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State Building Code Council executive committee posts June code hearings, shifts August and September meetings
Summary
The State Building Code Council’s Executive Committee updated the council schedule on May 15, setting public hearings for June 10 in Olympia and June 12 in Spokane Valley, moving BFRW to June 17, canceling July committee meetings, and shifting August and September meetings to later weeks to accommodate staff and final-adoption timing.
The State Building Code Council’s Executive Committee on May 15 confirmed schedule updates and public hearing logistics for the 2024/2027 code process, including public hearings on June 10 in Olympia and June 12 in Spokane Valley and a rescheduled BFRW committee meeting on June 17.
SBCC Managing Director Dustin Curb told the committee the changes were filed with the Code Revisor (CR102 filings appeared May 5) to meet notice requirements and that the June hearings are classified as special meetings. “On June 10th and 12th, the 10th hearing will be in Olympia, and in the 12th will be in Spokane Valley,” Curb said while explaining why some committee meetings in June and July were moved or canceled. He also said an August council meeting targeted for final adoption had to be pushed a week because of staff scheduling conflicts.
The schedule revisions shift committee and council dates in August and September so staff can complete deliberations and prepare concise explanatory statements tied to the record. Curb told members the council aims to deliberate non-energy codes at an August/September sequence and to address energy codes later in the schedule, with energy-code deliberations targeted after additional work sessions.
Committee members and public participants pressed for clarity on how to participate. Cory Shaw of the Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association said his group intends to submit comments on the embodied‑carbon proposal and asked whether oral testimony required prior written submission. Curb replied that the hearings are designed to receive testimony rather than facilitate live Q&A and that oral testimony does not require prior written filing, though staff “encourage[s]” sign‑up and submission of scripts to help with calling names and preparing transcripts.
There was discussion about how the SBCC posts sign‑up forms on its website. Curb acknowledged that a single link on the website could appear to cover only some code windows and committed to make the sign‑up form and per‑code sign-up options more conspicuous. He also clarified the comment‑period close: written testimony will be accepted through midnight on the day of the last hearing for that code, after which staff must treat the record as closed for that rulemaking stage.
Procedural items were handled early in the meeting: the committee approved the meeting agenda and the April 3 minutes by voice vote.
What’s next: public hearings are set for June 10 (Olympia) and June 12 (Spokane Valley); BFRW will meet June 17; the council’s schedule for final deliberations on non‑energy codes is targeted in late August/September, with energy‑code deliberations staged afterward. The SBCC staff committed to improve website sign‑up clarity and to post explicit deadlines for written comment tied to each hearing.
