How to Make Code Change Proposals to S&B

At any time you wish to make proposals for future changes to codes administered by the Safety and Buildings Division, you may do so by sending your comments to the appropriate program manager listed below.

You may use the code change proposal form: PDF form, Word form. Open one of the two formats of the form, save it to your computer system, and fill it out. 

Send a copy of the filled-out form by fax, email, or postal mail to the program manager. If you wish the program manager to acknowledge receipt of your proposal, make that request and provide contact information. You will not receive any reaction comments from S&B staff about your proposal.

When a formal code development project proceeds, which may not occur for several years, your proposal will be considered by S&B staff and may be presented to the respective code advisory council. If your proposal is accepted by the Department of Commerce, it will be included in the public hearing draft of proposed code changes.

Access to code development project information is available on the S&B WebSite. When new projects begin, an email list will be set up for interested parties who wish to subscribe to receive email notices of advisory council meetings. 

If public hearings are held and formal comments solicited, a hearing announcement will include notice of how to submit those formal comments. The opportunity to make code change proposals as described above is NOT part of any formal public hearing comment process. Public hearings will be announced on the WebSite, and via the interested-party email list.

S&B postal mailing address for proposals: Code Change Proposal, Safety and Buildings Division, (send to program manager listed below according to code chapter), PO Box 2689, Madison, WI 53701.

Info on ICC code development is here,
http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/

  Code Chapters and Assigned Program Managers
Comm 1 Environmental Protection Policy Act, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 2 Fee Schedule, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 3 Petition for Variance Procedures, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 5 Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 7 Explosive Materials, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 8 Mines, Pits and Quarries, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 9 Manufacture of Fireworks, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 16 Electrical, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 18 Elevators, Larry Swaziek, larry.swaziek@Wisconsin.gov, 608-267-7701, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 20-25 Uniform Dwellings (One- and Two-Family Dwellings), Larry Swaziek, larry.swaziek@Wisconsin.gov, 608-267-7701, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 26, Manufactured Home Communities, Larry Swaziek, larry.swaziek@Wisconsin.gov, 608-267-7701, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 27 Manufactured Homes, Larry Swaziek, larry.swaziek@Wisconsin.gov, 608-267-7701, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 28 Smoke Detectors, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 30 Fire Department Safety and Health, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 32 Public Employee Safety and Health, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 33 Passenger Ropeways, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 34 Amusement Rides and Attractions, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 35 Infectious Agents, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 40 Gas Systems, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 41 Boilers and Pressure Vessels, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 43 Anhydrous Ammonia, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 45 Mechanical Refrigeration, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 60-65 Wisconsin Commercial Building Code, Jim Smith, jsmith@Commerce.state.wi.us, 608-2660251, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 67 Rental Unit Energy Efficiency, Joe Hertel, joe.hertel@Wisconsin.gov, 608-26-5649, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 70 Historic Buildings, Jim Smith, jsmith@Commerce.state.wi.us, 608-2660251, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 71 Solar Energy Systems, Jim Quast, jim.quast@Wisconsin.gov, 608-266-9292, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 75-79, Existing Buildings, Jim Smith, jsmith@Commerce.state.wi.us, 608-2660251, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 90 Public Swimming Pools, Jean MacCubbin, jmaccubbin@commerce.state.wi.us, 608-266-0955, fax 608-264-8795

Comm 91 Sanitation, Roman Kaminski, roman.kaminski@Wisconsin.gov, 715-345-5334, fax 715-345-5269

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