On July 1, 2022 Gov. Sununu signed HB 1681, which adopts the 2018 building and fire codes, along with the 2020 electrical code, with applicable amendments.
We understand and appreciate that updating Codes can bring challenges that may affect your projects, especially those that may take many months to finalize. Understanding that, projects which are in formal process with the Community Development Office’s Building and Code Enforcement Division, that have submitted an application for review and received approvals prior to July 1, 2022 will be permitted to continue with designs, construction and subsequent inspections performed under the applicable provisions for the duration of the work covered by the approved permit.
This new adoption also allows a period of 6 months after July 1, 2022, which at the election of the applicant, building permit applications and other required documents show compliance using either the previous editions or the newly adopted editions of the Codes, but at no time utilizing a combination of the 2 codes. During this time, all submittal documents and applications will be required to show which edition of the Codes will be used for the specified project.
The approved and adopted amendments to the Codes can be found here:
