LCO No. 25 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 268 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 25 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING A STATE -WIDE PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURES REGARDING SUPPRESSION OF FIRES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require the Departments of 1 Emergency Services and Public Protection and Energy and 2 Environmental Protection to jointly develop a state-wide protocol and 3 procedures regarding suppression of fires in electric vehicles. 4 Statement of Purpose: To establish a protocol to fight electric vehicle fires.