Committee reviews wildfire mitigation work‑group report recommending IBHS standards, community grants and data sharing
Senate public hearing on SB 5919 featured the wildfire mitigation work group report (created under substitute HB 1539). The work group urged science‑based property mitigation guidance (IBHS), expanded DNR community resilience funding, parcel‑level risk data coordination and a voluntary retrofit grant program to reduce insurance nonrenewals.
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OLYMPIA — The Senate Business, Trade and Economic Development Committee opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 5,919 on Jan. 14 and heard the wildfire mitigation and resiliency standards work group report, which the group delivered to the legislature on Dec. 1.
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