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S 736: Clarifies the definition of lithium-ion battery in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving such batteries.
What S 736 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to enhance hazardous materials emergency response training in New York, specifically focusing on incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. The training program will be updated to include guidance on emergency response to lithium-ion battery incidents. The term "lithium-ion battery" will be defined as a type of battery that meets specific criteria. The changes will take effect immediately upon the bill's passage.
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| Jan. 28, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A1020 |
| Jan. 13, 2025 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.11 |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 307 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 736 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 156-a of the executive law, as 2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relat- 3 ing to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents 4 involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills 5 numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, is amended to read as follows: 6 3. Such specialized hazardous materials emergency response training 7 program curriculum shall also include guidance regarding emergency 8 response to incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. For the purposes 9 of this section, "lithium-ion battery" [means a storage battery in which10an electrical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon11graphite nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity carbo-12nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte] shall have the same meaning 13 as in section four hundred ninety-five of the general business law. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 15 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law 16 relating to hazardous materials emergency response training for inci- 17 dents involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills 18 numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02664-01-5
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