Florida Senate - 2025                              CS for SB 800
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Commerce and Tourism; and Senator McClain
       
       
       
       
       
       577-02800-25                                           2025800c1
    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; revising exceptions; providing an effective
    8         date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Present paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f) of
   13  subsection (1) of section 403.7192, Florida Statutes, are
   14  redesignated as paragraphs (d), (h), (i), and (j), respectively,
   15  new paragraphs (c), (e), (f), and (g) are added to that
   16  subsection, and subsection (4) of that section is amended, to
   17  read:
   18         403.7192 Batteries; requirements for consumer,
   19  manufacturers, and sellers; penalties.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   21         (c) “Lithium battery” means a rechargeable battery that
   22  uses lithium ions as the primary component of its electrode.
   23         (e) “Medium-format battery” means a primary or rechargeable
   24  covered battery with any of the following properties:
   25         1. For a primary battery, a battery weighing at least 4.4
   26  pounds but not more than 25 pounds.
   27         2. For a rechargeable battery, a battery weighing at least
   28  11 pounds, but not more than 25 pounds, and having a rating of
   29  at least 300 watt-hours, but not more than 2,000 watt-hours.
   30         (f) “Portable battery” means a primary or rechargeable
   31  covered battery that:
   32         1. For a primary battery, weighs no more than 4.4 pounds.
   33         2. For a rechargeable battery, weighs no more than 11
   34  pounds and has a rating of no more than 300 watt-hours.
   35         (g) “Primary battery” means a battery that is not capable
   36  of being recharged.
   37         (4) A cell manufacturer or marketer may shall not sell or
   38  offer for sale in this state any consumer product or nonconsumer
   39  product that is powered by a lithium battery, medium-format
   40  battery, portable battery, primary battery, or rechargeable
   41  battery unless:
   42         (a) In the case of consumer products, the battery can be
   43  easily removed by the consumer, or the battery is contained in a
   44  battery pack that is separate from the product and can be easily
   45  removed from the product.
   46         (b) In the case of nonconsumer products, the battery can be
   47  removed or is contained in a battery pack that is separate from
   48  the product.
   49         (c) The product or the battery, or the package in the case
   50  of a consumer product, is labeled with a recycling symbol and
   51  includes, as an indication of the chemical composition of the
   52  battery, the term “Cd” for nickel-cadmium batteries, or “Pb” for
   53  small sealed lead batteries, or “Li” for lithium batteries.
   54         (d) The instruction manual for the product or, in the case
   55  of a consumer product, the package containing the product states
   56  that the sealed lead, or nickel-cadmium, or lithium battery must
   57  be recycled or disposed of properly.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.