Private file: Master
AK H 202
AUTHOR: Herron (D)
TITLE: Residential Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 03/23/2009
LAST AMEND: 03/31/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate State Affairs Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to state and municipal building code requirements for fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings.
NOTES: municipality may notrequire a sprinkler system in a one- or two-family residential buildings
AK S 129
AUTHOR: Menard (R)
TITLE: Residential Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2009
LAST AMEND: 03/31/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to state and municipal building code requirements for fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings.
NOTES: remove residential from IBC
AL H 97
COMPANION: AL S 125
AUTHOR: Gordon (D)
TITLE: Municipalities
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House County and Municipal Government Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to fire protection sprinkler systems; provides that a fire protection sprinkler system is not required in any unincorporated area in a single-story building that meets certain requirements.
NOTES: unincorporated areas a fire sprinkler system not required in a single-story building that meets certain requirements.
AL H 264
COMPANION: AL S 315
AUTHOR: Wren (R)
TITLE: Model Energy Code
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
LAST AMEND: 01/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Amends Sections 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-83, 41-23-84, and 41-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Model Energy Code and the advisory role of the Alabama Residential Energy Code Board; requires the adoption of the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes by the Alabama Residential and Energy Codes Board in compliance with certain federal energy and building requirements.
NOTES: to prohibit stat/local entities amending federally required codes or from adopting codes requiring installation of sprinklers in
AL H 447
COMPANION: AL S 266
AUTHOR: Wood (R)
TITLE: Fire Protection
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to fire protection and fire protection sprinkler systems; allows the State Fire Marshal to issue permits to certified potable water single family dwelling fire protection sprinkler contractors; for such purposes, to amend Sections 34-33-1, 34-33-2, 34-33-3, 34-33-4, and 34-33-5, Code of Alabama 1975.
NOTES: State Fire Marshal registration of plumbers for potable water residential sprinklers
AL HR 135
AUTHOR: House Rules Committee
TITLE: Special Order Calendar
INTRODUCED: 01/26/2010
ENACTED: 01/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY: Proposes a special order calendar.
NOTES: excludes certain sprinkler system requirements from building code
AL HR 440
AUTHOR: House Rules Committee
TITLE: Special Order Calendar
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
ENACTED: 03/02/2010
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY: Proposes a special order calendar.
NOTES: special order: consideration of building code with exclusions
AL S 125
COMPANION: AL H 97
AUTHOR: Ross (D)
TITLE: Municipalities
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Economic Expansion and Trade Committee
SUMMARY: Provides that in unincorporated areas a fire protection sprinkler system is not required in a single-story building that meets certain requirements.
NOTES: unincorporated areas a fire sprinkler system not required in a single-story building that meets certain requirements.
AL S 266
COMPANION: AL H 447
AUTHOR: Mitchell W (D)
TITLE: Fire Protection and Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Relates to fire protection and fire protection sprinkler systems; allows the State Fire Marshal to issue permits to certified potable water single family dwelling fire protection sprinkler contractors; for such purposes, to amend Sections 34-33-1, 34-33-2, 34-33-3, 34-33-4, and 34-33-5, Code of Alabama 1975.
NOTES: Fire Marshal to issue permits to residential fire sprinkler contractors.
AL S 315
COMPANION: AL H 264
AUTHOR: Keahey (D)
TITLE: Model Energy Code
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/02/2010
ENACTED: 03/09/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to the Model Energy Code and the Residential Energy Code Board; requires the adoption of the Energy and Residential Codes by the Residential and Energy Codes Board; expand the board membership; provides an exclusion for farm structures; prohibits governmental entities from amending federally required codes or from adopting codes that would require the installation of sprinkler systems in one or two family dwellings; preserves a consumer's ability to install sprinkler systems in family dwellings.
NOTES: prohibit local entities from adopting ordinances requiring installation of sprinkler systems in family dwellings
AZ H 2432
AUTHOR: Driggs (R)
TITLE: Fire District Boundaries
INTRODUCED: 01/15/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2010
VETOED: 05/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY: Relates to fire districts' boundaries; relates to merger; relates to consolidation; includes a provision regarding the merger of two or more fire districts that each have a secondary property tax levy of more than a specified amount.
NOTES: financial reimbursement to taxpayers for installation of certain fire protection systems such as sprinklers
AZ H 2666
AUTHOR: Stevens (R)
TITLE: Fire Districts and Board Members
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/15/2010
ENACTED: 04/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to fire districts; relates to elected board of director members; provides that no new fire district may be established with an elected chief and secretary-treasurer and no existing fire district may be reorganized into a district with an elected chief and secretary-treasurer.
NOTES: reimbursement to taxpayers for installation of certain fire protection systems such as sprinklers
CA A 660
AUTHOR: Torrico (D)
TITLE: Sprinkler Fitters: Licensing
INTRODUCED: 02/25/2009
LAST AMEND: 06/30/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts a comprehensive program for the certification and regulation of sprinkler fitters. Prohibits a person from performing work on any fire suppression system, unless he or she possess a valid sprinkler fitter or limited scope sprinkler fitter certificate. Prohibits a person or entity from employing a person to perform work on a suppression system without such certificate. Provides for enforcement by the State Fire Marshal including certificate or permit revocation or suspension authority.
NOTES: sprinkler fitters licensing bill (bad)
CA A 1127
AUTHOR: Solorio (D)
TITLE: School Facilities: Automatic Fire Sprinkler System
INTRODUCED: 02/27/2009
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY: Requires that certain modernization projects have an automatic fire sprinkler system installed throughout the school building in accordance with the building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal. Requires the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations to implement this requirement and to waive the requirement if the cost of the system is greater than a specified percentage of the replacement cost of the building. Requires the board to adjust the per-pupil grant amount for this purpose.
NOTES: modernization projects with estimated cost of more than $500K have fire sprinkler system installed throughout the school buildin
CA S 405
AUTHOR: Cogdill (R)
TITLE: Contractors: Fire Sprinkler Installation
INTRODUCED: 02/26/2009
LAST AMEND: 04/16/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Requires any commercial or residential fire sprinkler installation project performed by a Class C-16 fire protection contractor to be under the direct and immediate supervision of a commercial or residential fire sprinkler supervisor. Requires fire protection contractors to implement a fire sprinkler installation training program for their sprinkler fitters and to file a description of the program with the State Fire Marshal. Provides that a violation by a contractor is grounds for disciplinary action.
NOTES: requires at least one fire sprinkler supervisor on any fire sprinkler project undertaken by the contractor (good)
CO H 1241
SPONSOR: Casso (D)
TITLE: Register Fire Suppress Sprinkler Fitters
INTRODUCED: 02/03/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/30/2010
ENACTED: 06/07/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Prohibits a person from acting or advertising as a sprinkler fitter unless the person has registered with the state fire suppression administrator; provides that in order to register, a person shall pay a fee and demonstrate that he or she has successfully completed a sprinkler fitter apprenticeship program.
