Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB141 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REENGROSSED~~
5		-	This Version Includes All Amendments
6		-	~~Adopted~~ in the House of Introduction
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
7	7		LLS NO. 25-0735.01 Christopher McMichael x4775
8	8		SENATE BILL 25-141
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10	10		Transportation & Energy
11	11		A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12		C
13	13		ONCERNING AN EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE101
14	14		REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT AN ENERGY CODE FOR RESIDENTIAL102
15	15		BUILDINGS.103
16	16		Bill Summary
17	17		(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
18	18		not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
19	19		passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
20	20		applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
21	21		http://leg.colorado.gov
22	22		.)
23	23		Under current law, every governing body of a municipality that has
24	24		adopted and enforced a building code after July 1, 2023, is required to
25	25		adopt and begin enforcing an energy code for residential buildings. The
26	26		bill creates an exemption for municipalities with a population of less than
27	27		2,500 residents from having to adopt and enforce an energy code for
28	28		SENATE
29		-	3rd Reading Unamended
30		-	March 6, 2025
31		-	SENATE
32	29		2nd Reading Unamended
33	30		March 5, 2025
34	31		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
35		-	Pelton R., Baisley, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Daugherty, Frizell, Kirkmeyer, Liston, Lundeen,
36		-	Mullica, Pelton B., Rich, Roberts, Simpson
	32	+	Pelton R.,
37	33		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
38	34		Winter T.,
39	35		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
40	36		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
41	37		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. residential buildings.
42	38		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
43	39		SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly2
44	40		finds and declares that:3
45	41		(a) Rural and frontier communities are the most remote and4
46	42		sparsely populated communities in Colorado;5
47	43		(b) These communities have low population density and are6
48	44		isolated from population centers and services;7
49	45		(c) As such, rural and frontier communities have difficulties8
50	46		building housing at an affordable cost for their residents because of the9
51	47		cost of providing materials, infrastructure, and labor to the most isolated10
52	48		areas of the state;11
53	49		(d) Rural and frontier communities are also typically located in12
54	50		depressed or even inverted housing markets, making the cost of building13
55	51		homes in these communities financially unfeasible;14
56	52		(e) Increased building code and energy code regulations create15
57	53		burdens for rural and frontier communities, such as additional16
58	54		construction requirements and specific certifications, which increase the17
59	55		cost of housing in rural and frontier communities; and18
60	56		(f) Established state building, plumbing, and electrical codes are19
61	57		more than sufficient at protecting the health, safety, and welfare of20
62	58		Coloradans who live in rural and frontier communities, and using the21
63	59		established codes will reduce the cost of housing for people in those22
64	60		communities.23
65	61		(2) Therefore, the general assembly further declares that it is in24
66	62		the best interest of the state to exempt rural and frontier communities25
67	63		141-2- from additional energy code requirements in order to promote the1
68	64		building of homes and reduce the cost of housing in rural and frontier2
69	65		communities.3
70	66		SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 31-15-602, add (3.7)4
71	67		as follows:5
72	68		31-15-602. Energy efficient building codes - legislative6
73	69		declaration - exemption for certain municipalities - definitions -7
74	70		repeal. (3.7) N
75	71		OTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTIONS (3) AND (3.5) OF THIS8
76	72		SECTION, A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN TWO9
77	73		THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED RESIDENTS , ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT10
78	74		FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS , IS NOT REQUIRED TO ADOPT AN ENERGY11
79	75		CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION .12
80	76		SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act13
81	77		takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the14
82	78		ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except15
83	79		that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V16
84	80		of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this17
85	81		act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take18
86	82		effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in19
87	83		November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the20
88	84		official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.21
89	85		141
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