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a) The State Fire Marshal shall develop, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, a working group to make recommendations regarding personal protective equipment used in responding to lithium-ion battery fires. (

b) The working group shall include members of the State Board of Fire Services, academia, health and safety experts, a representative from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and a labor organization representing the utility workforce, as determined by the State Fire Marshal. (

c) The working group shall review, and for the purpose of making recommendations shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) The latest personal protective equipment to limit exposure to lithium and other heavy metals when responding to fires where lithium-ion batteries are present.

(2) Technology to clean personal protective equipment after response to a lithium-ion battery fire.

(3) Whether different types of personal protective equipment should be used for different types of lithium-ion battery fires, including large scale battery energy storage facilities, home-based battery energy storage facilities, and electric vehicles that have lithium-ion batteries.

(4) Current decontamination practices at the fire scene to reduce exposures and potential negative health consequences. (

d) The recommendations developed pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall be delivered to the Legislature no later than September 1, 2026. (e)

(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (

d) is inoperative on January 1, 2030, pursuant to

Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (

d) shall be submitted in compliance with

Section of the Government Code. (

f) This

section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.