District of Columbia B767: Net Zero Continuity Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

What the bill says

To amend, on an emergency basis, the Green Building Act of2006 to exempt certainDistrict- 'owned and -funded residential and nonresidential projectsfrom complying with net-zeroenergy standards and to modify net-zero-energy standardcompliancerequirements for nonresidential and residential projects;to amend section 2 oftheClean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of2022 to modify thedefinitionofthe net-zero-energy standard and thetypesof projects to which thenet-zero-energy standardapplies; and for other purposes. may becited as the "Net Zero Continuity Emergency Amendment Act of2026". Sec. 2.

From the enrolled text, July 30, 2026:

To amend, on an emergency basis, the Green Building Act of2006 to exempt certainDistrict- 'owned and -funded residential and nonresidential projectsfrom complying with net-zeroenergy standards and to modify net-zero-energy standardcompliancerequirements for nonresidential and residential projects;to amend section 2 oftheClean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of2022 to modify thedefinitionofthe net-zero-energy standard and thetypesof projects to which thenet-zero-energy standardapplies; and for other purposes. may becited as the "Net Zero Continuity Emergency Amendment Act of2026". Sec. 2. The GreenBuilding Act of2006, effective March 8,2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01 efseq.), isamended as follows: (a) Section2 (D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01) isamended as follows: (1)Paragraph (1)is amended toread as follows: (1) "Addition" shall have themeaningascribedto it in theBuilding Codes.". (2)Theexistingparagraph (2A)is redesignatedas paragraph(2B). (3) A newparagraph (2A) is added to read as follows: QA) "Aquatic center" means a structure intended forswimming orrecreational bathingthatcontainswaterover24 inches deep and includes thepool, decks, and surrounding structure, locker rooms, electrical and mechanical rooms, and ITcontrols that supportthepool." (4) A newparagraph (3) is addedto read as follows: "@A) "Building Codes"means theportionsofthe Construction Codes designated as theBuilding Code, the Energy ConservationCode, and theExisting Building Code.". (5) Paragraphs (6) and (7) areamended to read as follows: "(@) "ConstructionCodes" shall have the same meaningasin section 2(2)ofthe Construction Codes Approvaland Amendments Act of 1986, effective March 21, 1987 (D.C. Law …