Summary of HB10-1358

Sponsors: Fischer/Johnston

The bill requires every person that builds a new single-family detached residence for which a buyer is under contract to offer the buyer the opportunity to select one or more of the following water-smart home options for the residence:

• Installation of water-efficient toilets, lavatory faucets, and
• If dishwashers or clothes washers are financed, installed, or sold as upgrades through the home builder, the model selected must be qualified pursuant to the federal environmental protection agency's energy star program at the time of offering;
• If front yard landscaping is financed, installed, or sold as upgrades through the home builder and will be maintained by the home owner, either average water use of the landscape must be no more than 10 gallons per square foot per year or turf grass shall not exceed 40% of the landscaped area; and
• Installation of a pressure-reducing valve that limits static service pressure in the residence to a maximum of 60 pounds per square inch.
  

Status:

03/04/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
04/06/2010 House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/13/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government and Energy
04/27/2010 Senate Committee on Local Government and Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/28/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/30/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/06/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/07/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/11/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor

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