Bill > HB2330

This bill creates a work group to study and make recommendations on wildfire mitigation and resiliency standards. The work group will be composed of representatives from the insurance commissioner's office, the Department of Natural Resources, the property and casualty insurance industry, the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, local emergency management, and legislative members. The work group will study and make recommendations on coordinating the Department of Natural Resources' wildfire property mitigation standards with nationally recognized, science-based standards, enhancing wildfire mitigation at the community level, sharing relevant data between state agencies and the insurance industry, increasing transparency with consumers regarding wildfire hazard and risk, and establishing a grant program to help Washington homeowners retrofit their properties to resist wildfire loss. The work group will submit its report of recommendations to the legislature, the insurance commissioner, and the Department of Natural Resources by December 1, 2024, and the section establishing the work group will expire on December 31, 2024.