89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 216: Relating to the state building code and including effective date provisions
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 it does
This bill relates to the state building code Act. The bill requires that the rules adopted by the state building code commissioner, with the approval of the state building code advisory council, conform to the most recent edition of the international code council’s international energy conservation code. Additionally, the bill provides that nothing in the state building code Act shall be construed to prohibit a governmental subdivision from adopting building regulations that contain more stringent energy conservation requirements than those in the state building code. The bill takes effect on the date the international code council publishes the 2021 edition of the international energy conservation code.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 9, 2021
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 4 for, 1 against
For: IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Iowa Environmental Council
Against: Home Builders Association of Iowa
In plain words
- February 2, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
- February 4, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Whiting, Giddens and Schultz
- February 9, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Giddens and Schultz
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF216