2025 bills / H.B. 313
H.B. 313 Construction Industry Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill updates Utah's State Construction Code so that its residential building standards match newer International Residential Code rules and its electrical standards match the newer National Electric Code. It also removes certain water heater regulations in some areas and makes technical changes, including a provision stating that its changes to one section override conflicting changes made by another bill.
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Official description
- amends the State Construction Code to:
- align with updated standards in the International Residential Code (IRC)
- align with the updated standards in the National Electric Code (NEC)
- includes a coordination clause to make the amendments to Section 15A-3-202 in this bill supersede the amendments to Section 15A-3-202 in H.B. 175, Housing Construction Amendments
- removes regulations for water heaters in certain areas
- makes technical changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 313 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 313 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 8 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 6 no, 1 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 55 yes, 12 no, 8 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 31, 2025 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- Feb 5, 2025 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 24, 2025 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee▶ Watch
- 14/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- 18/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch