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Builders and trade groups tell SBCC economic-impact statements lack consistent data; staff outlines deadlines and third-party analysis timeline

5883082 · September 11, 2025
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At a State Building Code Council listening session, trade groups and subject-matter experts told staff that many proposals lack complete small-business economic impact statements and consistent cost-benefit inputs; staff outlined CR-102 and comment deadlines and a third-party analysis schedule.

Multiple participants at the State Building Code Council hearing urged staff to strengthen the council’s economic-impact work and to obtain consistent, third-party modeling to support the forthcoming CR-102 filing. Greg Johnson and Patrick Hanks (Building Industry Association of Washington) told the council they had reviewed proposal materials and found many petitions and the integrated draft lacking comprehensive small-business economic-impact information and consistent cost-benefit inputs.

Patrick Hanks said the…

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