Bill Text: NH SB430 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to establishing a council to study the impacts of electric vehicles, e-mobility devices, and the associated lithium-ion batteries on first responder response, the environment, building and fire codes, life safety, and property protection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-06-20 - II. Remainder Effective 06/14/2024 [SB430 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB430-Enrolled.html
SB 430 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
02/08/2024 0362s
2024 SESSION
24-2959
11/06
SENATE BILL 430
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a council to study the impacts of electric vehicles, e-mobility devices, and the associated lithium-ion batteries on first responder response, the environment, building and fire codes, life safety, and property protection.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/08/2024 0362s 24-2959
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Council to Study the Impacts of Electric Vehicles, E-mobility Devices, and the Associated Lithium-ion Batteries on First Responder Response, the Environment, Building and Fire Codes, Life Safety, and Property Protection.
Amend RSA 154 by inserting after section 8-c the following new section:
154:8-d Council to Study the Impacts of Electric Vehicles, E-mobility Devices, and the Associated Lithium-ion Batteries on First Responder Response, the Environment, Building and Fire Codes, Life Safety, and Property Protection.
I. There is established a council to study the impacts of electric vehicles, e-mobility devices, and the associated lithium-ion batteries on first responder response, the environment, building and fire codes, life safety, and property protection.
II. The members of the council shall be as follows:
(a) The commissioner of safety, or designee;
(b) The insurance commissioner, or designee;
(c) The commissioner of the department of transportation, or designee;
(d) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee;
(e) The state fire marshal, or designee, who shall serve as chair;
(f) The director of the division of motor vehicles, or designee;
(g) A representative of the New Hampshire Municipal Association, appointed by the association;
(h) A fire chief, appointed by the New Hampshire Association of Fire Chiefs;
(i) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Auto Dealer's Association;
(j) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Towing Association;
(k) One member appointed by the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police;
(l) A representative of the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire, appointed by that organization.
III. The council shall study:
(a) The occurrence of electric vehicle, e-mobility device and the associated lithium-ion batteries fire department responses in New Hampshire;
(b) The impacts to public safety response and personal protective equipment;
(c) The impacts to the built environment;
(d) The impacts to the environment to include air, water and ground pollution;
(e) The impacts to the state transportation system;
(f) Cost and administration of first responder training;
(g) The impacts to the state building and fire codes.
IV. The council may solicit input from any person or entity the council deems relevant to its study.
V. The first meeting of the council shall be called by the state fire marshal. The first meeting of the council shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Seven members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
VI. On or before November 1, 2024, the council shall submit an interim report of its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library and shall submit a final report on or before November 1, 2025.
2 Prospective Repeal. RSA 154:8-d, relative to establishing a council to study the impacts of electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and e-mobility devices on first responder response, the environment, building and fire codes, and life and safety property protection, is repealed.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2025.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
