CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5553
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate February 27, 2023
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 24, 2023
  Yeas 82  Nays 14
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5553 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary
Secretary
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SENATE BILL 5553
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
BySenators Lovelett, Robinson, Conway, Nguyen, Nobles, Wellman, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/25/23.Referred to Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs.
AN ACT Relating to authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption; and amending RCW 19.27.042.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.27.042 and 1991 c 139 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Effective January 1, 1992, the legislative authorities of cities and counties may adopt an ordinance or resolution to exempt from state building code requirements buildings whose character of use or occupancy has been changed in order to provide housing for indigent persons. The ordinance or resolution allowing the exemption shall include the following conditions:
(a) The exemption is limited to existing buildings located in this state;
(b) Any code deficiencies to be exempted pose no threat to human life, health, or safety;
(c) The building or buildings exempted under this section are owned or administered by a public agency or nonprofit corporation; and
(d) The exemption is authorized for no more than five years on any given building. An exemption for a building may be renewed if the requirements of this section are met for each renewal.
(2) By January 1, 1992, the state building code council shall adopt, by rule, guidelines for cities and counties exempting buildings under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) By July 1, 2026, the state building code council shall adopt, by rule, standards for temporary emergency shelters and make them available for local adoption.
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