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2024 SESSION
SB 409 Energy efficiency and climate standards; more stringent energy efficiency and climate requirements.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Energy efficiency and climate standards; more stringent energy efficiency and climate requirements. Allows a locality by ordinance to adopt and require compliance with stretch codes, as defined in the bill, for the construction or rehabilitation of buildings within the locality that are in addition to or more stringent than those in the Uniform Statewide Building Code, and use them as an alternative means of compliance with a locality's building requirements. The bill requires periodic review of the codes and allows the locality to make amendments.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103185D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/29/24 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Rereferred to Local Government
- 02/05/24 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (7-Y 8-N)