Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events.

 H-1684.1

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1473

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Gregerson, Callan, and Ormsby; by request of Office of Financial Management)

READ FIRST TIME 02/26/25.

AN ACT Relating to making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events; creating a new section; making an appropriation; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. On August 2, 2024, the governor declared a state of emergency in all counties due to threats to life and property from existing and threatened wildfires.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES — FIRES. The sum of $77,687,000 is appropriated from the budget stabilization account for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and is provided solely for fire suppression costs incurred by the department of natural resources during the 2024 fire season. For purposes of RCW 43.88.055 (4), the appropriation in this section does not alter the requirement to balance in ensuing biennia.