BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1434: Multifamily apartmnts/safety

Requiring sprinklers to be installed in multifamily apartment buildings.

Summary

$ Requires the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system in all hotels, apartment houses, and congregate residences that contain five or more units, that is constructed after December 1, 2001, and is less than three stories in height or contains less than 16 dwelling units.
$ Modifies the definition of multifamily residential building increasing the number of units in the building from four or fewer to five or fewer.
$ Requires that State Building Code Council to adopt rules regarding the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system by December 1, 2001.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to life safety standards in multifamily apartment buildings;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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