NOTES: license fire sprinkler fitters
FL H 401
COMPARE: FL H 531, FL H 629, FL H 663, FL S 648, FL S 1074, FL S 1136
SIMILAR: FL S 832
AUTHOR: Garcia L (D)
TITLE: State Fire Marshal
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to state fire marshal; revises and creates various provisions of law relating to State Fire Marshal, including building and equipment inspection duties, establishment of Fire Code Interpretation Committee, requirements for nonbinding and binding interpretations of Florida Fire Prevention Code, firefighter eligibility, examination, training, level, certification, employment, and supplemental compensation requirements.
NOTES: requiring owners to replace fire sprinkler heads subject to government-mandated recalls
FL H 561
COMPARE: FL H 115, FL H 327, FL H 419, FL H 663, FL H 959, FL H 1035, FL H 1317, FL S 398, FL S 648, FL S 840, FL S 864, FL S 1172, FL S 1270, FL S 2458
SIMILAR: FL S 1196
AUTHOR: Bogdanoff (R)
TITLE: Condominiums
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/06/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Floor
SUMMARY: Relates to condominiums; provides and revises various provisions relating to condominiums, including insurance requirements, fire alarm systems, definitions, duties of owners and associations, meetings, officers, governance; creates Distressed Condominium Relief Act to provide regulatory provisions relating to bulk assignees and bulk Buyers.
NOTES: prohibit AHJ from requiring sprinkler retrofitting in condos before a specified date
FL H 663
COMPARE: FL H 401, FL H 447, FL H 531, FL H 561, FL H 629, FL H 713, FL H 959, FL H 1035, FL H 1317, FL H 1447, FL H 7095, FL S 832, FL S 846, FL S 1074, FL S 1136, FL S 1172, FL S 1196, FL S 1270, FL S 1330, FL S 2044, FL S 2108, FL S 2658, FL S 2694
SIMILAR: FL S 648
AUTHOR: Aubuchon (R)
TITLE: Building Safety
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/23/2010
ENACTED: 06/01/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to building safety to include abandoned property for homestead tax exemption, firefighter elevator use, homes inspection licensure, mold-related services licensure and insurance, electrical journeymen, manufactured buildings, building permit surcharges, municipal flood ordinances, residential fire sprinklers, hospital and health facility construction, carbon monoxide alarms, swimming pools, water heaters, fire inspections, fire hydrant inspections, and energy efficient building materials and lamps.
NOTES: prohibits residential sprinkler mandates
FL H 959
COMPARE: FL H 115, FL H 419, FL H 561, FL H 663, FL H 1317, FL S 398, FL S 648, FL S 864, FL S 1196, FL S 1270, FL S 2458
AUTHOR: Skidmore (D)
TITLE: Residential Properties
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/22/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to residential properties; revises provisions relating to condominium Life Safety Code requirements, sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, and smoke-detection systems; provides certain liability for persons acquiring title to condominium by foreclosure or recorded deed; provides requirements and liabilities for certain first mortgagees; provides powers to homeowners' associations.
NOTES: prohibit an AHJ from requiring the completion of retrofit of common areas with sprinkler system bef a specified date
FL H 1143
COMPARE: FL H 715, FL H 911, FL H 1503, FL H 5301, FL H 5311, FL H 7183, FL H 7235, FL S 752, FL S 760, FL S 958, FL S 1232, FL S 1412, FL S 1816, FL S 2138, FL S 2434
AUTHOR: Hudson (R)
TITLE: Health Care
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2010
VETOED: 06/11/2010
DISPOSITION: Vetoed
LOCATION: Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY: Relates to health care to include drug-free workplaces, inspections of nursing homes and resident's rights, ultrasounds for pregnant women before abortion for informed consent, peer review reports, child protection cases, hospital emergency services, Medicaid quality of care, hospice licensure, home medical equipment provider surety bond, intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled, adult family care homes, prescription drug wholesaling, and prohibiting state and federal funding for abortion.
NOTES: freestanding hospice facility with six or fewer beds shall not be required to comply with standards requiring sprinkler systems
FL H 7095
COMPARE: FL H 663, FL S 846
AUTHOR: House Governmental Affairs Policy Committee Committee
TITLE: Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements
INTRODUCED: 03/05/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Floor
SUMMARY: Prohibits incorporation into State Building Code of specified mandatory fire sprinkler provisions of International Residential Code.
NOTES: prohibiting incorporation into the Florida Building Code of certain mandatory residential fire sprinkler provisions of the IRC;
FL S 648
COMPARE: FL H 401, FL H 531, FL H 561, FL H 629, FL H 713, FL H 959, FL H 1035, FL H 1317, FL S 832, FL S 846, FL S 1074, FL S 1136, FL S 1172, FL S 1196, FL S 1270, FL S 1330, FL S 2044, FL S 2658, FL S 2694
SIMILAR: FL H 663
AUTHOR: Bennett (R)
TITLE: Building Safety
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Floor
SUMMARY: Relates to building safety; exempts certain elevators from provisions requiring modifications to heat sensors and electronic controls; provides additional requirements for licensure as a home inspector; repeals specified provisions relating to the renewal of licenses for interior designers and landscape architects; revises the requirement for recertification of manufactured buildings prior to relocation.
NOTES: local govt may not require a property owner to install fire sprinklers in any rental property.
FL S 760
COMPARE: FL H 509, FL H 739, FL H 911, FL H 1143, FL H 1503, FL H 7225, FL S 752, FL S 958, FL S 1412, FL S 1464, FL S 1816, FL S 1818, FL S 2138, FL S 2434, FL S 2586
AUTHOR: Gaetz D (R)
TITLE: Health Care
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/07/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to health care; expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to health care.
NOTES: freestanding hospice facility with six or fewer beds shall not be required to comply with standards requiring sprinkler systems
FL S 846
COMPARE: FL H 663, FL H 7095, FL S 648
AUTHOR: Bennett (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2010
ENACTED: 05/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to residential fire sprinkler requirements; prohibits incorporation into the State Building Code of certain mandatory residential fire sprinkler provisions of the International Residential Code; provides an exception; prohibits the requirement of property owners to install fire sprinklers in residential properties based on the use of that property as a rental property or any change in or reclassification of the property's primary use to a rental property.
NOTES: prohibiting inclusion of certain local amendments to Florida Building Code adopted by Florida Bldg Comm
FL S 1074
COMPARE: FL H 401, FL H 663, FL S 648, FL S 832
SIMILAR: FL H 531
AUTHOR: Wise (R)
TITLE: State Fire Marshal
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to fire safety; revises the rulemaking authority and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal relating to educational and ancillary plants; requires the State Fire Marshal and the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board to enter into a reciprocity agreement to recognize certain continuing education recertification hours for certain purposes.
