Senate2023-24 sessionFiscal note
SB 5553: Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption.
Signed into law: Chapter 47, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Lovelett
- Introduced
- January 25, 2023
- Status
- C 47 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (April 6, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires the State Building Code Council, by July 1, 2026, to adopt rules setting standards for temporary emergency shelters and make such standards available for local government adoption.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 24, 202382 yea · 14 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 202348 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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