SBCC legislative committee weighs fixes to 2024 code delays as stakeholders press for implementation certainty

The State Building Code Council legislative committee met Oct. 24, 2025, to review delays in the 2024 code cycle and to consider legislative and administrative remedies staff says are needed to preserve a November 1, 2026, implementation date.

Dustin, SBCC staff, told the committee the council adopted two motions at a Sept. 26 special meeting: to delay final adoption of the 2024 codes to May 15, 2026, and to "explore administrative and legislative remedies to allow the implementation date to remain to be 11/01/2026." He said the delay stemmed from prior legal challenges to the 2021 codes, late publication of some ICC model products (notably the energy code), a heavy number of state amendments, and limited SBCC staffing.

The issue matters because state law requires that after the council adopts final rule text the code cannot go into effect until after the next legislative session when the adoption date falls after that session. "We passed a motion to delay that final adoption till May 15," Dustin said, describing the council action that changed the adoption schedule and prompted the current discussion of remedies. He and other staff said the timing of ICC…