The Florida Building Commission will hold a rule hearing June 2, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. or as soon as thereafter as the matter comes before the Florida Building Commission in accordance with its agenda. The hearing will be held via teleconference/webinar. The purpose of the hearing is to accept public input regarding the proposed 7th Edition (2020) Florida Building Code. (Read More..)
The South Dakota State Electrical Commission has scheduled a public hearing and will be held telephonically on April 21, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., to consider the adoption and amendment of proposed rules numbered 20:44:14:01, 20:44:15:07, 20:44:16:23, 20:44:18:02, 20:44:18:06, 20:44:19:05, 20:44:19:06, 20:44:20:01 to 20:44:20:10, inclusive, 20:44:20:13, and 20:44:24:05. (Read More..)
Adoption of the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC) has been delayed and it will not be effective in Minnesota on July 1, 2020, as anticipated. The Board of Electricity received 25 valid requests for hearing regarding the adoption of the 2020 NEC. That hearing has been rescheduled to Aug. 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.(Read More..)
Adoption of the 2018 edition of the Minnesota Residential Energy Codes with amendments
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry will conduct a public hearing at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 18, 2020, at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, for the purposes of taking public comment and testimony regarding the appropriateness of amending the existing Minnesota (Read More..)
The State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council (Code Council) recently adopted rules amending and updating the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (the Uniform Code), to be effective May 12, 2020. This edition of the Code Outreach Program intends to remind code users that Title 19 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (19 NYCRR) is the starting point for the Uniform (Read More..)
Notice of 45-day public comment period for proposed building standards of amendments to the 2019 California Building Code, Chapter 11A. The California Department of Housing and Community Development is providing notice of code changes intended for the 2019 California Building Standards Code. (Read More..)
The Colorado Building Codes & Standards has identified the installation of thermal expansion controls are not consistently being installed in factory-built residential structures. Effective immediately thermal expansion controls will be required to be shown on plan submittals and installation will be field verified during the inspection.