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Relating to the adoption of energy conservation requirements by governmental subdivisions
Proposed by the Isenhart, Charles, House · all agency proposals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Cities and counties can now create their own energy-saving rules for new homes that are stricter than the state's rules. These local rules just cannot be more intense than the most recent international energy standards. This change gives local governments more power to decide how much energy new buildings must save.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the adoption of energy conservation requirements by governmental subdivisions. Under current law, the state building code commissioner is required to adopt, as part of the state building code, requirements relating to energy conservation for new single-family and two-family residential construction. Such requirements supersede and replace any minimum requirements for energy conservation adopted or enacted by a governmental subdivision prior to July 1, 2008. The bill provides that the adoption of energy conservation requirements as part of the state building code shall not be interpreted to prohibit or otherwise limit a governmental subdivision’s ability to adopt energy conservation requirements that are more restrictive than the energy conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner as long as the requirements adopted by the governmental subdivision are not more restrictive than those provided in the most recently published version of the international energy conservation code. The bill also explicitly grants a county or city the authority to adopt energy conservation requirements that are more restrictive than those adopted by the state building code commissioner as long as the requirements adopted by the county or city are not more restrictive than those provided in the most recently published version of the international energy conservation code.