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Committee adopts first substitute for state construction and electrical standards, including 2023 NEC and local exemptions
Summary
Representative Tom Peterson presented the first substitute to HB 313 to adopt updated state electrical and construction standards, and the House committee adopted the substitute and recommended it favorably to the House.
Representative Tom Peterson presented the first substitute to HB 313 (State Construction and Electrical Standards Amendments) to the House Economic Development Workforce Services Committee; the committee adopted the substitute and then voted to recommend the substitute favorably to the House.
The substitute updates Utah’s construction code references to adopt the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) and implements technical clarifications recommended by the Uniform Building Codes Commission and the Electrical Advisory Committee. Representative Peterson said the substitute preserves a long-standing state practice that does not require elevators in residential buildings up to…
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