Senate Bill S8742

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status Via A9337 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2023-S8742 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9337
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §156-a, Exec L

2023-S8742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state fire administrator to establish hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries.

2023-S8742 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8742
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  hazardous  materials
   emergency  response    training  for  incidents  involving lithium-ion
   batteries
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 156-a of the executive law
 are renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added  to
 read as follows:
   3.  SUCH  SPECIALIZED  HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
 PROGRAM CURRICULUM  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  GUIDANCE  REGARDING  EMERGENCY
 RESPONSE  TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY IN  WHICH
 AN  ELECTRICAL  CURRENT IS GENERATED BY LITHIUM IONS       EMBEDDED IN A
 CARBON GRAPHITE NICKEL METAL-OXIDE SUBSTRATE PLACED IN A  HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14733-01-4

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.