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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5726
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2090
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE -WIDE BUILDING CODE
CONSISTING OF MORE STRINGENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 541 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
(1) the Office of the State Building Inspector and the Codes and 2
Standards Committee shall develop a state-wide building code that 3
consists of a more stringent set of energy efficiency requirements than 4
those specified in the State Building Code, which may be adopted by a 5
town, city or borough, and (2) in the process of developing such state-6
wide building code, said office and committee shall consider input from 7
the public and stakeholders. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To provide municipalities with an important tool to transform their
building stock to meet climate goals, reduce air pollution and increase
energy affordability.