HB 579
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Building Code.
In Plain Language
This bill changes Kentucky building code rules for apartment buildings and similar residential buildings with fewer than six stories. Instead of requiring multiple exits, these smaller residential buildings would be allowed to have just one exit. This is a change to safety requirements for how these buildings must be constructed.
Official summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to permit less than six stories of Residential Group R-2 occupancy to be served by a single exit.
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Latest action
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
Feb 25, 2025
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