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ICC News and Updates | Industry Links | Other Important Resources/Reference Materials

This information is provided by the Oregon Building Officials Association as a helpful resource for our members and interested parties. We continually update and add to this page so check back often! 

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Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD)

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State of Oregon | Legislators – Committees – Schedules

Find Your Legislator: Use this link to find your representatives in the Oregon Legislature: Who Represents Me in Oregon?

Oregon State Senate Listing: The Oregon State Senate Listing includes all of the Oregon State Senators' pictures and contact information.

Oregon House of Representatives Listing: The Oregon House of Representatives Listing includes all of the Oregon State Representatives' pictures and contact information.

Oregon State Legislature Bills and Laws

Oregon State Legislature

An idea for a law can come from anyone - an individual, consumer group, professional association, government agency, a legislator, or the Governor.  

Click here for all info related to bills and laws, Oregon Revised Statutes, and Steps of How an Idea Becomes Law

Oregon Legislative Session Committee Info

Oregon’s legislative process is dependent on legislative committees. Committees are where the majority of the work to shape legislation and public policy is done.

Click here to visit the Legislative Committee's website

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OBOA Codes Committee – Code Development Updates & Important Info

ICC Updates

The 2027 ICC Code Development Cycle kicked off in 2024 with Group A code changes.  The committee has been working to provide OBOA members with information about code development as we move through the process for the 2027 I-Codes. This page will be updated frequently as we move through each phase of the process.

Code Development Calendar:

2024/2025 Cycle Group A

2024/2025 Cycle Group B

October 23-31

CAH#2 Annual Conference

October 15

cdpACCESS Open for code change submittals

December 2

CAH#2 Results

January 10

Deadline for receipt of code change proposals

January 20

cdpACCESS Open for Public Comments for 2026 PCH

March 13

Web posting of proposed changes

March 14

Deadline for receipt of Public Comments

Apr 27 – May 6

CAH #1


For the complete 2024–2026 Code Development Schedule, click here.

OBOA Codes Committee Group A Code Change Proposal Watch List:

  1. IBC E CAH#2 Watchlist
  2. IBC FS CAH#2 Watchlist
  3. IFC CAH#2 Watchlist
  4. IMC CAH#2 Watchlist
  5. IPC CAH#2 Watchlist
  6. IRC MP CAH#2 Watchlist

ICC Voter Validation:

There is a New Validation Process for Governmental Member Voting Representatives (GMVRs).  Please visit the ICC Voter Validation site to update your information if you are one of the governmental member voting representatives (GMVRs) for your jurisdiction.

Oregon BCD Updates

Current Small Home Construction Standards and Planned 2026 Updates:  Update here

2025 Oregon Energy Efficiency Specialty Code (OEESC) adoption

Effective: Jan. 1, 2025 with a six-month phase-in period ending June 30, 2025:  Update here

2023 Oregon Electrical Specialty Code Table 1-E errata

Effective: Jan. 1, 2025:  Update here

Our Disaster Preparedness & Response Committee Working Hard for You!

The disaster preparedness and response committee is committed to providing OBOA members with resource documents, quick links and tips relating to developing the resiliency of a Building Department. 

The committee will focus on the following areas:

  • Creating emergency supply lists for Building Department functions post-disaster.
  • Creating guides and templates covering various disaster preparedness and response topics (SOP for disaster response; Continuity of Operations Planning; Mutual Aid Agreements; and more).
  • Provide resources for training opportunities (Building Safety Evaluator Training; FEMA Incident Management Training (NIMS/ICS); and more).
  • Community outreach and public messaging.

Please check back frequently for updates! We will add and update this and the committee page continually to keep it relevant and valuable for our members -- please bookmark this page and check back for the latest info. If you have any requests, suggestions or other ideas on ways to make this even more valuable to you, please share. 

Emergency Supply Lists

OBOA Building Safety Evaluator Supply List Guide (download and save this!)

Disaster Preparedness and Response Guides and Templates

Check back soon for updates! We will add documents here -- let us know if you have templates or samples to share as well.

Training Opportunities

Wednesday April 16 – 2025 OBOA Spring Education Institute - We will offer the OrSAP Building Safety Evaluator Training (ATC20/45) – Post-Disaster Building Safety Assessments - Presented by Paul Vinje and Chris Wong, CoH

More Course Details HERE - Call the OBOA office for class availability at 503.691.6262.

Community Outreach and Public Messaging

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SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE AND GET INVOLVED!  Every single OBOA member has skillsets and perspectives that are extremely valuable to the association!  We hope you take full advantage of your OBOA membership by participating in one (or more!) of these important peer groups. These volunteers are what makes OBOA successful and advancing our profession. To find out more, simply reach out to a committee chair directly or contact the OBOA office via email or call 503.691.OBOA (6262). We would be happy to connect you with the appropriate group!

Industry/Other Related Events & Websites of Interest

It is of utmost importance to OBOA to offer quality programs and services to our members.  From time to time, we receive information from industry-related organizations regarding their events or other news.  As a courtesy to our members and as an additional benefit of OBOA membership and the building safety industry, we are providing the following links of other organizations and/or their events.  We wish to provide you with potentially valuable offerings and Continuing Education (CE) opportunities.  Please note that OBOA does not accept responsibility for the content of this information or take registrations/questions on behalf of the organization.  Please contact the individual organization directly for more details, to register for an event, or provide feedback.

Other Resources & Documents (in no particular order; some for historical reference):

ALSO -- check out our Standards Committee page for more helpful info and docs!