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Committee gives due-pass recommendation to elevator-inspection bill
Summary
The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted a due-pass recommendation for Senate Bill 2336, which would require regular elevator inspections; committee members said they favored letting the Board set inspection frequency but acknowledged inspection costs and regulatory details remain to be written in rulemaking.
The Senate Committee on Industry and Business voted a due-pass recommendation for Senate Bill 2336 after a brief discussion about inspection frequency and cost.
Committee members said the bill will move the state toward a regulatory framework for elevator safety and inspection. Senator Behm said he had discussed whether the statute should require inspections every other year but favored leaving the schedule to the Board: “I'm kind of going the way of letting the Board do it. As long as that's a decision that will be made.”
Senator Klein expressed uncertainty about how much inspections will cost and said the rules-writing process will determine details: “We don't know what those costs might be. We don't know how often they're gonna be able to do that.” He added the state is late to adopt oversight: “I think it's time. We are one of the last states in the union to do something and I would move for a due pass in Senate Bill 2336.”
The committee recorded a due-pass motion offered by Senator Cline and seconded by Senator Kessel. The clerk then called the roll; senators recorded their votes as "Aye." The chair announced a due-pass recommendation on Senate Bill 2336 and named Senator Kessel as carrier.
The committee did not finalize statutory inspection intervals on the floor; members indicated those details will be resolved during rulemaking and by the Board designated in the bill.
The committee promptly opened a subsequent hearing on a different bill after the vote.
