MO SB108

Builders of one- or two-family dwellings or townhouses must offer purchasers the option to install fire sprinklers at the purchaser's cost before entering into a purchase contract.

No county or political subdivision may deny purchasers the right to choose or decline fire sprinkler installation through any code, ordinance, rule, regulation, or order.

Counties and political subdivisions must include in their codes a mandatory option for purchasers to choose fire sprinklers and require builders to offer this option.

The fire sprinkler option requirement expires on December 31, 2019 (extended from the previous expiration date of December 31, 2011).

Political subdivisions adopting the 2009 International Residential Code without mandatory automatic fire sprinkler systems must retain the optional sprinkler language from the 2006 International Residential Code for two-family dwellings and townhouses.