Bill Text: VA HB368 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

Virginia House Bill 368 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384) [HB368 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB368-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 384 An Act to direct the Board of Housing and Community Development to convene a stakeholder advisory group to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit. [H 368] Approved April 4, 2024

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board) shall convene a stakeholder advisory group including fire code officials to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit, provided that the building has not more than six stories above grade plane. The advisory group shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than December 1, 2024.