New Jersey A 3946: Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.

Bill Text

A3946 1R 

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3946 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK

District 37 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Quijano and Assemblyman Miller

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires emergency medical technicians and 
firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As reported by the Assembly Oversight, Reform and 
Federal Relations Committee on June 15, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act concerning emergency medical technician and firefighter 
training and supplementing Titles 52 and 26 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The Director of the 
Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation 
with the New Jersey Fire and Emergency Medical Services Institute, shall adopt 
a firefighter training course regarding the risks associated with electric 
vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage electric vehicle fires.

���� b.��� Each person, volunteer 
or paid, who is engaged in fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue 
before the effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective 
date of this act, satisfactorily complete the training course developed under subsection 
a. of this section.� 1The 
training course requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this 
section shall be included in the course requirements prescribed by the Division 
of Fire Safety for a Firefighter 1 certification.1� 

���� c.���� The director shall 
adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� 
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act. 

���� 2.��� a.� The Commissioner of 
Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, the New Jersey 
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Institute, and the New Jersey State First 
Aid Council, shall adopt a training course for emergency medical technicians 
regarding the risks associated with electric vehicles and how to safely and 
effectively perform their duties when they are called to the scene of electric 
vehicle fires. 

���� b.��� Prior to certification 
by the Department of Health, each emergency medical technician trained in basic 
life support as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) shall be 
required to satisfactorily complete the training developed under subsection a. 
of this section.� Every emergency medical technician certified prior to the 
effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective date of 
this act, satisfactorily complete the training course.

���� c.���� The Commissioner of 
Health shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the �Administrative 
Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the 
purposes of this act. 

����� 3.�� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment but the Director 
of the Division of Fire Safety and the Commissioner of Health may take any 
anticipatory administrative action necessary to implement the provisions of 
this act.