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Committee weighs allowing smaller elevators, differing safety standards to expand small-scale multifamily housing
Summary
Senate Bill 5,156 would require L&I to allow smaller passenger elevators in certain small apartment buildings and to consider global elevator technical standards alongside North American rules, aiming to reduce elevator costs and expand accessible, small-scale multifamily housing.
The House Housing Committee heard Senate Bill 5,156 on March 17. Committee staff summarized the bill and witnesses presented competing technical and safety perspectives.
Serena Dolly told the committee that the state building code requires elevators to meet certain emergency-access and stretcher-size standards. Under the bill, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) would be required to adopt two new standards: allow passenger and freight elevators to meet either the most current North American (ASME) standards or the current global (ISO) standard; and allow passenger elevators sized no larger than necessary to accommodate a wheelchair in apartment buildings with no more than six stories and 24 units.
Sponsor Senator Solomon said…
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