NOTES: prohibit AHJ from requiring sprinkler retrofitting in condos before a specified date
FL S 1196
COMPARE: FL H 115, FL H 327, FL H 419, FL H 663, FL H 959, FL H 1035, FL H 1317, FL S 398, FL S 648, FL S 840, FL S 864, FL S 1172, FL S 1270, FL S 2458
SIMILAR: FL H 561
AUTHOR: Fasano (R)
TITLE: Community Associations
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/16/2010
ENACTED: 06/01/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to community associations; exempts certain elevators from specific code update requirements; relates to fire alarm systems; revises the limitations on the right of members to vote on corporate matters for certain corporations not for profit that are regulated under specified provisions; specifies the maximum amount of any unit owner's loss assessment coverage that can be assessed for any loss; creates the Distressed Condominium Relief Act.
NOTES: allows community associations to forego sprinkler retrofits in certain circumstances
FL S 1222
AUTHOR: Ring (D)
TITLE: Condominiums
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/03/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Relates to condominiums; requires that coverage under a unit owner's policy for certain assessments include at least a minimum amount of loss assessment coverage; provides an exemption for certain condominiums from installing a manual fire alarm system as required in the Life Safety Code if certain conditions are met; revises the definition of the term developer to exclude a bulk assignee or bulk buyer.
NOTES: prohibit AHJ from requiring sprinkler retrofitting in condos before a specified date
FL S 1270
COMPARE: FL H 561, FL H 663, FL H 959, FL H 1317, FL S 648, FL S 1196
AUTHOR: Ring (D)
TITLE: Condominiums and Multifamily Dwellings
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to condominiums and multifamily dwellings; provides an exemption, if certain conditions are met, from the requirement that certain condominiums install a manual fire alarm system as required in the Life Safety Code; prohibits an authority having jurisdiction from requiring the completion of retrofitting of common areas with a sprinkler system before a specified date.
NOTES: prohibit AHJ from requiring completion of retrofit common areas with sprinklers bef end 2019
FL S 2434
COMPARE: FL H 509, FL H 911, FL H 1143, FL H 1503, FL H 5301, FL H 5311, FL H 7183, FL S 752, FL S 760, FL S 958, FL S 1412, FL S 1816, FL S 1818, FL S 2138, FL S 2300
AUTHOR: Gardiner (R)
TITLE: Health Care
INTRODUCED: 03/11/2010
LAST AMEND: 04/20/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Relates to health care; repeals a provision relating to a prohibition against applying the Drug-Free Workplace Act retroactively; requires that a specified percentage of fines collected from certain civil penalties levied by county courts for traffic infractions be deposited into the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Trust Fund within the Department of Health for use for Medicaid recipients who have spinal cord injuries.
NOTES: hospice with 6 or fewer beds not required to meet sprinkler requirements
GA H 850
AUTHOR: Martin (R)
TITLE: Hospitals and Related Institutions
INTRODUCED: 04/03/2009
LAST AMEND: 03/24/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Relates to regulation of hospitals and related institutions; provides definitions; provides for regulation and licensing of assisted living communities; provides for procedures and criteria for the admission and retention of residents of such communities; provides for the special care of certain persons with cognitive impairments; provides for certain notices; provides for agreements regarding the care of residents; provides for an advisory committee and the composition thereof; provides for inspections.
NOTES: assisted-care facilities with 7 or more beds may be required to meet sprinkler requirements
GA H 1196
AUTHOR: England (R)
TITLE: General Provisions Relative to Buildings Generally
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/17/2010
ENACTED: 05/24/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Specifies that neither the state residential and fire building code nor any residential and fire building code adopted by a political subdivision of the state adopted after the effective date of this Code section shall include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in a single-family dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than two dwelling units.
NOTES: prohibit local entities from adopting ordinances requiring installation of sprinkler systems in family dwellings
HI H 1626
AUTHOR: Evans (D)
TITLE: State Fire Council Package
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY: Provides an income tax deduction to residential unit owner occupants for qualifying costs of installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed after 12/31/09.
NOTES: provides income tax deduction for installation of single-family fire sprinklers
HI S 2164
AUTHOR: Baker (D)
TITLE: Condominiums
INTRODUCED: 01/20/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/19/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Requires that the developer collect a percentage of the initial sales price of each residential apartment in a condominium project to be used to fund the project's estimated replacement reserve fund; requires that notice of amendments to project documents be provided to owners, purchasers, and potential purchasers.
NOTES: sprinkler systems included in definition of capital equipment
IA D 5233
AUTHOR: Petersen (D)
TITLE: Sprinkler Fitters Licensing
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Filed as Draft
SUMMARY: Relates to sprinkler fitters licensing.
NOTES: Sprinkler Fitters Licensing
IA D 5380
AUTHOR: Reichert (D)
TITLE: Residential Sprinklers
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Filed as Draft
SUMMARY: Relates to residential sprinklers.
NOTES: ----- pertains to residential sprinklers; text not yet available
IA H 400
SIMILAR: IA S 245
AUTHOR: House State Government Committee
TITLE: Fire Protection System Installers
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2009
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2009
ENACTED: 04/24/2009
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to the licensing of persons installing fire protection systems; provides for apprentice sprinkler fitter and maintenance worker licensing; relates to evidence of a public liability insurance policy and surety bond; provides for provisional licensure.
NOTES: modified fitter licensing law
IA H 2062
COMPANION: IA S 2051
SIMILAR: IA H 2108, IA H 2508
AUTHOR: Reichert (D)
TITLE: State Building Code
INTRODUCED: 01/15/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Provides that the state building code or a building code adopted by a city or county shall not require the installation of fire sprinklers or a related fire suppression system in a one-family or two-family residential dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than four dwelling units.
NOTES: prohibit State Fire Marshal requirements for residential sprinklers
IA H 2108
SIMILAR: IA S 2051, IA H 2062, IA H 2508
AUTHOR: Quirk (D)
TITLE: State Building Code
INTRODUCED: 01/21/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY: Provides that the state building code or a building code adopted by a city or county shall not require the installation of fire sprinklers or a related fire suppression system in a one-family or two-family residential dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than four dwelling units.
NOTES: prohibit State Fire Marshal requirements for residential sprinklers
IA H 2491
COMPANION: IA S 2355
AUTHOR: House State Government Committee
TITLE: Fire Protection System Installer and Maintenance
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/02/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Withdrawn
SUMMARY: Relates to fire protection system installer and maintenance workers; revises apprenticeship requirements for trainees; eliminates references to a four year apprenticeship and instead requires completion of a fire protection apprenticeship program approved by the United States department of labor, or completion of two years of full time employment as a trainee; authorizes the fire marshal, by rule, may restrict the scope of work authorized by a license.
NOTES: modifies licensure of fitters to persons in fire protection system installation, maintenance, repair, service, or inspection.
IA H 2508
SIMILAR: IA H 2062, IA H 2108, IA S 2051
AUTHOR: House Commerce Committee
TITLE: City Building Code
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Provides that if a county or a city adopts a building code by reference or amends an ordinance that adopts a building code by reference, the board of supervisors or city council, as applicable, shall vote separately on any provision of that code requiring the installation of fire sprinklers or a related fire suppression system in a one family dwelling, a two family dwelling, or a residential building containing less than five dwelling units; takes effect upon enactment.
