RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 458 (HB 293) 2022 Regular Session Hilferty
Existing law requires existing one- or two-family dwellings to have a smoke detector with
a 10-year, sealed lithium battery at the time the dwelling is sold or leased.
New law retains existing law and adds that existing one- or two-family dwellings are further
required to have a carbon monoxide detector with a long-life, sealed battery at the time the
dwelling is sold or leased.
New law requires a professional installer who installs a home generator in one- or two-family
dwellings to include a carbon monoxide detector with a long-life, sealed battery with
installation. Further authorizes combination of the carbon monoxide detector with a smoke
detector.
New law (uncodified) provides that the provisions of new law requiring carbon monoxide
detectors do not supersede or prevent the La. State Uniform Construction Code Council from
performing its duties pursuant to existing law (R.S. 40:1730.22(C)). Further provides that
new law applies only to those certain dwellings that are sold, leased, or which have home
generators installed on or after Jan. 1, 2023.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 40:1581)


Statutes affected:
HB293 Original: 40:1581(A)
HB293 Engrossed:
HB293 Reengrossed:
HB293 Enrolled:
HB293 Act :