Building Code Rules
The Governor’s 15th Emergency Proclamation Relating to Affordable Housing (EP), signed September 23, 2025, temporarily suspends several sections of Chapter 107, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS).
Current State Building Codes
The following sections, to the extent indicated below, have been suspended:
- Section 107-24(c), HRS – Authority and duties of the council, to the extent necessary to suspend the ability of the State Building Code Council to amend or update the Hawai‘i state building codes to allow for consistency and stability in the construction of housing. Counties may still update county building codes.
- Section 107-27(a), HRS – Design of state buildings, to the extent necessary to suspend the requirement for state building designs to comply with the Hawaiʻi state building codes that have not been adopted by the State Building Code Council.
- Section 107-28, HRS – County authority to amend and adopt codes the hawaiʻi state building codes without council approval, to the extent necessary to suspend the two-year default deadline for counties to adopt state building codes. Counties may still update county building codes.
- Section 107-31, HRS – State building code; compliance, to the extent necessary for codes that have not been adopted by the State Building Code Council.
Current State Building Codes – As Adopted by the SBCC
- State Residential Code – 2018 IRC
- State Building Code – 2018 IBC
- State Energy Code – 2018 IECC
- State Existing Building Code – 2018 IEBC
- State Plumbing Code – 2018 UPC
- State Electric Code – 2018 NFPA 70
- State Elevator Code
- State Fire Code – 2024 NFPA 1
The State Fire Code is amended and adopted by the State Fire Council pursuant to section 132-3, HRS. Once adopted, it becomes part of the Hawai‘i State Building Codes according to section 107-25, HRS.
Wind Topographic Factor Maps for use with the State Building Code
Form for Public Proposals to Amend the Hawaii State Building Codes