Revision: Jan. 22, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
SB 95 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-1054
06/09
SENATE BILL 95
AN ACT relative to summer camp cabins and the state building code.
SPONSORS: Sen. McConkey, Dist 3; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes specific requirements for summer camp cabins, including definitions, exemptions from stringent codes, and safety measures.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-1054
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to summer camp cabins and the state building code.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Summer Camp Cabins. Amend RSA 155-A by inserting after section 13 the following new section:
155-A:14 Summer Camp Cabins.
I. In this section:
(a) "Boards" means the state advisory board of fire control and the state building code review board, jointly.
(b) "Building code" means the state building code as defined in RSA 155-A:1, IV.
(c) "Fire code" means the state fire code as defined in RSA 153:1.
(d) "Summer camp cabin" means a structure not in excess of 2 stories that:
(1) Has 2 means of egress;
(2) Is occupied for no more than 150 days within any rolling 365-day time span; and
(3) Can accommodate 60 or fewer persons.
II. Notwithstanding any other provision of RSA 155-A:2 or RSA 153:5 to the contrary, the codes shall not require measures concerning summer camp cabins any more stringent than the ones in this section.
III. Summer camp cabins shall:
(a) Not be required to have plumbing or electrical systems. However, if a summer camp cabin does have such systems, then the applicable provisions of the codes shall apply.
(b) Be equipped with smoke detectors and handheld fire extinguishers as required by the codes. Sprinkler systems shall not be required.
(c) Have an emergency exit plan for every bunk. These plans shall be available to the state fire marshal or their designee upon request.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.