Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) and the NFPA Technical Meeting

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Regulations and agenda

Per the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards (Section 4.5), only Certified Amending Motions (with valid sign-in) and proper Follow-up Motions will be allowed during the NFPA Technical Meeting for standards processed in the Fall and Annual revision cycles.

The agenda for the Technical Meeting will be those standards with Certified Amending Motions as indicated in the Report of the Motions Committee on Certified Amending Motions.

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Voting by proxy shall not be permitted, and the vote of each Voting NFPA Member shall be cast by that member individually.

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Under NFPA rules, anyone wishing to make an allowable amending motion at an NFPA Technical Meeting must declare their intentions by filing, within the published deadline, a Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM). NITMAMs submitted on Public Comments (PC) can only be submitted by the original submitter of the PC or their duly authorized Designated Representative.  NITMAMs can be made by anyone if the NITMAM is on a Committee Comment, Second Revision, Second Correlating Revision, or in the case of a new standard, a NITMAM to Return the Entire NFPA Standard.  

The Motions Committee of the NFPA Standards Council, in accordance with NFPA rules, reviews each NITMAM to determine whether the intended motion is a proper motion.  Proposed NFPA Standards will be presented for action at the NFPA Technical Meeting only when an Amending Motion (NITMAM) has been certified by the Motions Committee as a proper amending motion. Standards that receive no motions will not be presented at the meeting and instead will be forwarded directly to the NFPA Standards Council for action on issuance.  More about the standards development process including NITMAM.

Additional information on NITMAMs and authorized submitters can be found in Section 4.5 of the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards.

 

Annual 2023 revision cycle

  • March 28, 2023:  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) on Standards in Annual 2023 cycle.
  • January 5, 2023: Deadline for Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) on NFPA 1Fire Code.
    • NFPA 1 did not receive NITMAMs.  Anyone wishing to appeal, may do so by January 21, 2023 to the Secretary, Standards Council in accordance with the Regulations.  Please see individual standards page for more information.

Fall 2022 revision cycle

    

Instructions for submitting a NITMAM

  • NFPA accepts NITMAMs via our online submission system.  To use the online submission system:
    • Choose a document from the List of NFPA codes & standards or filter by Development Stage for "codes accepting NITMAM".
    • Once you are on the document page, select the "Next edition" tab and choose the link "Second Draft Report".  
    • You will be asked to sign-in or create a free online account with NFPA before using this system.
    • Once on the Second Draft Report page, follow the online instructions to submit your NITMAM.

Previous Motions Committee Reports, Transcripts, and Final Results


Las Vegas, NV, Annual 2023

Boston, MA, Annual 2022

Electronic Format, Annual 2021

Electronic Format, Annual 2020

San Antonio, TX, Annual 2019

Las Vegas, NV, Annual 2018