The State Building Inspector, State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee announced on December 29, 2016 intent to adopt the 2018 State Building and Fire Safety Codes based on the 2015 editions of the International Code Council (ICC) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) documents.
Technical review of these codes is being conducted by the Committee’s Codes Amendment Subcommittee (CAS) along with DAS staff. This review began January 2017 and was completed with the Codes and Standards Committee’s approval for DAS to move both codes the legislative approval process at its November 8, 2017 meeting.
The intended effective date for the new code is July 1, 2018.