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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 152

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Relating to: examination of building plans for public buildings, public structures, and places of employment, and examination of plumbing plans. (FE)

Building Plumber Safety and professional services department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an exemption from the examination requirement for certain

building plans and plumbing plans and modifies other aspects of the building plan

review process.

Under current law, essential drawings, calculations, and specifications

(building plans) for public buildings, public structures, and places of employment

(commercial buildings) and plumbing plans and specifications (plumbing plans) for

plumbing installations, additions, or alterations (plumbing systems) must be

examined for compliance with the rules promulgated by the Department of Safety

and Professional Services.

The bill creates an exception from building plan examination requirements.

Under the bill, DSPS may not require the submission or examination of building

plans for a commercial building that 1) is a single story containing less than 200,000

cubic feet of volume; 2) is not classified by DSPS as intended for certain occupancies

and uses, including high hazard uses and educational uses; and 3) a registered

architect, registered professional engineer, or designer permit holder prepares and

signs, dates, and seals or stamps the building plans.

The bill also creates a similar exception for plumbing plan examination

requirements. Under the bill, DSPS may not require the examination of plumbing

plans for a plumbing system that 1) involves no more than 25 plumbing fixtures; 2)

is in connection with a building or structure that is not classified by DSPS as

intended for certain occupancies and uses, including high hazard uses and

educational uses; and 3) a registered architect, registered professional engineer, or

designer permit holder prepares and signs, dates, and seals or stamps, or a licensed

master plumber, licensed master plumber (restricted), or utility contractor signs and

dates, the plumbing plans.

Under current law, DSPS must fix and collect fees that, as closely as possible,

equal the cost of examining building plans. The bill provides that 50 percent of

building plan examination fees must be submitted as a nonrefundable deposit at the

time an appointment for examination of building plans is scheduled.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , J. Rodriguez (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

14 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Edming (R) , Jacque (R) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Moses (R) , Penterman (R) , Roth (R) , Sortwell and Callahan , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Oct 21, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Oct 21, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Rodriguez, Dittrich, Born, Armstrong, Dallman, James, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy, Rozar, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tittl, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Stroebel, Cowles, Kooyenga, Jacque and Darling

  2. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Mar 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Loudenbeck added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  9. Aug 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative J. Rodriguez

  10. Aug 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Penterman added as a coauthor

  11. Sep 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  13. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  14. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules

  16. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  17. Jan 27, 2022 · Assembly

    Representatives Sortwell and Callahan added as coauthors

  18. Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  19. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Kurtz added as a coauthor

  20. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  21. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  22. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  23. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 8:03 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  25. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  27. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  30. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  32. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  33. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  34. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  35. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  36. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  37. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  38. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  39. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  40. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  42. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022

  43. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  44. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  45. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  46. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82