NOTES: if city/county considers code requiring residential sprinklers, residential requirement must be voted on separately
IA H 2531
SIMILAR: IA S 2385
AUTHOR: House Appropriations Committee
TITLE: State Finance
INTRODUCED: 03/23/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2010
LINE ITEM: 04/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Line Item Vetoed by Governor
SUMMARY: Relates to state and local finances by providing for funding of property tax credits and reimbursements; makes, increases and reduces appropriations; provides for salaries and compensation for state employees; provides for matters relating to tax credits.
NOTES: fire marshal cannot require sprinklers in one- and two-family residences
IA HSB 564
AUTHOR: House State Government Committee
TITLE: Fire Protection System Maintenance
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Provides that installation or fire protection system maintenance must be licensed as a fire sprinkler installer and maintenance worker; changes that designation to fire protection system installer and maintenance worker; revises apprenticeship requirements for trainees; eliminates references to a four year apprenticeship; requires completion of a fire protection apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of Labor.
NOTES: modifies fitter licensing law to not require license for apprentices or trainees
IA S 2051
COMPANION: IA H 2062
SIMILAR: IA H 2108, IA H 2508
AUTHOR: Black (D)
TITLE: State Building Code Or a Building
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Local Government Committee
SUMMARY: Provides that the state building code or a building code adopted by a city or county shall not require the installation of fire sprinklers or a related fire suppression system in a one-family or two-family residential dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than four dwelling units.
NOTES: modifies fitter licensing law to not require license for apprentices or trainees
IA S 2355
COMPANION: IA H 2491
AUTHOR: Senate State Government Committee
TITLE: Fire Protection System Installer
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/23/2010
ENACTED: 03/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Signed by Governor
SUMMARY: Changes the designation of a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker; revises apprenticeship requirements for trainees; eliminates references to an apprenticeship and instead requires completion of a fire protection apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, or completion of a certain number of years of full time employment as a trainee.
NOTES: licensure of persons engaged in fire protection system installation, maintenance, repair, service, or inspection.
IA SJR 2009
AUTHOR: Gronstal (D)
TITLE: Administrative Rule
INTRODUCED: 03/22/2010
ENACTED: 03/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Adopted
LOCATION: Adopted
SUMMARY: Nullifies portions of an administrative rule adopted by the department of public safety requiring the installation of automatic residential fire sprinkler systems in townhouses and one family and two family dwellings. A session delay was imposed on these provisions by the administrative rules review committee in December 2009. The joint resolution takes effect upon enactment.
NOTES: nullify administrative rules regarding residential sprinklers in IRC
IA SSB 3066
AUTHOR: Senate State Government Committee
TITLE: Fire Protection System Installer
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Changes that designation to fire protection system installer and maintenance worker; revises apprenticeship requirements for trainees; eliminates references to a four year apprenticeship; requires completion of a fire protection apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of Labor.
NOTES: modifies licensure of fitters to persons in fire protection system installation, maintenance, repair, service, or inspection.
ID H 474
AUTHOR: House Business Committee
TITLE: Building Safety
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2010
ENACTED: 03/25/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to plumbing systems; provides that water heaters and all associated venting dedicated exclusively thereto is considered a plumbing system.
NOTES: plumbing system does not include a single service integrated fire sprinkler system
ID H 475
AUTHOR: House Business Committee
TITLE: Building Safety
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Business Committee
SUMMARY: Amends existing law relating to plumbing systems to require the successful completion of an approved training course; requires that certification be maintained.
NOTES: plumbing system does not include a single service integrated fire sprinkler system
ID S 1299
AUTHOR: Senate State Affairs Committee
TITLE: Codifier Corrections
INTRODUCED: 01/27/2010
ENACTED: 03/24/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Amends existing law to clean up various code sections and subsections by renumbering those that were redesignated by the compiler of the Idaho Code as a result of multiple amendments to code sections prior to the 2010 legislative session; corrects typographical errors.
NOTES: exempt one- two-family homes from IRC sprinkler requirements
IL H 484
SPONSOR: Burke (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Tabled
SUMMARY: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Replaces the license exemption for a person or business that is engaged in the installation of fire sprinkler systems from only in single family or multiple family residential dwellings up to and including 8 family units that do not exceed 2.5 stories in height.
NOTES: amends fire sprinkler contractor licensing exemption
IL H 1175
SPONSOR: Burke (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2009
LAST AMEND: 02/25/2009
ENACTED: 08/11/2009
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act that provides that, in a provision concerning inspections of existing fire sprinkler systems and control equipment, a copy of the inspection report must be forwarded to the local fire department or fire protection district in which the sprinkler system is located. Specifies that the entity performing the inspection must forward that copy of the inspection report.
NOTES: requires sprinkler inspection report to be filed with fire department
IL H 5513
SPONSOR: Rita (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Contractors Identity Theft
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/10/2010
DISPOSITION: To Governor
LOCATION: To Governor
SUMMARY: Amends the Criminal Code and the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Provides that a person commits identity theft by knowingly, in the course of applying for a building permit with a unit of local government, providing the license number of a fire sprinkler contractor who is not intended to perform the work. Provides an affirmative defense if a building permit applicant promptly informed the unit of local government of any change in the fire sprinkler contractor. Provides for a Class 4 felony.
NOTES: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act; requires licensee to have certified person on staff
IL H 5664
SPONSOR: Burke (D)
TITLE: Greek Housing Fire Safety Act
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/04/2010
ENACTED: 07/27/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Creates the Greek Housing Fire Safety Act; provides that the construction of a Greek housing structure must include the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems; provides that such systems are required in certain Greek housing structures by a certain date; provides that if a unit of local government has adopted an ordinance that requires automatic fire suppression systems in housing units that is more stringent than the Act, then the local ordinance shall control.
NOTES: ref Greek housing; after 1/1/2011 all new greek housing must have sprinklers
IL H 5855
SPONSOR: Zalewski (D)
TITLE: Explosives Act
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Illinois Explosives Act; provides for the licensure of pyrotechnic display supervisors, registration of display fireworks distributors, and regulation of displays under the act; adds provisions concerning exemptions, licensure, qualifications, unlicensed activity, discipline, and reporting accidents or incidents; makes other changes.
NOTES: pyrotechnic displays and pyrotechnic services shall be conducted in buildings protected by automatic sprinkler systems
IL H 6033
SPONSOR: Smith (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act; provides that fire sprinkler systems are required in the dormitories of post-secondary educational institutions by 2016; provides that any post-secondary educational institution that installs fire sprinkler systems prior to the establishment of a fire sprinkler dormitory revolving loan program and the adoption of program rules by both the Illinois Finance Authority and the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall use generally accepted national standards.
NOTES: fire sprinkler systems are required in the dormitories of post-secondary educational institutions by 2016 (instead of 2013).
IL S 1980
SPONSOR: Brady B (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Committee on Assignments Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Counties Code and the State Municipal Code. Requires the county board or the corporate authorities of a municipality to separately vote on any code provision or ordinance that prohibits or requires fire sprinklers in specified residences. Exempts any code provision or ordinance that requires fire sprinklers in a residence that was adopted before a specified date.
