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Subcommittee tables bill to create building-code work group for vertical construction
Summary
House Bill 2,682, which would have directed the Board of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group to review the Uniform Statewide Building Code for efficiencies and minimum timelines, was laid on the table by a 5-2 vote after discussion.
Delegate Melle Day presented House Bill 2,682, which would have required the Board of Housing and Community Development to form a work group to study changes to the Uniform Statewide Building Code aimed at streamlining permitting and establishing uniform maximum timelines for building reviews.
After brief testimony from the Home Builders Association of Virginia in favor, a member moved to lay the bill on the table and the subcommittee voted to table it, 5 to 2.
Sponsor comments described the measure as focused on vertical building review and occupancy permitting and said recommendations would be submitted during the 2024 code development cycle. Support testimony from Andrew Clark (Home Builders Association of Virginia) stated the measure would be part of the upcoming code process to streamline getting new homes on the market.
Motion and vote: A motion to table (lay on the table) House Bill 2,682 carried on a recorded vote of 5 to 2. No further committee instructions to staff were recorded during the hearing.
