Climate Adaptation: Wildfires Fact Sheet
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Colorado H.B. 1273 (enacted 2023): Created the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program Cash Fund to assist homeowners for retrofitting homes with wildfire mitigation measures .
Hawaii S.B.897 (enacted 2025): Allows electric cooperatives to recover costs related to wildfire mitigation, repair, and restoration through automatic rate adjustments and authorizes the securitization of certain costs for electric utilities allowing them to issue bonds to recover infrastructure resilience cost.
New Mexico S.B. 33 (enacted 2025): Establishes the Wildfire Prepared Act and the Wildfire Prepared Fund, with the objective of making structures and properties resistant to wildfires through technical assistance, training, assessments, certifications, and grants.
**Washington H.B. 1539 (enacted 2025): Establishes a work group to study and make recommendations on wildfire mitigation and resilience standards to align with national best practices, improve community resilience, increase insurance transparency, and establish homeowner grant program.
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