NOTES: shall not adopt a code or ordinance that requires a person or entity to install or equip fire sprinklers in specified residences
KS H 2472
AUTHOR: House Local Government
TITLE: Common Interest Owners
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2010
ENACTED: 04/15/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to the uniform common interest owners' bill of rights act; provides for associations, boards of director elections, notices, budgets and abandoned property.
NOTES: municipality cannot adopt/enforce building code requirements mandating residential sprinklers
KS H 2515
AUTHOR: House Commerce and Labor Committee
TITLE: Residential Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/21/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/17/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Concerns cities and counties; relates to residential fire protection sprinkler systems.
NOTES: no municipality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance requiring the installation of a multi-purpose residential fire sprinkler pr
KS S 573
AUTHOR: Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
TITLE: Residential Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 03/11/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Local Government
SUMMARY: Concerns cities and counties; relates to residential fire protection sprinkler systems.
NOTES: municipality cannot adopt/enforce building code requirements mandating residential sprinklers
KY H 220
SPONSOR: Yonts (D)
TITLE: Certification of Fire Sprinkler Inspectors
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/24/2010
ENACTED: 04/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to annual and renewal certification requirements for fire sprinkler inspectors and elevator mechanics and contractors; provides for grandfather, waiver reciprocity, inactive status, continuing education, administrative regulations, inspection standards, disciplinary, and certification revocation procedures; required that a fire sprinkler inspector obtain liability insurance; requires various types of insurance coverage for elevator contractors.
NOTES: certification of fire sprinkler inspectors
LA H 206
AUTHOR: Fannin (D)
TITLE: Building Codes
INTRODUCED: 03/29/2010
LAST AMEND: 06/09/2010
ENACTED: 06/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Provides for changes to the State Uniform Construction Code; prohibits the adoption or enforcement of any building code,local ordinance, or other regulations that requires a fire protection system in one- or two-family dwellings.
NOTES: to prohibit the adoption of a code or regulation requiring sprinklers in one- and two-family dwellings
LA H 1053
AUTHOR: Arnold (D)
TITLE: Life Safety and Property Protection Licensing Act
INTRODUCED: 03/29/2010
LAST AMEND: 06/21/2010
ENACTED: 07/06/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to the Life Safety and Property Protection Licensing Act; relates to limited locksmith specialists, licenses to perform life safety and property protection contracting, applications for a firm license or individual license, licensing fees, the powers and duties of the state fire marshal, and the Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board; requires the return of the lockout, installer, or programming code of a system to the factory default when a contract for service is cancelled.
NOTES: require a license to perform life safety and property protection contracting
Commentary:
MA H 2221
DOCKET: 2069
AUTHOR: Fresolo (D)
TITLE: Automatic Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
SUMMARY: Relates to automatic sprinklers.
NOTES: modifies wording of requirements for sprinklers in student housing
MA H 2257
DOCKET: 2263
AUTHOR: Patrick (D)
TITLE: Automatic Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
SUMMARY: Relates to automatic sprinklers.
NOTES: limits frequency of fire department inspections of sprinkler systems
MA H 2278
DOCKET: 1542
AUTHOR: Speliotis (D)
TITLE: The Enhancement of Fire and Explosion Prevention
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Second Reading
SUMMARY: Relates to the enhancement of fire and explosion prevention in buildings and structures.
NOTES: defines appeals board to include sprinkler fitters union, one whom shall be a registered professional engineer, one whom shall b
MA S 108
DOCKET: 203
AUTHOR: Brewer (D)
TITLE: Pipefitter Continuing Education
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Second Reading
SUMMARY: Relates to continuing education requirements for pipefitters.
NOTES: NG EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PIPEFITTERS, REFRIGERATION TECHNICIANS, AND SPRINKLER FITTERS
MA S 118
DOCKET: 1361
AUTHOR: Brewer (D)
TITLE: Maintaining Public Water Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Accompanying Similar Bill
SUMMARY: Maintains public water systems.
NOTES: examining/licensing of sprinkler fitters not apply to sprinkler fitting performed by a person in the employ of public water
MA S 942
DOCKET: 588
AUTHOR: Eldridge (D)
TITLE: Fire Prevention and Buildings
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
SUMMARY: Relates to fire prevention in certain buildings.
NOTES: state may not expend more than $20M per year for the provisions relating to automatic sprinkler systems in senior housing
MD H 1538
AUTHOR: Olszewski (D)
TITLE: New Construction
INTRODUCED: 03/09/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Environmental Matters Committee
SUMMARY: Requires a county to install a fire sprinkler system when constructing a new firehouse or conducting a major renovation of an existing firehouse; requires a county to conduct a feasibility study on or before a specified date on the installation of fire sprinkler systems or other fire suppression systems in existing firehouses; requires each county and Baltimore City to report to the General Assembly on or before a specified date.
NOTES: requiring a county to install a fire sprinkler system when constructing a new firehouse
ME H 860
LD: 1241
AUTHOR: Wright (D)
TITLE: Mechanical Trades
INTRODUCED: 03/26/2009
LAST AMEND: 05/12/2009
ENACTED: 05/28/2009
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Requires the licensure of persons in certain mechanical trades; provides for a report.
NOTES: Requires licensure of persons that perform pipefitting and fire protection sprinkler system installation and repair;
MI H 5320
SPONSOR: Neumann (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler
INTRODUCED: 09/09/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Second Reading
SUMMARY: Provides for licensure and endorsement of certain individuals installing and servicing fire sprinkler systems.
NOTES: sprinkler fitter licensing bill
MI S 768
SPONSOR: Cherry (D)
TITLE: Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 08/26/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee
SUMMARY: Licenses individuals who install fire sprinkler systems.
NOTES: sprinkler fitter licensing bill
MN S 695
COMPANION: MN H 1362
AUTHOR: Berglin (DFL)
TITLE: Human Services
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2009
LAST AMEND: 04/27/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Relates to human services; requires the commissioner to apply for federal funds.
NOTES: compliance with existing sprinkler requirements of life safety code provisions or federal regs must receive reimbursement for t
MO H 1275
SPONSOR: Wells (R)
TITLE: Fire Suppression Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Withdrawn from further consideration
SUMMARY: Requires fire suppression sprinkler systems contractors to be registered by the state fire marshal.
NOTES: requires registration of sprinkler contractors; creates advisory board
MO H 1912
SPONSOR: McNary (R)
TITLE: State Statutes
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Repeals multiple versions of state statutes.
NOTES: repeals requirement for homebuilders to offer sprinkler option
MO H 2132
SPONSOR: Wells (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Contractors
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Special Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing
SUMMARY: Provides for the registration and regulation of fire sprinkler contractors.
NOTES: new sections relating to fire sprinkler contractor regulation
MO S 927
SPONSOR: Cunningham J (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Financial and Governmental Organization and Elections Committee
SUMMARY: Requires certification for certain contractors who work on fire sprinkler systems.
