Building Code Council flags risks in several bills, agrees to send testimony on energy-code language
Jan 30, 2026
At its Jan. 29 legislative committee meeting, the State Building Code Council reviewed bills on embodied carbon, kit homes, wildfire risk maps and an energy-cost bill (2486) that members said could undercut the state's energy goals; the council agreed to provide targeted written and oral comments to the Legislature.
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OLYMPIA — The State Building Code Council legislative committee spent much of its Jan. 29 meeting reviewing proposed legislation that members said could conflict with current code-development timelines and limit the council’s ability to meet state energy-performance targets.
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