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U.S. ELECTRICAL CODE ADOPTIONS

Agency: Florida Department of Business & past adoptions, they are also likely to be Building Code Bureau | 215 East 7th St.
Professional Regulation | 2601 Blair Stone adopting the NEC-2020 within the year. Des Moines, IA 50319
Road | Tallahassee, FL 32399-1027 ~ (515) 725-6145
~ (850) 487-1824 ILLINOIS • NEC-2008 ~ dps.iowa.gov/divisions/state-fire-marshal
~ floridabuilding.org/c/default.aspx (Commercial Occupancies for areas Quick Fact: Iowa is an example of a
Quick Fact: The state of Florida is with no local adoption authority) state that has statewide adoption with
currently reviewing and processing Effective: July 1, 2011 amendments. For example, the Iowa
an adoption of the NEC-2017 with an Enforcement: Local board voted to retain several GFCI
enforcement date of December 31, 2020. Agency: Capital Development Board amendments from the NEC-2011 and voted
Building Codes & Regulations to eliminate some of the AFCI requirements
GEORGIA • NEC-2017 3rd Floor Stratton | 401 South Spring from 210.12(D) and 406.4(D)(4).
Effective: January 1, 2018 Springfield, IL 62706
Enforcement: Statewide ~ illinois.gov/cdb/Pages/default.aspx KANSAS • NEC 2008
Agency: State Codes Advisory Board Quick Fact: The state of Illinois adopted (State-owned buildings)
Department of Community Affairs the NEC-2008 statewide for non-building Effective: February 4, 2011
60 Executive Park South, NE code jurisdictions. Those jurisdictions Enforcement: Local
Atlanta, GA 30329-2231 that have adopted a building code Agency: Kansas State Fire Marshal
~(404) 679-4840 ~dca.ga.gov are not affected, but the rest of the 800 SW Jackson Street, Suite 104
state is. Some of the local jurisdictions Topeka, KS 66612-1216
Quick Fact: The DCA formed a new task
force to review and update NFPA 70 that have adopted the NEC include: ~ (785) 296-3401 ~ firemarshal.ks.gov
from the NEC-2017 to the NEC-2020. • City of Chicago — Chicago Electrical Quick Fact: The Kansas State Fire Marshal
Meetings were held in Fall 2019 and Code incorporates provisions of the is responsible for enforcing the NEC-
continued into the new year. Based on NEC-2017, effective March 1, 2018 2008 for state-owned buildings, but
the state’s past three-year code cycles, it • City of Springfield — NEC-2011, local jurisdictions can adopt and enforce
will likely be effective on January 1, 2021. effective November 19, 2013 different codes. Here are a few examples
• City of Decatur — NEC-2014 of local jurisdictions throughout Kansas:
HAWAII • NEC-2017 • County of Peoria — NEC-2014 • Sedgwick County — NEC-2017
Effective: July 26, 2018 • City of Rockford — NEC-2014 • City of Olathe — NEC-2017,
Enforcement: Hybrid • City of Joliet — NEC-2014 effective September 1, 2019
Agency: Hawaii Building Codes • City of Champaign — NEC-2014 • City of Lawrence — NEC 2017,
Commission | Kalanimoku Building • City of Aurora — NEC-2008 effective July 1, 2019
1151 Punchbowl Street (residential), NEC-1999 (all others) • City of Shawnee — NEC-2017
Honolulu, HI 96813 INDIANA • NEC-2008 • Wyandotte County and Kansas
~ (808) 586-0400 City, KS — NEC-2011
~ ags.hawaii.gov/bcc Effective: August 26, 2009 • City of Overland Park — NEC-2011
Enforcement: Hybrid • City of Fort Scott — NEC-2011
Quick Fact: The state of Hawaii passed
a rule that as of July 2018, the state Agency: Indiana Department of Homeland • City of Topeka — NEC-2017
had to adopt the most recent edition Security, Fire & Building Safety Division • City of Wichita — NEC-2017
of the model codes, including the NEC, Indiana Government Center South KENTUCKY • NEC-2017
within one year of publication. The 302 West Washington Street
four Hawaii counties — Oahu, Maui, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Effective: January 1, 2019
Kauai, and Hawaii – Big Island — have ~ (317) 232-2222 ~ in.gov/dhs/2375.htm Enforcement: Statewide
two years in which to adopt locally. Quick Fact: Local jurisdictions are not Agency: Department of Housing, Buildings,
allowed to adopt or enforce their own and Construction | 101 Sea Hero Rd., Ste. 100
IDAHO • NEC-2017 electrical code unless it has been approved Frankfort, KY 40601
by the Commission. The Office of the ~ (502) 573-0365
Effective: July 1, 2017
Enforcement: Statewide State Building Commissioner inspects all ~ dhbc.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Agency: Division of Building Safety, buildings and structures in areas without Quick Fact: Kentucky first adopted and
Electrical Bureau | 1090 E. Watertower approved local building departments. began enforcement of the 2018 Kentucky
Street, Suite 150 | Meridian, ID 83642 IOWA • NEC-2017 Building Code (IBC-2015), 2018 Kentucky
~ (208) 334-3950 ~dbs.idaho.gov Residential Code (IRC-2015), and NEC-
Effective: January 1, 2018 2017 without amendments on August
Quick Fact: The state of Idaho requires
all electrical installations to comply Enforcement: Statewide 22, 2018. However, a grace period was
with the NEC, which they adopt on a Agency: State Fire Marshal Division, allowed until the beginning of 2019.
traditional three-year cycle. Based on

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