CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5812

Chapter 189, Laws of 2024

68TH LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRES—STUDY

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024

Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024 Yeas 49 Nays 0 DENNY HECK President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 2024 Yeas 96 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives	CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5812 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary
Approved March 19, 2024 9:59 AM	FILED March 19, 2024
JAY INSLEE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5812

Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session

State of Washington

68th Legislature

2024 Regular Session

BySenate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators J. Wilson, Nguyen, Lovick, and McCune)

READ FIRST TIME 01/29/24.

AN ACT Relating to responding to electric vehicle fires; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The Washington state patrol, in consultation with the department of ecology, local fire protection districts, a representative of the towing and recovery industry, and other entities, must study the following elements of electric vehicle fires:

(a) Impacts to the environment and proximate residential areas, and health impacts to responding firefighters;

(b) Best practices for fire response; and

(2) By January 1, 2025, the Washington state patrol must report to the appropriate committees of the legislature study findings and any resulting policy or legislative recommendations.

Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024.

Passed by the House March 1, 2024.

Approved by the Governor March 19, 2024.

Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2024.

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