Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 800
       
       
        
       By Senator McClain
       
       
       
       
       
       9-00581-25                                             2025800__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to requirements for battery
    3         manufacturers; amending s. 403.7192, F.S.; defining
    4         terms; prohibiting cell manufacturers or marketers
    5         from selling consumer or nonconsumer products powered
    6         by medium-format, portable, lithium, or primary
    7         batteries; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Present paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f) of
   12  subsection (1) of section 403.7192, Florida Statutes, are
   13  redesignated as paragraphs (d), (h), (i), and (j), respectively,
   14  new paragraphs (c), (e), (f), and (g) are added to that
   15  subsection, and subsection (4) of that section is amended, to
   16  read:
   17         403.7192 Batteries; requirements for consumer,
   18  manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.—
   19         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   20         (c) “Lithium battery” means a rechargeable battery that
   21  uses lithium ions as the primary component of its electrode.
   22         (e) “Medium-format battery” means a primary or rechargeable
   23  covered battery with any of the following properties:
   24         1. For a primary battery, a battery weighing at least 4.4
   25  pounds but not more than 25 pounds.
   26         2. For a rechargeable battery, a battery weighing at least
   27  11 pounds, but not more than 25 pounds, and having a rating of
   28  at least 300 watt-hours, but not more than 2,000 watt-hours.
   29         (f) “Portable battery” means a primary or rechargeable
   30  covered battery that:
   31         1. For a primary battery, weighs no more than 4.4 pounds.
   32         2. For a rechargeable battery, weighs no more than 11
   33  pounds and has a rating of no more than 300 watt-hours.
   34         (g) “Primary battery” means a battery that is not capable
   35  of being recharged.
   36         (4) A cell manufacturer or marketer may shall not sell or
   37  offer for sale in this state any consumer product or nonconsumer
   38  product that is powered by a lithium battery, medium-format
   39  battery, portable battery, primary battery, or rechargeable
   40  battery unless:
   41         (a) In the case of consumer products, the battery can be
   42  easily removed by the consumer, or the battery is contained in a
   43  battery pack that is separate from the product and can be easily
   44  removed from the product.
   45         (b) In the case of nonconsumer products, the battery can be
   46  removed or is contained in a battery pack that is separate from
   47  the product.
   48         (c) The product or the battery, or the package in the case
   49  of a consumer product, is labeled with a recycling symbol and
   50  includes, as an indication of the chemical composition of the
   51  battery, the term “Cd” for nickel-cadmium batteries or “Pb” for
   52  small sealed lead batteries.
   53         (d) The instruction manual for the product or, in the case
   54  of a consumer product, the package containing the product states
   55  that the sealed lead or nickel-cadmium battery must be recycled
   56  or disposed of properly.
   57         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.