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Committee advances amendment to bar municipal sprinkler mandates for certain townhouses
Summary
The committee voted to recommend H.B. 2739 favorably as amended; the amendment replaces 'multifamily dwellings' with a statutory 'townhouse' definition (four attached units or fewer), limits the change to projects approved after July 1, 2026, and removes some statutory cross-references. Representative Melton recorded a no vote.
The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development voted to recommend House Bill 2739 favorably as amended after adopting multiple changes that narrow the bill’s scope and add exceptions.
The revisor, Charles Reimer, told the committee the amendment replaces references to “multifamily dwellings” with a statutory definition of “townhouse” that applies to attached single-family units of four or fewer that generally do not exceed three stories. The amendment limits the bill’s new section to construction projects approved by the local authority after 07/01/2026 and preserves other applicable code requirements, Reimer said.
The amendment also specifies that a townhouse unit must either have…
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