Bill Text: MI SB0328 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Fire: other; certain battery and power source standards for certain smoke alarm devices; require. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-30 - Assigned Pa 0098'24 [SB0328 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0328-Chaptered.html
Act No. 98
Public Acts of 2024
Approved by the Governor
July 23, 2024
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 23, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die
(91st day after final adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session)
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2024
Introduced by Senators Hertel, Wojno, Santana, Cherry, Geiss, McMorrow and Anthony
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 328
AN ACT to require certain standards for certain smoke alarm devices; to prohibit certain conduct and prescribe civil sanctions; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the “smoke alarm battery standard act”.
Sec. 3. (1) Except as provided under subsection (4), beginning 18 months after the effective date of this act, a person shall not distribute, sell, offer for sale, or import a smoke alarm device that fails to meet the battery and power source standards under subsection (3).
(2) A person that violates subsection (1) is subject to a civil fine of not more than $500.00. The prosecutor of the county in which the violation occurred or the attorney general may bring an action to collect the fine. A fine collected must be deposited in the Christopher R. Slezak first responder presumed coverage fund created in section 405 of the worker’s disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.405.
(3) Except as provided under subsection (4), beginning 18 months after the effective date of this act, a smoke alarm device that is distributed, sold, offered for sale, or imported must not be powered by a replaceable or removable battery. The smoke alarm device must be powered for not less than 10 years by 1 of the following:
(a) A nonremovable and nonreplaceable battery.
(b) Another power source that utilizes new technology.
(4) The battery and power source standards under subsection (3) do not apply to any of the following devices:
(a) A fire alarm, smoke detector, or smoke alarm that receives power from an electrical system of a building, or is electronically connected as part of a centrally monitored or supervised alarm system.
(b) A fire alarm, smoke detector, or smoke alarm with an ancillary component that receives power from an electrical system of a building, or with an ancillary component that is electronically connected as part of a centrally monitored or supervised alarm system.
(c) A fire alarm, smoke detector, or smoke alarm, or a fire alarm, smoke detector, or smoke alarm with an ancillary component, that uses 1 or more of the following:
(i) A low-power radio frequency wireless communication signal.
(ii) Wi-Fi or other
wireless local area networking capability to send and receive notifications to
and from the internet.
(5) As used in this section, “person” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
