Bill Text: CA SB1152 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State Fire Marshal: fire safety: regulations: lithium-based battery systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. [SB1152 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1152-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1152
| Introduced by Senator Limón |
February 14, 2024 |
An act to add Section 13110.3 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to fire safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1152, as amended, Limón.
State Fire Marshal: fire safety: regulations: lithium-based batteries. battery systems.
The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code, which is required to be published once every 3 years. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to research and develop, and authorizes the State Fire Marshal to propose to the California Building Standards Commission, mandatory building standards for fire resistance based on occupancy risk categories in very high, high, and moderate California fire severity zones, as provided.
This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, before the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after January 1, 2025, to propose to the commission
updates to the fire standards relating to requirements for lead-acid and nickel-cadmium battery systems to include identical requirements for lithium-based batteries, battery systems, as provided. The bill would require these requirements for lithium-based battery systems to be consistent with the requirements for lead-acid and nickel-cadmium batteries, as provided.
