Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
03/22/2024 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB378 | |
| SB147 | |
| HB55 | |
| HB150 | |
| HB189 | |
| HB233 | |
| HB189 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 378 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 189 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 233 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 204 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| + | SB 147 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 55 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 150 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 150-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE
3:58:48 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 150, "An Act relating to residential building
codes; relating to construction contractors and residential
contractor endorsements; and providing for an effective date."
3:59:02 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to adopt the proposed committee
substitute (CS) for HB 150, Version 33-LS0563\R, A. Radford,
3/8/24, as the working document. There being no objection,
Version R was before the committee.
3:59:35 PM
CLARK BICKFORD, Staff, Representative Clark Sumner, Alaska State
Legislature, on behalf of Representative Sumner, prime sponsor,
read the summary of changes in Version R [included in committee
packet], which read as follows:
Title
New language reflecting the establishment of the
Alaska State Building Code Council in Section 9.
Sec. 1 AS 08.18.025
(a) Reinstates the language "structure of one to four
units" for consistency with the International
Residential Code.
Sec. 2 AS 08.18.171
Removes the exception for residential contractors to
comply with the state residential building code when
providing contractor services to a building subject to
AHFC's residential building code.
Sec. 3 AS 08.18.171
Reinstates the language "structure of one to four
units" for consistency with the International
Residential Code.
Sec. 4 AS 08.18.171
No Changes
Sec. 5 AS 18.56.300(a)
New Section 5
Sec. 6 AS 18.56.300(a)
Section renumbered from 5 to 6; otherwise, no changes.
Sec. 7 AS 18.56.300(b)
Section renumbered from 6 to 7; otherwise, no changes.
Sec. 8 AS 18.56.300(e)(3)
Section renumbered from 7 to 8; removes reference to
DCCED and another nationally recognized residential
building code under AHFC.
Sec. 9 AS 18.60.860
Section renumbered from 8 to 9.
(a) Replaces DCCED with AHFC as the adopter and
administrator of a state residential building
code; specifies the 2018 IRC as the state
residential building code; requires the code to
allow for use of load-bearing dimensional lumber
that is graded and certified under AS 41.17.630.
(b) No material changes.
(c) Subsection renumbered from "d" to "c"; removes
language referencing AHFC.
(d) New subsection "d"
(e) New subsection "e".
Sec9. AS 18.60.865
New language establishing the Alaska State Building
Code Council under AHFC.
Sec 10. Applicability
No changes
Sec. 11. Effective date
Revised effective date from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025.
4:02:50 PM
JEFF TWAIT, Owner, Cornerstone Custom Homes, gave invited
testimony on Version R. He shared that there had been concerns
regarding recreational cabins and the owner builder exemption.
He emphasized that the goal is only to hold licensed contractors
with a residential endorsement to this standard at this point in
time. He said the bill would give people who have entered into
contracts without fully understanding the repercussions legal
recourse if that's what it comes to.
4:05:30 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 150, Version R, was held over.