Revision: May 22, 2025, 11:33 a.m.
SB 282 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/20/2025 0905s
22May2025... 1701h
2025 SESSION
25-1083
06/08
SENATE BILL 282
AN ACT relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.
SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows residential buildings up to 4 floors above grade plane to have only one stairway under conditions established by the state building code review board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/20/2025 0905s
22May2025... 1701h 25-1083
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Public Safety and Welfare; New Hampshire Building Code; State Building Code. Amend RSA 155-A:2 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. Notwithstanding the adopted edition of the International Building Code in the state building code under RSA 155-A:1, IV, or any other provision of law to the contrary, residential buildings up to four floors above grade plane shall be allowed to have only one stairway under conditions established by the state building code review board.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.