House File 2491 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2491 BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2170) A BILL FOR An Act relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6003HV (1) 90 ss/ns

H.F. 2491 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 103A.8E Radon mitigation 1 requirements. 2 The commissioner shall adopt as part of the state building 3 code a requirement that new single-family or two-family 4 residential construction must include passive methods for the 5 mitigation of radon. The requirement shall only apply to 6 single-family or two-family residential construction commenced 7 after the adoption of the requirement. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill relates to radon mitigation requirements. The 12 bill requires the state building code commissioner to adopt 13 as part of the state building code a requirement that new 14 single-family or two-family residential construction include 15 passive methods for the mitigation of radon. The requirement 16 shall apply only to single-family or two-family residential 17 construction commenced after the adoption of the requirement. 18 -1- LSB 6003HV (1) 90 ss/ns 1/ 1