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House Environment Committee approves moratorium on changes to state energy-related building code
Summary
The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously March 27 to advance bill 5846, pausing automatic adoption of updates to Rhode Island's energy-related building code and sending the measure to the full House.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously March 27 to pass bill 5846, a measure that places a moratorium on changing the state's energy-related building code and sends the bill to the full House for consideration.
Committee Chairman Bennett opened the meeting and identified bill 5846 as "a bill by Representative Corfran, state building code." Representative Corfran moved to pass the bill; after brief discussion, the committee conducted a roll-call vote and reported the measure out to the House floor.
Supporters and committee members said the moratorium is intended to pause automatic adoption of updates tied to outside model codes while the Legislature…
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