Bill Text: VA SB524 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Local government; installation of water-based fire protection systems in new townhouse construction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-22 - Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (5-Y 9-N 1-A) [SB524 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB524-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 524 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 9, 2024 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-922.3, relating to local government; installation of water-based fire protection systems in certain construction. ---------- Patron-- Williams Graves ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-922.3 as follows:

§15.2-922.3. Water-based fire protection systems in certain construction.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may by ordinance require the installation of automatic water-based fire protection systems in new townhouse construction. Such ordinance shall require that installation of an automatic water-based fire protection system be completed in compliance with standards, requirements, and specifications for the installation of an automatic water-based fire protection system as prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems; NFPA 13R, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies; or NFPA 13D, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes in accordance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code.