CT SB00124

Requires smoke detection and warning equipment in all residential buildings, expanding current requirements that previously exempted single-family homes built before October 1, 1978.

Smoke detectors installed in residential buildings with permits issued prior to October 1, 1985 must be battery-powered or AC-powered, readily available for retail sale, and certified by American National Standards Institute or Underwriters Laboratories.

Equipment must be installed on each occupancy level and basement (if applicable), with detectors placed outside separate sleeping areas and on stairway ceilings.

Eliminates exemption for private dwellings occupied by one or two families from fire safety code requirements.

Effective October 1, 2016, with no certificate of occupancy issued for residential buildings without compliant smoke detection equipment.