Senate passes wildfire preparedness bill creating task force, grant programs and fund
Senate approved the finance committee substitute for Senate Bill 33 with an emergency clause to create a wildfire-preparedness program in the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, expand a task force, and establish two grant programs and a wildfire-prepared fund (no appropriation specified).
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The Senate on a final vote approved Senate Finance Committee substitute for Senate Conservation Committee substitute for Senate Bill 33 with an emergency clause. Senator Elizabeth Stefanik, the bill sponsor on the floor, said the bipartisan measure aims to address property insurance challenges caused by wildfires and to help homeowners and communities harden structures to reduce wildfire risk.
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