Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SR348: A Resolution directing the Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council to conduct a study and issue a report recommending modifications and limitations to the International Building Code that would allow for a single-exit stairway to serve multifamily residential structures up to six stories above grade plane.
Status: In committee, June 26, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Directing the Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council to conduct a study and issue a report recommending modifications and limitations to the International Building Code that would allow for a single-exit stairway to serve multifamily residential structures up to six stories above grade plane.
From the introduced text, June 26, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Directing the Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council to conduct a study and issue a report recommending modifications and limitations to the International Building Code that would allow for a single-exit stairway to serve multifamily residential structures up to six stories above grade plane. WHEREAS, The Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council within the Department of Labor and Industry is obligated to provide recommendations regarding proposed changes to the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act to the Governor, General Assembly and the Department of Labor and Industry, and to review the most recent triennial building code updates published by the International Code Council; and WHEREAS, Pennsylvania adopts language from the International Building Code (IBC), which most state and local governments in the United States use as the foundation for their building codes; and WHEREAS, The IBC has always permitted buildings up to three stories and 12 units to have one point of egress, but the IBC requires buildings above three stories to have at least two separate stairways accessible from all points on each floor; and WHEREAS, The IBC stairway requirement increases construction costs and limits the range of sizes and floor plans available to architects and residents of multifamily buildings in the United States; and WHEREAS, Several states have reformed their state construction codes to accommodate single …