State Fire Marshal: lithium-ion battery facilities: guidance.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Committee on Emergency Management (A) - (Assembly Members Ransom (Chair), Hadwick (Vice Chair), Arambula, Bains, Calderon, and DeMaio)
Last action: 2025-10-11
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact timeline for completing or making public the developed measures.

Guidance for Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Facilities

This law requires the State Fire Marshal to work with the Office of Emergency Services to create safety rules and plans for utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities.

What This Bill Does

Requires the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop fire prevention, response, and recovery measures for utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities.

Who It Names or Affects

State Fire Marshal
Office of Emergency Services

Terms To Know

utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities: Large places where many lithium-ion batteries are stored, usually by utility companies.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify when the measures must be completed or made public.
It is unclear how much funding will be provided for developing these measures.

Bill History

2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-11 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-15 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2524.).
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on G.O.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2062.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.M.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Introduced measure version corrected.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1285, Committee on Emergency Management.
State Fire Marshal: lithium-ion battery facilities: guidance.
Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to encourage the adoption of fire prevention measures by means of education, engineering, and enforcement and to prepare or cause to be prepared for dissemination information relating to the subject of fire prevention and extinguishment.
This bill would require the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to develop fire prevention, response, and recovery measures for utility grade lithium-ion battery storage facilities, as specified.

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