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Legislative committee reviews SHB 1254 framework for optional wildland-urban interface code
Summary
The State Building Code Council legislative committee discussed SHB 1254, which would authorize the council to develop an optional Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code for the 2024 code cycle and explains how future permanent rulemaking could preempt local adoptions.
The State Building Code Council Legislative Committee reviewed SHB 1254 on Feb. 20, 2025, a bill that would allow the council to develop an optional Wildland-Urban Interface code for the 2024 building codes and describes how later permanent rulemaking could preempt local adoptions.
Committee members said the optional code would let the council produce a model WUI appendix that local jurisdictions could adopt before permanent statewide mapping and rulemaking for the 2027 code cycle. Dustin, a staff member who presented the legislative tracking update, said the bill "allows the council to do work on an optional WUI code, for implementation with the 2024 codes." He noted the change is presented as optional and not mandatory for the council.
Committee members pressed for clarity on the interaction between local adoption, local amendments and future permanent…
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