An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2100
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: BUNKER
Amends: 25 MRSA §2469

Legislative Document
No. 2100
H.P. 1415
House of Representatives, January 7, 2026
An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector 
Requirements
Submitted by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 203.
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BUNKER of Farmington.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  25 MRSA §2469, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §96, is 
further amended to read:
2.  Fuel gas detector required.  The building owner shall install, or cause to be 
installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements at least one approved fuel 
gas detector in every room containing an appliance that combusts propane, natural gas or 
any liquefied petroleum gas in:
A.  Each unit in any building of multifamily occupancy with 3 or more dwelling units 
and each apartment in an apartment building as defined in the National Fire Protection 
Association Life Safety Code;
B.  A fraternity house, sorority house or dormitory that is affiliated with an educational 
facility;
C.  A children's home, emergency children's shelter, children's residential care facility, 
shelter for homeless children or specialized children's home as defined in Title 22, 
section 8101, subsections 1, 2, 4, 4‑A and 5, respectively;
D.  A lodging or rooming house, hotel, or dormitory as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code or a motel or inn;
E.  A mixed use occupancy that contains a dwelling unit;
F.  Beginning From January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, a business occupancy and 
beginning January 1, 2027, a business occupancy as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code;
G.  Beginning From January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, a mercantile occupancy 
and beginning January 1, 2027, a mercantile occupancy as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code; or
H.  Beginning From January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, an assembly occupancy. 
and beginning January 1, 2027, an assembly occupancy as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code; 
I.  Beginning January 1, 2028, a day care occupancy as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code;
J.  Beginning January 1, 2028, an educational occupancy as defined in the National 
Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code; 
K.  Beginning January 1, 2028, a health care occupancy, ambulatory health care 
occupancy and residential board and care occupancy as defined in the National Fire 
Protection Association Life Safety Code; or 
L.  Beginning January 1, 2028, a detention and correctional occupancy as defined in 
the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code. 
Sec. 2.  25 MRSA §2469, sub-§8 is enacted to read:
8.  Enforcement.  This section may be enforced by the Office of the State Fire Marshal; 
a state, county or municipal law enforcement officer; a municipal code enforcement officer; 
or a state, county or municipal fire inspector.
SUMMARY
Current law requires that every room containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas in 
each unit in any building of multifamily occupancy have a fuel gas detector.  This bill 
requires that every room containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas in each unit in any 
building of multifamily occupancy with 3 or more dwelling units and each apartment in an 
apartment building have a fuel gas detector.  Current law requires that every room 
containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas in a hotel, motel or inn have a fuel gas 
detector.  The bill requires that every room containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas 
in a lodging or rooming house, hotel or dormitory as defined in the National Fire Protection 
Association Life Safety Code or every room containing an appliance that combusts fuel 
gas in a motel or inn have a fuel gas detector.  Current law requires that beginning January 
1, 2026, every room containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas in a business 
occupancy, a mercantile occupancy and an assembly occupancy have a fuel gas detector.  
The bill requires that beginning January 1, 2027, every room containing an appliance that 
combusts fuel gas in a business occupancy, a mercantile occupancy and an assembly 
occupancy as defined in the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code have a 
fuel gas detector.  The bill also requires that beginning January 1, 2028, every room 
containing an appliance that combusts fuel gas in a day care occupancy, an educational 
occupancy, a health care occupancy, an ambulatory health care occupancy, a residential 
board and care occupancy and a detention and correctional occupancy as defined in the 
National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code have a fuel gas detector.  Finally, 
the bill provides that the laws governing fuel gas detectors may be enforced by the Office 
of the State Fire Marshal; a state, county or municipal law enforcement officer; a municipal 
code enforcement officer; or a state, county or municipal fire inspector.