Bill > LB520

This bill establishes comprehensive new regulations for bed and breakfast establishments in Nebraska, focusing on food safety, fire safety, and operational standards. The bill redefines bed and breakfast establishments as single-family dwelling units providing sleeping accommodations and breakfast to transient guests, with a limit of ten guest rooms and twenty guests at any given time. It introduces detailed food handling requirements, including mandates for food storage, preparation, and personal hygiene for food handlers, such as requiring staff to wash hands thoroughly, wear clean clothing, and avoid working while infected with communicable diseases. The bill also imposes strict fire safety regulations, requiring operational smoke alarms, emergency lighting, multiple means of egress for guest rooms, fire extinguishers on each floor, and a prohibition on indoor smoking. Additionally, the bill requires the State Fire Marshal to incorporate specific provisions for bed and breakfast establishments into the State Fire Code and mandates that operators become certified in food handling through an examination. Establishments will have eighteen months to comply with the new secondary egress or sprinkler system requirements, ensuring a reasonable transition period for existing bed and breakfast businesses to meet the new safety standards.

Housing and Urban Affairs

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