New York S 5848: Establishes a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program

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S05848 Summary:

BILL NOS05848 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00247

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §156-i, Exec L

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Requires the state fire administrator to make available a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program to provide training to individuals responsible for providing emergency response and recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles; defines emergency medical services agency.

Go to top S05848 Actions:

BILL NOS05848 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1754

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A247

&nbspA00247 AMEND= Eachus

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.279

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.279

&nbsp05/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S5848

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1754

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp10/09/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp10/09/2025vetoed memo.25

&nbsp10/10/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5848

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the establishment of a
 specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 156-i
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 156-i. Establishment of a specialized electric vehicle emergency
 4 response training program. 1. The state fire administrator shall make
 5 available a specialized electric vehicle emergency response training
 6 program for individuals responsible for providing emergency response and
 7 recovery following incidents involving electric vehicles. The state fire
 8 administrator shall inform all fire companies, municipal corporations
 9 and districts, including agencies and departments thereof and all fire-
 10 fighters, both paid and volunteer, and related officers and employees,
 11 police officers, emergency medical services agencies, and tow operators
 12 of the implementation and availability of the specialized electric vehi-
 13 cle emergency response training program and shall, subject to the avail-
 14 ability of an appropriation, conduct such training with sufficient
 15 frequency to ensure adequate response to incidents involving electric
 16 vehicles and protection of responders in all geographic areas of the
 17 state.
 18 2. The state fire administrator shall prescribe the curriculum of the
 19 specialized electric vehicle emergency response training program, which
 20 shall include, but shall not be limited to, hands-on training. As
 21 recommended by the national transportation safety board, the curriculum
 22 shall, to the maximum extent possible, be based on international organ-
 23 ization for standardization (ISO) standard 17840, where consistent first
 24 with the standards of the society of automotive engineers and second
 25 with the standards of the national fire protection association.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01390-01-5

 S. 5848 2

 1 3. The state fire administrator is hereby directed to issue a report
 2 to the governor, speaker of the assembly, temporary president of the
 3 senate, chair of the assembly transportation committee and the chair of
 4 the senate transportation committee by February fifteenth of each year
 5 on the operations of the program set forth in this section.
 6 4. The state fire administrator shall promulgate such rules