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2024 SESSION
HB 1456 Solar-ready roofs for certain gov't bldgs.; net-zero energy consumption bldg. design for schools.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed and constructed to meet net-zero energy consumption standards. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2025.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24104682D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106795D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/18/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24104682D
- 01/18/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/24 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106795D-H1
- 02/06/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/09/24 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Appropriations