So what us stopping them from doing that without the mandate? There are two ways to interpret SawStop: SawStop are responsible for saving X number of fingers every year, and SawStop are solely responsible for ensuring that Y number of fingers are lost every year. Both are equally true and unless you are a SawStop board member or stock holder, you should admonish them more for the latter than you praise them for the former.

Make the technology free, as in speech and costs, otherwise it is a legislated monopoly and guaranteed corporate profits.

No, they are doing exactly what they were put there to do. They were carefully vetted and groomed for their position

The odds that you die because your six story building only has one staircase may be low. The odds that someone dies because six story buildings only require one staircase is 100%.