Bill Text: VA HB368 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 368
House Amendments in [ ] – February 12, 2024
A BILL 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 [ ; report ] .
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Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate McClure
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Referred to Committee on Rules
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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 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 [ a report of ] 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.