members Ransom (Chair), Hadwick (Vice Chair), Arambula, Bains, Calderon, and DeMaio) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Committee on Emergency Management Assembly Members Ransom (Chair), Hadwick (Vice Chair), Arambula, Bains, Calderon, and DeMaio

An act to add

Section 13105.3 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public safety. public safety State Fire Marshal: lithium-ion battery facilities: guidance. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to encourage the adoption of fire prevention measures by means of education, engineering, and enforcement and to prepare or cause to be prepared for dissemination information relating to the subject of fire prevention and extinguishment.

This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop fire prevention, response, and recovery measures for utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities, as specified. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 13105.3 is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 13105.3. The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall develop fire prevention, response, and recovery measures for utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities. (

a) The measures shall include best practices for the health and safety of emergency services personnel. (

b) The measures shall include best practices for owners and operators to share timely and accurate information with local emergency managers and public safety agencies regarding incidents.