SBCC legislative committee reports testimony on two Senate bills, urges timing change for kit‑home rules

The Building Code Council legislative committee met Thursday, March 27, but was one seat short of a quorum and did not take any formal votes. Committee members reviewed testimony they had provided on two Senate bills—SB 5055, an agritourism permitting exemption measure, and SB 5552, a bill addressing building standards for kit homes—and described next steps for tracking those bills through the legislative calendar.

The committee’s update, delivered by Justin, a staff member, said the group had testified on both bills and had submitted language suggestions to the sponsors. On SB 5055, the committee recommended inserting the word “incidental” when describing agritourism activities that take place inside certain buildings; the committee said it believed that wording would “help preserve the agricultural nature of the building and discourage…