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HB 134  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0235

06/09

 

HOUSE BILL 134

 

AN ACT relative to the state building code.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Erf, Hills. 28; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill updates the definition of the state building code to include more recent versions of certain international codes and amendments approved by the building code review board.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0235

06/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to the state building code.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Definition of State Building Code.  Amend RSA 155-A:1, IV to read as follows:

IV. "New Hampshire building code" or "state building code" means the adoption by reference of the International Building Code 2021, the International Existing Building Code 2021, the International Plumbing Code 2021, the International Mechanical Code 2021, the International Energy Conservation Code 2018, the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code 2021 and the International Residential Code 2021, as published by the International Code Council Inc., and the National Electrical Code [2020] 2023, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., as reviewed and recommended by the state building code review board, including all amendments reviewed and approved by the board as of [May 10] September 13, 2024, and ratified by the legislature in accordance with RSA 155-A:10.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.