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SBCC legislative update: kit‑home timing, council membership and embodied‑carbon work flagged as items warranting follow‑up
Summary
Committee members reviewed several other bills and raised timing, quorum and representation concerns: a kit‑home bill would require code language by Dec. 31, under a compressed schedule; a membership bill would expand SBCC seats and draw objections about balance and quorum; HB 1458 on embodied carbon was noted as directing SBCC tag work.
During the legislative update portion of the State Building Code Council’s legislative committee meeting, staff and members flagged several additional bills for follow‑up.
Kit homes: Staff said a bill (referred to in the meeting as the kit‑home bill) would ask the SBCC to conduct rulemaking and place kit‑home provisions into the building code by Dec. 31 of the year. Dustin and multiple members described that timing as unrealistic given other workloads. Jay Arnold and staff agreed to coordinate a staff communication to the relevant committee to explain feasibility constraints; Dustin said staff planned to communicate the need for more time and that the council supports the bill’s goals but needs additional time to complete rulemaking.
Council membership (SB 5429): Roger Haringa and others objected to provisions that would expand the SBCC and change seat composition. Concerns included a perceived shift in representation toward contractors without commensurate increases in other technical seats, and a proposal that a majority of seats be from Eastern Washington. Members asked for better balance across professions (designers, code officials, fire officials) and questioned whether population differences between east and west should govern seat allocation. Dustin encouraged members with concerns to convey them to bill sponsors.
Embodied carbon (HB 1458) and other items: Members noted HB 1458 (an embodied‑carbon bill) would direct SBCC tag work; earlier in the session the council had provided testimony on other bills and staff said information had already been shared with legislators on related matters.
Ending: Staff will prepare outreach to sponsors where members requested it and will bring more detailed options to the executive committee and full council as bills move through the session.
