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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 841: State Fire Marshal: personal protective equipment: battery fires.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 841 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: State Fire Marshal: personal protective equipment: battery fires. Primary sponsor: Darshana R. Patel (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 6, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to make changes as may be necessary to standardize all existing fire protective equipment throughout the state.

This bill would require, until January 1, 2031, the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to develop a working group with specified membership to make recommendations regarding personal protective equipment used in responding to lithium-ion battery fires. The bill would require, at a minimum, the working group to review, and for the purpose of making the recommendations to consider, the latest personal protective equipment to limit exposure to lithium and other heavy metals, technology to clean personal protective equipment, whether different types of personal protective equipment should be used for different types of lithium-ion battery fires, and current decontamination practices at the fire scene, as specified. The bill would require the recommendations to be submitted to the Legislature on or before September 1, 2026.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Darshana R. PatelPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly76
James RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly45
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3380.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.).
  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  11. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  12. 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.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page