CA AB 696

vetoed

Lithium-ion vehicle batteries: emergencies: advisory group.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection, until January 1, 2027, to convene the Lithium-Ion Car Battery Recycling Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium-ion batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state, and requires the secretary to appoint members to the committee from specified departments, vocations, and organizations. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor's office, under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services, and makes the office responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. This bill would require the Office of the State Fire Marshal on or before December 31, 2026, to convene the Lithium-Ion Car Battery Advisory Group to review, and advise the Legislature on, policies pertaining to the safety and management of lithium-ion vehicle batteries involved in an emergency situation, as provided. The bill would require the Office of the State Fire Marshal to appoint members to the advisory group from specified departments, agencies, vocations, and organizations. The bill would require the advisory group to meet at least quarterly until July 1, 2028, and to consult with universities and research institutions that have conducted research in the area of lithium-ion batteries, with manufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles, and both state and local first responders. The bill would require the group to develop standards, on or before July 1, 2028, based on local, state, and national guidance and research, aimed at ensuring that best standards and practices are created that allow first responders to respond to lithium-ion vehicle battery emergencies in a safe and efficient manner. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.

Introduced: 2025-03-11
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-03-03
Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2025-03-11
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-12
Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2067.)
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2025-06-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on G.O. and E.Q.
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2025-06-30
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-08-20
From Consent Calendar.
2025-08-20
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-20
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2396.).
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2025-09-02
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2860.).
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2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-10-11
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Versions

02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
03/11/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-11Compare
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
06/30/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-30Compare
08/20/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-20Compare
09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-03-25 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 696 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Berman: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ward: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-16 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Hurtado: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
3rd Reading AB696 Ransom et al. By Stern
2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
AB 696 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Pacheco: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Berman: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bains: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Solache: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Papan: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Fong: yes

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