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SB 5552 prompts SBCC to request more time, scoping support for 'kit homes' rulemaking
Summary
Members of the State Building Code Council's legislative committee discussed Senate Bill 5552, which would direct rulemaking on prefabricated "kit homes," and agreed to urge sponsors to move the adoption timeline into the 2024/2027 code cycle and to clarify scope and single‑story limits before the bill's hearing.
The State Building Code Council (SBCC) legislative committee discussed Senate Bill 5552 on March 25, 2025, and agreed to ask the bill sponsors to change the bill's December 31, 2025, rulemaking deadline and to clarify scope before the bill's hearing scheduled for March 26, 2025.
Committee members said the bill as filed would require the SBCC to complete rulemaking on structures described as prefabricated “kit homes” (assembled on site, 800 square feet or smaller) by Dec. 31, 2025 — a schedule members described as compressed given the work and the absence of an existing, directly applicable model code.
Members recommended three points for testimony: (1) that the proposed work represents off‑cycle…
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