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Senate hears proposal for voluntary EV/hybrid sticker program to warn firefighters; committee asks for privacy and technical details
Summary
Senate Bill 916 would create a voluntary program for electric and hybrid vehicle owners to request a sticker and for the DMV to share registration lists with fire departments so dispatchers could flag addresses with EVs.
Senate Bill 916 would create an optional program under which owners of electric or hybrid vehicles could request a sticker indicating an EV is housed at a particular address; the DMV would share a list of registered EVs with local fire departments so dispatch systems could display the information when responding to incidents.
Sponsor Senator Burke said the program is voluntary and intended to help firefighters prepare for vehicle fires with different suppression needs. "The state fire marshal will create a sticker if people want that. It's optional. And the DMV will send a list of all registered…
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