SHB 1271: Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources.
Signed into law: Chapter 239, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Nance
- Introduced
- January 14, 2025
- Status
- C 239 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 12, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows the Chief of the Washington State Patrol to mobilize jurisdictions and request resources to prepare for an emergency or disaster situation or when an emergency or disaster is predicted to exceed local resource capabilities.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 11, 202596 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 21, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 15, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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