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2008 SESSION

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SB 447 Green Buildings Act; Department of General Services determines when project qualifies for exemption.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Green Building Act; Department of General Services; capital outlay projects; standards applicable to certain buildings.  Requires all major facility projects of state agencies to be designed to meet the standards of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building rating system or the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes building rating system. Application of the requirement will be phased in over the next three years based on the square footage of the project. The provisions of the bill do not apply to construction projects of public school districts.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087981293  pdf | impact statement
• 01/31/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 082394293-S1  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087981293
• 01/09/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/30/08  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 082394293-S1
• 02/01/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  Senate: Read second time
• 02/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 082394293-S1
• 02/04/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB447S1
• 02/05/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/13/08  House: Assigned GL sub: FOIA
• 03/03/08  House: Left in General Laws