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Relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residential properties
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government (successor To Ssb 1094) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 2, 202630–14
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 New rules would stop the state and local governments from requiring fire sprinkler systems in certain groups of attached single-family homes. This change only applies to these types of houses if their total size is 18,000 square feet or less.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires the state building code commissioner to adopt as part of the state building code a prohibition on the required installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of 18,000 square feet or less. The bill also prohibits a local building regulation from requiring the installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of 18,000 square feet or less.
Changed since by amendment S-5046; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named March 4, 2026. On March 5, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 5, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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