Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, and making an appropriation. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the use of carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and public and private elementary and secondary schools that are served by a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors required in a building designed after the bill’s effective date must be permanently powered by the building’s electrical system. In addition, the bill requires that the carbon monoxide detectors installed bear a listing mark from Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., or a similar independent product safety certification organization. The bill also requires owners of child care centers and public and private elementary and secondary schools to reasonably maintain all carbon monoxide detectors as specified in the detectors’ instructions.

Under current law, generally, carbon monoxide detectors are required in dwellings with an attached garage, a fireplace, or a fuel-burning appliance. Carbon monoxide detectors are also required in public buildings that are used for sleeping or lodging purposes and that contain a fuel-burning appliance, a fuel-burning forced-air furnace, or an attached garage.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its authors⁠. All 6 are Democrats.

20 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.