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Performance‑based code proposal (bill discussed as HB 2381) aims to expand low‑rise housing options with third‑party certification and raises safety and energy‑
Summary
Committee heard an SBCC briefing on a performance‑based code pathway for low‑rise residential buildings (discussed as House Bill 2381). The proposal would set performance criteria and allow certified materials, assemblies or third‑party certifications as a route to local approval; lawmakers asked about seismic safety, energy code interactions and how embodied carbon could be treated.
The committee shifted to a presentation on performance‑based building codes intended to expand options for low‑rise housing. Todd Byreuther described a performance approach that sets outcome criteria (fire, egress, structure, ventilation) and allows alternative solutions certified by a third‑party or state process as a pathway to local jurisdiction approval.
Byreuther said the bill under discussion was referenced during the session as House Bill 2346 in one exchange and then identified by Representative Doer as refiled as 2381 to avoid confusion with middle‑housing statutory titles. He characterized the bill as narrowly scoped to low‑rise residential typologies (1–24 units) below a 70‑foot…
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