Gov. Bob Ferguson signs 10 bills in Yakima, spotlighting wildfire response, tenant notices and road safety

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed roughly 10 bills into law at a ceremony at Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, highlighting measures aimed at wildfire response, housing notice procedures, rural hospital support, port financing and road safety.

At the start of the event, Ferguson noted the ceremony’s community focus and invited Yakima’s mayor to welcome attendees. “I’m your governor,” Ferguson said in opening remarks as he introduced the bills and the sponsors who joined him for photographs.

Why it matters: The bills span public-safety, education and economic-development issues that state lawmakers and local officials said target practical, localized problems—from making aviation funding permanent for early wildfire response to clarifying how rent-increase notices are delivered to manufactured-home tenants.

What was signed (highlights)

- House Bill 2348 (prime sponsor Rep. Tom Dent): Allows the Department of Natural Resources to advertise land, timber and resource sales on its website and removes a printing requirement intended to reduce waste and modernize outreach. Ferguson thanked Dent and posed for a photograph with the sponsor.

- House Bill 2104 (Aviation Assurance Funding): Makes the aviation-assurance wildfire-response program permanent so the Department of Natural Resources can use…