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Building Code Council committee reviews changes to kit-home bill; several related bills now dead for the session
Summary
At its April 3 legislative committee meeting, staff presented an updated bill-tracking sheet showing key changes to Senate Bill 5552 (kit homes), and reported that agritourism and elevator bills are now dead for the session. Members discussed rulemaking timing and local adoption pathways for potential code amendments.
Dustin, a staff member for the State Building Code Council legislative committee, presented an updated bill-tracking sheet at the committee's April 3 meeting and highlighted changes to several bills that affect the council.
Dustin said the tracking sheet on his screen showed “all the alive bills that we've looked at here this session” on the left and “all the bills that we've looked at that are now dead” on the right. He flagged Senate Bill 5552, the kit-homes bill, for particular attention and noted amendments made in the House that alter the bill's definition and the timing for related rulemaking.
The most substantive change to SB 5552 that the committee discussed is an added sentence narrowing the definition of “kit homes” by excluding “pallet shelters or other prefabricated shelters designed to be used as temporary emergency shelters.” Dustin described that…
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