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A 1020 - Amends and Updates Emergency Response Training for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires - New York Key Vote

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Title: Amends and Updates Emergency Response Training for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul


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Title: Amends and Updates Emergency Response Training for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and updates emergency response training for lithium-ion battery fires and clarifies the definition of lithium-ion batteries in New York.

Highlights:

  • Requires emergency response training programs in New York that focus on specialized hazardous materials to include information and lessons regarding incidents involving lithium-ion batteries (Sec. 1). 

  • Defines lithium-ion batteries as a type of storage battery that generates electricity using lithium-ions (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that lithium-ion batteries are to have the same meaning as in the General Business Law (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect alongside legislative bills S 8742 and A 9337 (Sec. 1). 

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Title: Amends and Updates Emergency Response Training for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

Title: Amends and Updates Emergency Response Training for Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

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