Rulemaking Activities

  • Code Adoption Cycles
  • Change Without Regulatory Effect
  • Emergency Rulemaking

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Video of the April 17, 2019 Commission Meeting

Commission Review Meetings

Proposing agencies are required to ensure adequate public participation in the development of building standards; to ensure satisfactory technical review and sufficient time for such review by code advisory committees; and to ensure notice to the public of code change submittals prior to adoption by the CBSC. In addition to the rulemaking documents below, the 9-point criteria used to determine if a building standard is justified (HS. Code, § 18930) and the agency's Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (Form 399) are available for each of the proposals upon request.

Key:

  • Final Express Terms (FET) 
  • Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR) 
  • Updated Informative Digest (UID) 
  • Commission Action Matrix: Green- Uncontested Items; Yellow- Challenged Items; Salmon- Withdrawn/No Action Required

Links to old website may be broken

Links within previously posted documents may redirect you to the BSC homepage; for example, links within a meeting agenda to rulemaking cycles. Other document links my be broken.

state Agency Key

  • HCD—Department of Housing & Community Development
  • OSHPD—Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development