Visiting Capitol Hill is always a great honor to represent our industry. After the day with our Congressmen we had several meetings and gatherings to visit with others from throughout the Nation. Above - Tracy Butler, Jan Johnson & Jerry Geolat. Left and right - Couldn’t keep these guys away from each other: Allen Drewes, Mark Vogt & Kevin Chaffin (HBAI Leadership) with Alicia Huey future NAHB Chair. Below: (left) PWB Mixer with friends Darylene Dennon, PWB Chair, Judy Dinelle - 2018 PWB Chair & Sheronda Carr, PWB EO. (center) Treacy Duerfelt, Jan Johnson & Jerry Geolat. (right) Tracy Butler, HBR EO, with lovely ladies from PWB outside of the NAHB Gold Key event including Joyce Duerfelt, PWB Member of the Year. NAHB Sees Success in Current Code Development Cycle Thanks in large part to NAHB members and their tireless efforts to educate codes officials, none of the 26 high-priority code change proposals opposed by NAHB passed the first stage of International Code Council (ICC) I-Code development. The ICC recently held its 2019 Group B Committee Action Hearings in Albuquerque, N.M. on proposed changes to the Group B codes for the 2021 edition of the I-codes. Most importantly, Group B includes the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and International Residential Code (IRC). For example, among the 26 proposed changes that NAHB opposed and deemed a top priority, one included a proposal to require an electric vehicle-ready parking space, with charging infrastructure, on all new single-family homes. The ICC committees considered nearly 1,400 code change proposals. Overall, the committees supported NAHB’s position on 84% of the proposals where a position was taken. ICC is accepting public comments on the committee hearing results through July 24. NAHB plans to file at least 36 comments on proposals with unfavorable results. All submitted public comments will be heard at the public comment hearings in October. After the hearings, there will be an online vote open to all ICC governmental voters in November. Page 9
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