The House Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted to adopt Amendment 2025-2972h to Senate Bill 94 on Nov. 5, 2025, by a recorded vote of 15-1 and later voted 15-1 'ought to pass as amended.' The amendment removes a provision tied to model-code update cycles that staff and committee members said could unintentionally reauthorize municipal technical amendments.

Representative Grotta moved the amendment and asked Mr. Sherman to explain the technical background. Mr. Sherman said SB 94 is linked to last year’s HB 428, which limited municipal amendments to administrative matters and intended to keep statewide minimum standards uniform. He explained the amendment would delete language that reactivated municipal technical amendments if the state code fell more than two model-code cycles behind; because the energy code was already two cycles behind, the trigger could have restored broader municipal amendment authority sooner than intended.

Committee members said deleting the trigger better preserved the legislature’s intent to maintain uniform minimum standards statewide. After the roll-call votes, the bill was placed on the consent calendar.