The ICC code change process is detailed below.

(1) Code Change Submittal. Any interested person or organization may submit a proposed code change. The deadline for submitting code change proposals occurs two to three years before a new code edition is published.

(2) Code Change Review. Approximately two months after the code change proposal deadline, ICC publishes all submitted proposals for review.

(3) Code Development Hearing. Approximately four months after code change proposals are submitted, ICC holds public code development hearings, where interested parties testify before the Code Development Committee (CDC) in support of or in opposition to a change proposal. After testimony is complete, the committee recommends accepting or denying a code change proposal.

· Assembly Consideration: At the conclusion of the committee’s action on a code change proposal and before the next code change proposal is called to the floor, the Moderator will ask for a motion from the public hearing attendees who may object to the committee’s action. If a motion is not brought forward on the committee’s action, the results of the public hearing will be established by the committee’s action. If a motion is brought forward, both the committee’s action and the assemblies’ action will be reported as the results of the public hearing.

Eligible Voters: All members of ICC in attendance at the public hearing will be eligible to vote on floor motions.

(4) Report and Public Comment. ICC publishes the hearing results shortly after completion. The public is then invited to submit comments on the CDC decisions, which can include objections to the hearing results.

(5) Final Action Hearing and Publication. Roughly 10 months after code change proposals are submitted, ICC holds another round of public hearings, allowing interested parties to offer testimony on the public comments and CDC recommendations. After testimony designated ICC voting members (largely governmental member representatives – those who administer, formulate or enforce the regulations and are charged with the public’s health, safety and welfare) vote for or against code change proposals. ICC incorporates all approved final action items into the next edition of the I-Code.

Governmental member representative:

Population (city, county or state): 150, 000 or more – 12 votes