Minnesota has the 2024 building codes open for comment with no closing date
Minnesota has the 2024 building codes open for comment with no closing date
2026-09-12 · Minnesota · Regulation · Proposed — not yet introduced
What happened. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has the 2024 editions of the I-Codes open for public comment across the Minnesota State Building Code, at the pre-draft stage. No rule text has been written, no hearing scheduled, and no effective date set for any of them.
The comment window has no closing date, which is the actionable point here rather than a deadline.
The dockets, and where they were published
State Register, Volume 49, Number 30 (21 January 2025), pages 857–888, opened Requests for Comments on:1
- Minn. R. ch. 1300–1303 — code administration
- ch. 1305 — the 2024 International Building Code
- ch. 1307 — elevators
- ch. 1311 — the 2024 International Existing Building Code
- ch. 1341 — the Accessibility Code (chapter 11 of the 2024 IBC plus section 306 of the 2024 IEBC)
State Register, Volume 50, Number 31 (2 February 2026), pages 777–804, added:2
- ch. 1322 — the Residential Energy Code, considering incorporation of chapter 11 of the 2024 International Residential Code
- ch. 1346 — mechanical and fuel gas
Statutory authority cited: Minn. Stat. §§ 326B.02, subd. 5; 326B.101; and 326B.106, subd. 1.
The comment terms, in the notices' own words
“Interested persons or groups may submit comments or information on these possible rules in writing until further notice is published in the State Register that the Department intends to adopt or to withdraw the rules. The Department will not publish a notice of intent to adopt the rules until more than 60 days have elapsed from the date of this request for comments.”
Comments go to Amanda Spuckler at DLI, 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155, or [email protected].3
The ch. 1322 notice names those affected to include “building owners and managers” alongside building officials, contractors, architects and homeowners.
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Related Minnesota HOA Topics
- Minnesota State Register, Vol. 49, No. 30 (21 Jan. 2025) — Requests for Comments on Minn. R. chs. 1300–1303, 1305, 1307, 1311, 1341 ↩
- Minnesota State Register, Vol. 50, No. 31 (2 Feb. 2026) — Requests for Comments on Minn. R. chs. 1322 and 1346 ↩
- Construction Codes and Licensing rulemaking index — Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry ↩
- Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance, Final Report to the Minnesota Legislature (13 Feb. 2026) ↩
- Rulemaking docket, Minn. R. ch. 3801 — Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry ↩
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