Bill > SB94

This bill, effective July 1, 2025, prohibits all local legislative bodies, such as city councils, from creating or enforcing any new local ordinances, rules, or regulations that alter, override, deviate from, or differ from the state building code, state energy code, or state fire code, which are established under RSA 155-A and RSA 153. This means municipalities must fully comply with these state codes without making their own modifications. However, any local amendments to these codes that were already in effect as of July 1, 2025, will remain valid and enforceable, provided they were adopted following the proper legal procedures. The bill effectively removes the previous authority of local governments to enact their own amendments to the state building code, even if those amendments were not less stringent than the state requirements or were intended to supplement them, and streamlines the enforcement of building standards to a single, uniform state code.

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1063&inflect=2