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Committee backs measure letting WUI property owners clear defensible space despite local ordinances
Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee · February 17, 2026
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Summary
First substitute House Bill 215 would preempt local and HOA rules in wildland‑urban interface areas to allow homeowners to create defensible space; sponsors said it protects property owners and may help insurance access. The committee voted to forward the bill.
Representative Peterson presented first substitute House Bill 215, described as a narrow change to protect property owners in the wildland‑urban interface (WUI) from ordinances—city, county or HOA—that would prohibit clearing defensible space around homes.
"It just protects…
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