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Subcommittee approves update requiring current UL 217 smoke-detectors in new homes
Summary
The subcommittee voted to require smoke detectors installed in new residential construction to meet the ninth edition of UL 217 (or later). Sponsor cited faster-burning modern home fires and said earlier detection saves lives; enforcement likely falls to local building inspectors.
A presenter for HB 1201 told the Agriculture & Consumer Affairs subcommittee the measure would update Georgia’s smoke-detector requirement for new homes to the ninth edition of the UL 217 standard or a later edition. "This bill simply updates the requirement that smoke detectors installed in new homes must…
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