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House adopts changes to building-code adoption process, shifting more authority to Legislature
Summary
The House approved SB 211 to change how Utah adopts national building, plumbing and fire codes: commissions will recommend code changes but the Legislature will have the approving authority, with emergency administrative rules allowed. Sponsors said the change provides elected accountability and prevents automatic adoption of national requirements such as mandated residential sprinklers. The bill passed 48–23.
The Utah House approved Senate Bill 211 on March 12, 2009, a measure that alters the state's building-code adoption process by moving final approval authority to the Legislature and its interim Business and Labor committee while keeping the Building Code Commission’s role in recommending and holding public hearings.
Representative Keiser, presenting SB211, said the change is intended to increase accountability for code decisions…
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