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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 576

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battery requirements for smoke detectors.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the owners of most public residential buildings and the

owners of one- or two-family dwellings to install smoke detectors in those buildings

and dwellings. Current law also requires manufacturers of modular homes to install

smoke detectors in those modular homes.

This bill specifies minimum requirements for battery-operated smoke

detectors installed in these residential buildings, dwellings, and modular homes.

The bill provides that, if the smoke detector is battery-operated and it is not wired

to the electrical system of the building, dwelling, or modular home, the smoke

detector's battery may not be removable and it must be capable of powering the

smoke detector for at least ten years from the date on which the smoke detector is

installed.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 15, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Wanggaard

  2. Mar 15, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  3. Mar 15, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1