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State Building Code Council committee reviews short-session deadlines, most priority bills stalled

State Building Code Council legislative committee · February 19, 2026
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Summary

At its Feb. 19 legislative committee meeting the State Building Code Council heard a week-7 update on the short session, learned several high- and medium-priority code bills have stalled or moved to 'dead' lists, and was told few near-term hearings affect the council’s priority agenda.

The State Building Code Council legislative committee met Feb. 19 and received a legislative update about week 7 of the short session, upcoming opposite-house cutoff dates and the status of code-related bills.

Patrick Hanks, who identified himself as representing the Building Industry Association of Washington, told the committee that the house-of-origin cutoff had passed and listed the next opposite-house deadlines: policy cutoff Feb. 25, fiscal cutoff March 2 and final opposite-house cutoff March 6…

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