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Panel backs updating smoke-alarm baseline to UL 217 (9th ed.) in new homes
Summary
Subcommittee heard HB 1201 to require UL 217 (ninth edition) smoke detectors in new and replaced installations (phased 2027–2028). Sponsors and industry witnesses said the standard improves detection of modern fires and keeps nuisance alarms down; committee discussed cost and whether the change belongs in statute or rule.
Representative Joseph Gullett introduced HB 1201 (LC 520948), which would require smoke detectors installed or replaced in new homes to meet UL 217, ninth edition, beginning Jan. 1, 2027, and would extend the requirement to all detectors in covered buildings by Jan. 1, 2028. "Fires have changed over time," Gullett told the panel, saying newer synthetic materials burn faster and modern detectors address both fast flaming and slow smoldering fires.
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