BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2273: Embodied carbon/buildings

Reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials.

Summary

Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt rules relating to embodied carbon emissions reduction standards for building projects and establishes three paths through which building projects may comply with those rules.
Requires the Department of Commerce to establish a standard form for embodied carbon emissions reductions to be reported for a building project and establish a database for reporting information.
Requires the 2030 State Building Code to achieve a 30 percent reduction in embodied carbon emissions for permitted construction.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2273), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials;

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

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2273 (2023–24) Functional recovery building · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2273 (2019–20) Human genome editing study · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2273 (2017–18) Medicaid fraud control unit · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2273 (2015–16) H-p avian influenza outbreak · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2273 (2013–14) Public recreational access · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2273 (2011–12) Impounded vehicle processing · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2273 (2009–10) Negligent drivers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2273 (2007–08) Passenger-only ferry service · Did not pass · died in committee