---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program."
description: "Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "Washington HB 1563 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernbaum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f111f459-1477-46c5-a8fd-5ea4357148b3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1563&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6df3a4419be340a1194d2822bd1392b3e7beb9b077e5c52108f65b72ba49a9af"
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 1563 (2025-2026) — Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program.

## 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/1563.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1563-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1563-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1563-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1563-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernbaum — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 93, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** Effective date 4/21/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f111f459-1477-46c5-a8fd-5ea4357148b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).