Protect Safety Codes by Supporting Advancement of the Pro Codes Act
The Pro Codes Act, which ensures non-profit standards developers can continue to fund the development and updating of safety codes, will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives as soon as this Monday, July 22, 2024. The Code Council asks that you join us and a broad coalition of building and fire safety organizations by clicking HERE by July 22nd to ask your Member of Congress to support this important legislation.
America's codes and standards, which ensure public health and safety, are developed by non-profit organizations like the International Code Council (at no cost to taxpayers) through a rigorous, resource-intensive, and consensus-based process. We fund our code development and updating of these codes through selling digital and printed formats, made possible by copyright protection. Our homes, workplaces, schools, and hospitals are safer, more sustainable, and more resilient thanks to the work of our members and these continuously improved codes and standards.
To protect this process and prevent unauthorized and erroneous copies of the codes from being published, we’ve worked with a coalition of standards developing organizations and a bipartisan group of lawmakers to draft and advance the Pro Codes Act.
Following overwhelming support this spring in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee (19 supporting to 4 opposing), the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider Pro Codes as soon as this Monday, July 22, 2024. Please consider adding your voice to this effort by filling out this form, asking your Members of Congress to support it.