SSB 5941: Allowing limited exemptions to renewable energy systems requirements for certain school districts.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Short
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- S Rules 3
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires that the State Building Code Council, by January 1, 2027, exempt school districts with 500 or fewer students in certain counties from Energy Code requirements to include onsite renewable energy generation in new commercial buildings of more than 10,000 square feet of heated or cooled floor space.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 5, 202645 yea · 3 nay · 1 not voting
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