Developing best practices for responding to electric vehicle fires.

 S-0950.1

SENATE BILL 5624

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators J. Wilson, Fortunato, Holy, Dozier, McCune, Gildon, Torres, Goehner, Short, Warnick, and Wagoner

AN ACT Relating to developing best practices for responding to electric vehicle fires; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The Washington state patrol, in consultation with the department of ecology, local fire protection districts, the towing and recovery industry, and other entities, must develop best practices for multidiscipline responses and training for response to electric vehicle fires. At minimum, these best practices must provide guidance related to:

(a) The response from law enforcement, fire agencies, and other first responders to electric vehicles involved in a collision or fire; and

(b) Transporting, towing, and storing electric vehicles involved in a collision or fire.