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Committee sends inspection-modernization bill to general orders after debate over 15-day shot clock and refunds
Summary
House Bill 266 would allow live virtual reinspections, create a 15-day shot clock for public inspections and permit third-party inspections when agencies are late. The committee voted to send the bill to general orders for amendments after lawmakers and stakeholders raised concerns about the timeline, liability and refund mechanics.
Representative Josh Wheeler described House Bill 266 as a package to "modernize and streamline" building inspection processes statewide. The bill permits live virtual inspections only for reinspections, requires inspectors to confirm address and be live, limits virtual reinspections to structures three stories or lower and creates a 15-day shot clock after which a permit holder may obtain a qualified third-party inspection. "If the municipality or state is taking longer than 15 days to complete an inspection, then the citizen or the contractor can go to a third party inspector," Wheeler said.
Wheeler told the committee the bill…
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