CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5812
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024 Yeas 49 Nays 0
President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 2024 Yeas 96 Nays 0
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.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| 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
(c) Best practices regarding clean-up and disposal efforts.
(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.
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