Relating to construction standards for certain recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds.
HB 2701 establishes fire safety and construction standards for privately owned recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds that offer transient overnight stays to the public. It requires these facilities to comply with the National Fire Protection Association's 2021 standard for RV parks (NFPA 1194), excluding Section 1.1.1. Existing facilities operating as of the law's effective date (September 1, 2025) have until September 1, 2026, to meet these standards. The bill also prohibits local governments from imposing stricter safety rules than those specified in the new standard.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 18, 2025
Last action Apr 23, 2025
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Introduced
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Engrossed
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2 edits
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Apr 23, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up to remove extraneous metadata and page numbers while preserving the core legislative content. The substantive policy language regarding recreational vehicle park construction standards remains unchanged, though one technical amendment was made to the referenced National Fire Protection Association standard.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; the legislative intent and requirements remain identical.
TECHNICAL
Removed formatting artifacts, page numbers, and metadata from the bill text to produce a clean version suitable for official publication.
REQUIREMENT
Updated the referenced National Fire Protection Association standard from 'Section 1.1.1' to 'Sections 1.1.1 and 5.1.1.1' in the minimum construction standards requirement.
Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2025
How they voted
105–39
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 146
Apr 22, 2025
D
Democratic59
94% Yea
R
Republican87
56% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Apr 23, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 22, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (105-39-2)
house
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Land & Resource Management
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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