SB 5919 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Encouraging fire districts and insurance providers to develop voluntary incentives to promote best practices.

SB 5919 encourages fire districts and insurance companies to voluntarily create incentives for farmers in wildfire-prone unincorporated areas to adopt wildfire safety practices. The bill allows insurers to offer discounts or other benefits for specific actions like maintaining defensible space, properly storing equipment, installing water tanks, or heeding red flag warnings. These incentives would be optional for insurance providers to offer and for farmers to accept. The law aims to promote wildfire mitigation through collaboration, without mandating participation from either insurers or farmers.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 19, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

510
Passed
Total votes 51
Feb 4, 2026
D Democratic31
31 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
AGNR - Majority; do pass.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (51-0)
senate
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
BTE - Majority; do pass.
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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