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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5919: Fire best practices

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5919 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Encouraging fire districts and insurance providers to develop voluntary incentives to promote best practices. Primary sponsor: Mark Schoesler (R). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to agriculture practices in unincorporated areas where wildfire danger is present and encouraging fire districts and insurance providers to develop voluntary incentives to promote best practices;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark SchoeslerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Shelly ShortCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  3. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  4. AGNR - Executive action taken by committee.
  5. AGNR - Majority; do pass.
  6. First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  9. Placed on second reading consent calendar.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. BTE - Majority; do pass.
  12. First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development.

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page