Revision: April 11, 2024, 11:16 a.m.
SB 373 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
04/11/2024 1364s
2024 SESSION
24-3047
11/05
SENATE BILL 373
AN ACT relative to the state building code.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill updates the state building code definition.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/11/2024 1364s 24-3047
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the state building code.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Building Code Amendment. The state building code review board shall amend the International Energy Conservation Code 2018, R402.4.1.2 to read as follows:
The building or dwelling unit shall be tested for air leakage. The maximum air leakage rate for any building or dwelling unit under any compliance path shall not exceed 5.0 air changes per hour or 0.28 cubic feet per minute (CFM) per square foot [0.0079 m3/(s × m2)] of dwelling unit enclosure area. Testing shall be conducted in accordance with ANSI/RESNET/ICC 380, ASTM E779 or ASTM E1827 and reported at a pressure of 0.2 inch w.g. (50 Pascals). Notwithstanding any other building code requirements, the air exchange rate shall be set to no more than 5.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.