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Committee holds wildfire mitigation fund bill for more work after department briefing
Summary
House Bill 384, a plan to create an Idaho Wildfire Risk Mitigation Fund using future premium tax revenue and other sources to subsidize home hardening, was held in committee after members expressed concerns and requested more drafting and fiscal detail.
House Bill 384, sponsored by Representative Jordan Redmond and presented in part by Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron, would have created an Idaho Wildfire Risk Mitigation Fund to provide grants and incentives for homeowners to harden properties against wildfire and to reduce insurance market pressure in wildfire‑exposed areas.
Cameron said the proposal was modeled in part on mitigation programs in other states (for example, Alabama’s…
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