Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.



ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5156

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Salomon, Bateman, Liias, Nobles, Riccelli, Shewmake, and Stanford)

READ FIRST TIME 01/28/25.

AN ACT Relating to elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings; and adding new sections to chapter 19.27 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:

The state building code council shall adopt, by rule, for the 2027 technical codes, standards for cities and counties to allow, for apartment buildings with at most six stories and at most 24 units in total, passenger elevators minimally sized to meet federal accessibility requirements.