House File 2297 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2297 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 82) 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 2009HV (2) 91 ss/ns
H.F. 2297 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 a passive method 5 for the mitigation of radon listed in appendix AF of the 6 international residential code, 2021 edition, published by 7 the international code council. The requirement shall only 8 apply to single-family or two-family residential construction 9 commenced after the adoption of the requirement. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill relates to radon mitigation requirements. The 14 bill requires the state building code commissioner to adopt 15 as part of the state building code a requirement that new 16 single-family or two-family residential construction include a 17 passive method for the mitigation of radon listed in appendix 18 AF of the international residential code, 2021 edition, 19 published by the international code council. The requirement 20 shall apply only to single-family or two-family residential 21 construction commenced after the adoption of the requirement. 22 -1- LSB 2009HV (2) 91 ss/ns 1/ 1