ColoradoAccessibility Standards in Building Codes
What it does
The act requires a board of county commissioners, a governing body of a municipality, or a regional building department operating through an intergovernmental agreement with a board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality that adopts or substantially amends a building code or updates a building code with a succeeding version of the international building code to ensure that the building code meets or exceeds the accessibility standards in the International Building Code, and the adopted accessibility standards cannot provide less protection than what is required by the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990". However, this requirement does not apply when energy-efficient building codes are adopted, nor does it apply to one- and 2-family dwellings and townhomes that comply with either the International Residential Code or a local building code whose accessibility standards are equivalent to the standards in the International Residential Code.
More detail
The act requires the division of fire prevention and control within the department of public safety to ensure that, when certain building codes pertaining to public school and health facilities are substantially amended, the codes meet or exceed accessibility standards in the International Building Code.
The act also requires the state housing board to ensure that, when the uniform construction and maintenance standards for hotels, motels, and multiple dwellings in jurisdictions with no local building code are substantially amended, the standards meet or exceed the accessibility standards in the International Building Code. The act also requires the state housing board to ensure that, when the recommendations for uniform housing standards and building codes to the general assembly and local governments are substantially amended, the codes meet or exceed the accessibility standards in the International Building Code. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Mar 11Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Mar 7Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 6Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Mar 6Signed by the President of the Senate
- Feb 28House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Feb 26Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 25Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - CommitteeMinor
- Feb 20Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 7Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & HousingMinor
- Feb 5House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from ----- to -----
- Vote recorded AMD. Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 4House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Feb 3House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Passed to Lost
- Vote recorded AMD. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Jan 29House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Jan 8Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local GovernmentIntroduced