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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience to wildland fire health and safety impacts in areas of increasing population density, including in the wildland urban interface."
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description: "Improving community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience to wildland fire health and safety impacts in areas of increasing population density, including in the wildland urban interface."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1578"
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citation: "Washington HB 1578 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eeec509-5340-4d94-8cf1-83f123e35cef"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1578&year=2023"
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source_hash: "7012b238fcb45075370b7103d382d1b30e7f3b9ad803bb8b92f0cc105ace5fb9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1578 (2023-2024) — Improving community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience to wildland fire health and safety impacts in areas of increasing population density, including in the wildland urban interface.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1578.htm)
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2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1578-S2.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1578-S2.PL.htm)
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4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1578-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-14** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-02-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-15** AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-16** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-27** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
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- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
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- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-09** Chapter 385, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eeec509-5340-4d94-8cf1-83f123e35cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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