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Committee reviews wildfire mitigation work‑group report recommending IBHS standards, community grants and data sharing
Summary
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.
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.
William Bridges, committee staff, summarized SB 5,919 as encouraging fire districts and insurers to collaborate on voluntary wildfire mitigation incentives focused on agricultural activities (defensible space, firebreaks and equipment storage). He said the bill contains no appropriation and that a fiscal note was not requested.
David Fort and Lauren Burns of the Office of the…
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