2024 Building Code Adoption Tracking: FEMA Region 6

This FEMA fact sheet provides a regional overview of the adoption rates of hazard-resistant building codes in FEMA Region 6, covering Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. It summarizes the percentage of high-risk jurisdictions in each state that have adopted the 2018 or later International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), and highlights where states have weakened or maintained resilience provisions for hazards such as flood, wind, hurricane, tornado, and seismic events. The document outlines FEMA’s ongoing role in supporting, defending, and tracking code adoption, and explains how code adoption is linked to disaster resilience and federal funding eligibility.