NOTES: amends contractor regulation; create Fire Sprinkler System Advisory Council
MO S 961
SPONSOR: Lembke (R)
TITLE: Duplicate Statutes
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate General Laws
SUMMARY: Repeals and modifies duplicate statutes.
NOTES: deletes requirement for builder to offer a sprinkler option
MS H 1291
AUTHOR: DeLano (R)
TITLE: Municipalities and Counties
INTRODUCED: 01/18/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to municipalities and counties; prohibits adoption of ordinance requiring installation of sprinkler system in certain dwellings.
NOTES: prohibit local adoption of residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
MS S 2079
AUTHOR: Flowers (R)
TITLE: Municipalities and Counties
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Relates to municipalities and counties; prohibits adoption of ordinance requiring installation of sprinkler system in certain dwellings.
NOTES: prohibit adoption of local residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
NC H 1361
AUTHOR: McComas (R)
TITLE: Authority Plumbing and Heating Board
INTRODUCED: 04/09/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
SUMMARY: Clarifies the scope of authority of the State Board of Examiners of plumbing, heating and fire sprinkler contractors.
NOTES: changes contractor licensing board
NE L 949
AUTHOR: Gloor (NP)
TITLE: State and Local Building Codes
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Urban Affairs Committee
SUMMARY: Changes provisions relating to state and local building codes.
NOTES: prohibit adoption of local residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
NE LR 384
AUTHOR: Krist (NP)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Mandate
INTRODUCED: 03/15/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Urban Affairs Committee
SUMMARY: Provides for an interim study to examine the fire sprinkler mandate contained in 2009 building codes.
NOTES: require interim study is to examine the fire sprinkler mandate contained in 2009 building codes.
NH H 1191
AUTHOR: McGuire C (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee
SUMMARY: Prohibits the fire code from requiring the installation of fire sprinkler systems in single or multi-family dwellings.
NOTES: prohibit adoption of residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
NH H 1486
AUTHOR: Nord (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2010
LAST AMEND: 06/02/2010
ENACTED: 07/08/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Prohibits the mandating of fire sprinkler systems in detached one- or two-family dwellings in a structure used for only for residential purposes by the State Fire Marshal.
NOTES: prohibit adoption of residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
NH H 1690
AUTHOR: Harding (D)
TITLE: Statutory Changes
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2010
LAST AMEND: 06/02/2010
ENACTED: 07/23/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Repeals certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces and makes statutory changes required by the repeals.
NOTES: voluntary certification of persons engaged in the inspection, installation, and servicing of fire sprinkler systems,
NH LSR 2195
AUTHOR: McGuire C (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Systems
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Relates to fire sprinkler systems.
NOTES: ------ Fire Sprinkler Systems (text not available)
NH LSR 2365
AUTHOR: Nord (D)
TITLE: State Building Code
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Prohibits the state building code, or any local amendment, from including a mandatory fire sprinkler system requirement for residential construction.
NOTES: State Building Code (text not yet available)
NH S 165
AUTHOR: Gallus (R)
TITLE: Fire Alarm Installer Service Certification
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2009
LAST AMEND: 03/04/2009
ENACTED: 05/22/2009
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Clarifies the regulation of installers and servicers of fire alarm systems by the Department of Safety; relates to certification of installers and servicers; allows the State Electricians' Board to nominate a member for appointment to the Advisory Committee on Portable Fire Extinguisher and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems, Fire Sprinkler Systems, and Fire Alarm Systems.
NOTES: voluntary certification inspectors, installers and servicing of sprinkler system
NJ A 1570
SPONSOR: Scalera (D)
TITLE: Higher Education Fire Safety
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Higher Education Committee
SUMMARY: Requires New Jersey institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.
NOTES: requires schools to provide info on fire safety, including fire sprinklers.
NJ S 141
SPONSOR: Bucco AR (R)
TITLE: Automatic Sprinkler System
INTRODUCED: 01/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY: Clarifies that automatic sprinkler system is exempt from taxation under certain circumstances.
NOTES: sprinkler system is exempt from taxation under certain circumstances
NM HJM 64
AUTHOR: Taylor T (R)
TITLE: International Fire Code Study
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to a study adopting International Fire Code.
NOTES: resolution urging committee to remove sprinkler requirements from bldg code
NY A 578
SPONSOR: Cahill (D)
TITLE: Sprinkler Systems in University Dormitories
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Higher Education Committee
SUMMARY: Requires State of University of New York and County University of New York authorities, the Board of Trustees, to adopt rules to require the installing and retrofitting of dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems on or before a specific date.
NOTES: requirements for sprinklers in student housing
NY A 1560
SAME AS: NY S 551
SPONSOR: Canestrari (D)
TITLE: Balanced Fire Protection Act
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the Balanced Fire Protection Act; regulations to foster fire safe housing; enforced through local authorities; exempts existing buildings not subject to remodeling, alterations or an increase in height or floor areas.
NOTES: requirements for sprinklers in student housing and long-term care facilities
NY A 1562
SPONSOR: Canestrari (D)
TITLE: Educational Buildings Balanced Fire Safety Act
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the Educational Buildings Balanced Fire Safety Act to supplement the Building Construction C de, the Building Conservation and Fire Prevention Code and the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
NOTES: requirements for sprinklers in student housing
NY A 5513
SPONSOR: Englebright (D)
TITLE: Commissioner of Parks
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
SUMMARY: Directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to make loans for the installation of sprinkler systems in historic buildings which are listed in the national or state register of historic places; such loans shall be repaid from the fire insurance premium savings; establishes the historic building sprinkler revolving loan fund.
NOTES: establish loans for the purchase and installation of sprinkler systems in historic buildings
NY A 5514
SPONSOR: Englebright (D)
TITLE: Premium for Fire Insurance on Historic Site
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Insurance Committee
SUMMARY: Requires a reduction in the premium for fire insurance on a historic site with a sprinkler system and owned by a nonprofit corporation.
NOTES: reduction in commercial insurance rates for structures with fire sprinkler systems
NY A 6526
SPONSOR: John (D)
TITLE: Water-based Fire Protection Licensure Act
INTRODUCED: 03/06/2009
LAST AMEND: 05/11/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the water-based fire protection licensure act for the purpose of regulating the business of layout, installing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, testing and maintenance of automatic water-based fire protection systems.
NOTES: establish standards licensing of fire sprinkler contractors; certification of responsible managing employees
NY A 10616
SPONSOR: Kellner (D)
TITLE: Fire Equipment and Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 04/12/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Agriculture Committee
SUMMARY: Requires the installation and testing of fire equipment and sprinkler systems at pet stores.
NOTES: sprinklers required in pet stores
NY A 11292
SPONSOR: Saladino (R)
TITLE: Requires Educational Facilities to Be Constructed Or Re
INTRODUCED: 05/25/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Education Committee
SUMMARY: Requires educational facilities to be constructed or retrofitted with automatic sprinkler systems; appropriation.
