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Sponsor argues state buildings should meet modern fire‑suppression standards; fiscal note raises big costs
Summary
Senate Bill 331 would require automatic fire‑sprinkler or suppression systems in state‑owned buildings. Sponsor highlighted life‑safety benefits; the departmental fiscal note described hundreds of millions in retrofit costs and urged careful targeting or exemptions.
Senate Public Health Committee heard Senate Bill 331, which would require the Department of Labor and Industry to include in the State Building Code a requirement that any building owned or operated by the state have an automatic fire sprinkler or fire suppression system installed.
Senator Jeremy Trebas, sponsor, said the measure is about life safety and protecting sleeping occupancies, assembly spaces and high‑occupancy state…
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