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Committee hears bill to create voluntary sticker program to alert first responders to electric or hybrid vehicles
Summary
House Bill 5,193 would allow owners of electric and hybrid vehicles to voluntarily request a sticker and enable quarterly DMV address reports so first responders can be alerted to such vehicles at a property.
Representative Reed told the House Committee on State Government and Elections that House Bill 5,193 would create a voluntary notification and sticker program so owners of electric or hybrid vehicles can alert first responders and so fire departments can receive quarterly address lists. Reed said the program is ‘‘completely voluntary’’ and is designed to give responding crews advance information about electric or hybrid vehicles at a location.
Representative Melissa Kotter gave personal testimony to the committee. Kotter described a 2017 house fire in which a lithium battery used for a toy ignited; she said the family lost their home and pets…
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