NOTES: requiring educational facilities to be constructed or retrofitted with an automatic sprinkler system
NY S 550
SPONSOR: Breslin (D)
TITLE: Educational Buildings Balanced Fire Safety Act
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the "educational buildings balanced fire safety act" to supplement the NYS building construction code, the NYS building conservation and fire prevention code and the state uniform fire prevention and building code.
NOTES: requirements for sprinklers in student housing
NY S 551
SAME AS: NY A 1560
SPONSOR: Breslin (D)
TITLE: Balanced Fire Protection Act
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the balanced fire protection act; regulations to foster fire safe housing; enforced through local authorities; exempts existing buildings not subject to remodeling, alterations or an increase in height or floor areas.
NOTES: requirements for sprinklers in student housing
NY S 3190
SAME AS: NY A 6526
SPONSOR: Savino (D)
TITLE: Water Based Fire Protection Licensure Act
INTRODUCED: 03/12/2009
LAST AMEND: 05/14/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY: Enacts the water-based fire protection licensure act for the purpose of regulating the business of layout, installing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, testing and maintenance of automatic water-based fire protection systems.
NOTES: establish standards licensing of fire sprinkler contractors; certification of responsible managing employees
OK H 2689
AUTHOR: Lamons (D)
TITLE: Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Relates to the State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the State Fire Marshal; abolishes the State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Commission; transfers duties to the Director of the State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control; places Director under the supervision of the Cabinet Secretary of Safety and Security.
NOTES: high-rise buildings constructed after the effective date must have sprinklers;
OK H 2695
AUTHOR: Tibbs (R)
TITLE: Assisted Living Facilities
INTRODUCED: 02/01/2010
LAST AMEND: 03/31/2010
ENACTED: 05/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Relates to building permits required before commencement of construction or major alteration of buildings or structures; allows for alternate fire sprinkler protection for certain assisted living facilities.
NOTES: providing exemption from fire sprinkler requirement for certain assisted living facilities
OK S 1182
AUTHOR: Brogdon (R)
TITLE: Building Codes
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2009
LAST AMEND: 05/22/2009
ENACTED: 06/02/2009
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Creates the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; provides the commission with the power and duty to review and adopt all building codes for residential and commercial construction; authorizes the promulgation of related rules; requires the creation of a website listing all building codes adopted by the commission; requires the commission to establish construction permit fees.
NOTES: assisted living facilities and fire sprinkler requirements
PA H 1196
PN: 3518
AUTHOR: Boyd (R)
TITLE: Construction Code Act
INTRODUCED: 04/03/2009
LAST AMEND: 04/13/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Amends the Construction Code Act. Provides for the board of appeals created by a municipality to consider variance requests, requests for extensions of time and appeals of decisions of code administrators based on the Uniform Construction Code. Provides for manufactured housing which bears a label, log walls, fenestration products in log walls, building heating equipment and fuel efficiency, geothermal heat pumps and the Energy Star program.
NOTES: does not allow local exemptions to fire sprinkler requirements in bldg code
PA H 1809
PN: 2355
AUTHOR: Buxton (D)
TITLE: Construction Code Act
INTRODUCED: 07/01/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Labor Relations Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Construction Code Act. Provides for adoption by regulations, for changes in the Uniform Construction Code. Provides that any ordinance requiring fire sprinkler systems in residential buildings shall provide for the design and installation of such systems consistent with the provisions of the International Residential Code (2009) or its successor triennial. Relates to municipal standards for automatic fire sprinkler systems in townhouses and locations of fire stations.
NOTES: allows municipal residential ordinances and requires compliance with provisions of IRC 2009
PA S 720
AUTHOR: Gordner (R)
TITLE: Dormitory Sprinkler System Act
INTRODUCED: 04/01/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Education Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Dormitory Sprinkler System Act. Provides for the sprinkler system program.
NOTES: Amends the Dormitory Sprinkler System Act. Provides for the sprinkler system program
PA S 1001
PN: 1258
AUTHOR: Robbins (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 07/06/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Labor and Industry Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Construction Code Act. Provides for adoption of regulations, for changes in the Uniform Construction Code and for exemptions. Provides that any ordinance requiring fire sprinkler systems in residential buildings shall provide for the design and installation of such systems consistent with the provisions of the International Residential Code (2009) or its successor triennial revisions. Relates to automatic fire sprinkler systems in townhouses and location of fire stations.
NOTES: Any residential sprinkler ordinance adopted after 07/01/1999, design and installation consistent with IRC (2009)
RI H 7806
AUTHOR: Edwards (D)
TITLE: Labor and Labor Relations
INTRODUCED: 02/25/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Labor Committee
SUMMARY: Would limit the applicability of the apprenticeship requirements for state public works prime contracts by increasing the minimum applicable contract amount from one million dollars ($1,000,000) to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). It would specifically exempt the public works projects that would involve limited access highways and bridges crossings over navigable water. This act would take effect upon passage.
NOTES: contractors doing state work on contracts greater the $25M required to have apprenticeship program
RI H 8101
AUTHOR: Serpa (D)
TITLE: Fire Safety Code
INTRODUCED: 05/06/2010
LAST AMEND: 05/26/2010
ENACTED: 06/16/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Amends the Comprehensive Fire Safety Act; makes changes relating to the approval of fire safety and fire alarm, smoke detection or carbon monoxide detector plans prior to the issuance of a building or foundation permit, appointment of assistant deputy state fire marshals, and minimum qualifications of assistant deputy fire marshals.
NOTES: require permit approval in 15 days by AHJ
RI S 191
AUTHOR: Sosnowski (D)
TITLE: Health and Safety
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee
SUMMARY: Lessens the implementation of the fire safety code requirements upon places of worship.
NOTES: restricts requirements for sprinklers in churches
RI S 637
AUTHOR: Ruggerio (D)
TITLE: Labor and Labor Relations
INTRODUCED: 02/25/2009
LAST AMEND: 06/24/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Died
SUMMARY: Would specify the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons in various fields of trade and industry. This act would take effect upon passage.
NOTES: sets apprenticeship ratios
RI S 2371
AUTHOR: Ruggerio (D)
TITLE: Businesses and Professions
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Labor Committee
SUMMARY: Would specify the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons in various fields of trade and industry. This act would take effect upon passage.
NOTES: specify the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons
RI S 2845
AUTHOR: Lynch (D)
TITLE: Fire Safety Code
INTRODUCED: 05/04/2010
LAST AMEND: 06/08/2010
ENACTED: 06/16/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Alters the time frames and requirements for plan review in order to accelerate construction projects; standardizes the application of the code through training and certification of all deputy fire marshals.
NOTES: requires AHJ to approve permits within 15 days
SC H 3680
AUTHOR: Limehouse (R)
TITLE: Tax Exempt Items
INTRODUCED: 03/09/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Ways and Means Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to items exempted from taxes imposed on their gross proceeds of sales or sales price, so as provides that certain fire sprinkler systems installed in a manufactured home are exempt from the taxes imposed under this section.
