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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Addressing wildfire protection and mitigation."
+description: "Addressing wildfire protection and mitigation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1539"
+citation: "Washington HB 1539 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff1db42-9c68-47ed-970e-b5d292b75b56"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1539&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "03bab06fde73b28b7959e59556610423245d65f6cbfee22e151f0721e2af608a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1539 (2025-2026) — Addressing wildfire protection and mitigation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1539.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1539-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1539-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reeves — primary (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Walen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-14** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (AGNR 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-20** ANR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 324, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff1db42-9c68-47ed-970e-b5d292b75b56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+