In California, all the codes have an open-access version online (https://www.dgs.ca.gov/BSC/Codes https://www.dgs.ca.gov/BSC/Codes). On the state website, some

In California, all the codes have an open-access version online (https://www.dgs.ca.gov/BSC/Codes https://www.dgs.ca.gov/BSC/Codes). On the state website, some codes are more user-friendly than others; for example, the ICC Building Code has PDFs of each chapter that prohibit copying and printing, whereas the IAPMO Uniform Plumbing Code is a javascript app that allows you to flip between inaccessible images but not select or copy. Archive.org also has scans of the PDFs (https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22bsc.ca.gov%22 https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22bsc.ca.gov...) (from Public.Resource.Org, described by other comments here), which allows saving. Up.codes is much more user-friendly than either (https://up.codes/codes/california https://up.codes/codes/california), since it allows you to search for a word and link to a specific code section and is mobile-friendly. I am very thankful that up.codes exists and has been expanding rapidly. I am curious how far the open access decisions will reach. The building standards are incorporated into the law with amendments, so the state collaborates with the standards bodies to publish them. But these codes also reference many other standards published by ASTM, ASME, NSF, etc. by reference only (e.g. the pipe geometries, thread widths, manufacturing and testing methods). Do open access decisions cover these standards bodies’ publications too? I wish they did.