NOTES: exemption from taxes manufactured home with fire sprinklers
SC H 4663
AUTHOR: Sandifer (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinklers and Flood Insurance
INTRODUCED: 03/02/2010
LAST AMEND: 05/13/2010
ENACTED: 06/07/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Creates a study committee to increase participation by local taxing entities in the fire sprinkler system tax credit program; relates to the effective date of any regulation mandating the installation of an automatic residential fire sprinkler system in certain dwellings; relates to the power of the Public Service Commission or regulatory staff to interfere with local utilities' authority; repeals a section relating to lowering real property classifications for National Flood Insurance discount purposes.
NOTES: prohibit local entities from adopting ordinances requiring installation of sprinkler systems in family dwellings
SC S 598
AUTHOR: Land (D)
TITLE: Real Property Valuation Reform Act
INTRODUCED: 03/24/2009
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to definitions, valuation, and assessable transfers of interest, for purposes of the State real property valuation reform act, eliminate the point of sale valuation of real property for purposes of imposition of the property tax and return to the former valuation system in which real property and improvements to real property are appraised by the assessor and periodically adjusted in countywide reappraisals.
NOTES: installation of sprinkler system in commercial/residential when not required by law, regulation, or code is not addition or impr
SC S 1057
AUTHOR: Alexander Th (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler System Tax Credits
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2010
LAST AMEND: 05/11/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to tax credits for a fire sprinkler system, to create a study committee to develop and expand the tax credit program; relates to the adoption of certain building codes, provides that a local government may not adopt by reference a building code for residences.
NOTES: local communities cannot adopt bldg code w/ residential requirement
SD H 1216
AUTHOR: Steele (R)
TITLE: Single Family Dwelling Fire Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Prohibits local units of government from requiring fire sprinklers in single family dwellings.
NOTES: prohibit local units of government from requiring fire sprinklers in single family dwellings
SD S 68
AUTHOR: Gant (R)
TITLE: Fire Sprinklers
INTRODUCED: 01/20/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/03/2010
ENACTED: 02/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Updates references to the building code; provides that no ordinance may require that any fire sprinkler be installed in a single family dwelling and in any specialty resort or vacation home constructed in compliance with the 2009 edition of the International Building Code.
NOTES: No ordinance may require that any fire sprinkler be installed in a single family dwelling
TN H 3434
SAME AS: TN S 3220
AUTHOR: Hawk (R)
TITLE: Codes
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: House Government Operations Committee
SUMMARY: Requires that minimum statewide building construction safety standards be selected from the 2006 International Building Code.
NOTES: state code Shall not include mandatory sprinkler requirements for one- and two-family dwellings
TN S 3220
SAME AS: TN H 3434
AUTHOR: Woodson (R)
TITLE: Codes
INTRODUCED: 01/28/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: Senate Commerce, Labor and Agriculture Committee
SUMMARY: Requires that minimum statewide building construction safety standards be selected from the 2006 International Building Code.
NOTES: state code Shall not include mandatory sprinkler requirements for one- and two-family dwellings
US H 1194
RELATED: US S 2947
SPONSOR: Langevin (D)
TITLE: Sprinkler Systems Depreciation
INTRODUCED: 02/25/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Ways and Means Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.
NOTES: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act; accelerated depreciation for retrofit
US H 1642
SPONSOR: Larson (D)
TITLE: Fire Sprinkler Retrofitting in Nursing Facilities Funds
INTRODUCED: 03/19/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Energy and Commerce Committee
SUMMARY: Provides loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities.
NOTES: provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities
US H 2136
IDENTICAL: US S 1791
SPONSOR: Fudge (D)
TITLE: Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program
INTRODUCED: 04/28/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
SUMMARY: Establishes the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories.
NOTES: Demonstration Incentive to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing/ dorms
US H 4908
IDENTICAL: US S 3142
SPONSOR: Pascrell (D)
TITLE: Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010
INTRODUCED: 03/22/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: House Education and Labor Committee
SUMMARY: Relates to the Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010.
NOTES: Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010
US S 1791
IDENTICAL: US H 2136
SPONSOR: Brown S (D)
TITLE: Fire Suppression Incentive Demonstration Program
INTRODUCED: 10/15/2009
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
SUMMARY: Establishes the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories.
NOTES: establish Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems
US S 2947
RELATED: US H 1194
SPONSOR: Carper (D)
TITLE: Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/22/2010
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY: Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.
NOTES: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act offer accelerated depreciation for retrofits
UT H 45
AUTHOR: Morley (R)
TITLE: State Construction Code
INTRODUCED: 01/25/2010
LAST AMEND: 01/27/2010
ENACTED: 03/26/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Adopts the State Construction Code in accordance with the Uniform Building Standards Act.
NOTES: adopts the State Construction Code with modification re: sprinklers
UT H 183
AUTHOR: Morley (R)
TITLE: Fire Prevention and Safety and Building Standards
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/18/2010
ENACTED: 03/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Modifies the State Fire Prevention and Safety Act and Uniform Building Standards Act to address the process for adopting and modifying a state construction code or state fire code.
NOTES: establish a certification program for persons who inspect and test automatic fire sprinkler systems
UT H 202
AUTHOR: Menlove (R)
TITLE: Flame Effects Operator Licensing
INTRODUCED: 01/25/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/01/2010
ENACTED: 03/22/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Requires flame effects operator and special effects operators who create the combustion of flammable materials before an audience to obtain a license from the State Fire Marshal Division and a permit from the municipality or county where the operator is working; authorizes licensed individuals to purchase, possess, or discharge class C dangerous explosives.
NOTES: establish a certification program for persons who inspect and test automatic fire sprinkler systems
UT H 308
AUTHOR: Kiser (R)
TITLE: State Fire Code
INTRODUCED: 02/05/2010
LAST AMEND: 02/17/2010
ENACTED: 03/29/2010
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
SUMMARY: Adopts the State Fire Code in accordance with the Utah Fire Prevention and Safety Act.
NOTES: adopts state fire code including sprinkler provisions
WA H 2224
AUTHOR: Simpson (D)
TITLE: Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2009
LAST AMEND: 02/10/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Concerns the installation of residential fire sprinkler systems; eradicates barriers that prevent the voluntary installation of sprinkler systems in private residences by promoting education regarding the effectiveness of residential fire sprinklers; provides financial and regulatory incentives to homeowners, builders, and water purveyors for voluntarily installing the systems.
NOTES: fee changes to encourage residential sprinklers
WA H 2975
AUTHOR: Orcutt (R)
TITLE: Installation of Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/19/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: HOUSE
SUMMARY: Prohibits local governments and state agencies from mandating the installation of fire sprinkler systems in agricultural structures.
NOTES: prohibit local adoption of residential sprinkler codes or ordinances
WA S 6451
AUTHOR: Kauffman (D)
TITLE: Installation of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2010
DISPOSITION: Failed - Adjourned
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY: Concerns the installation of residential fire sprinkler systems.
NOTES: promote education on effectiveness of residential sprinklers, provide financial, regulatory incentives to homeowners, builders

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