CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5886
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate February 1, 2024 Yeas 49 Nays 0
President of the Senate Passed by the House February 22, 2024 Yeas 93 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5886 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5886
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
BySenators Braun, Keiser, Nobles, and Van De Wege; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Prefiled 12/20/23.Read first time 01/08/24.Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
AN ACT Relating to adding purposes for the use of existing firefighter safety funding; and amending RCW
51.04.175.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
51.04.175 and 2019 c 76 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The director is authorized to provide funding of up to two percent of the premiums paid in the prior year from the risk classes for firefighters as defined in RCW
41.26.030(17) (a) through (c) for the purposes of providing funding to employers of firefighters who have limited resources to ((
purchase))
:(a) Purchase additional equipment and other gear that may be needed to follow best practices under RCW
51.04.170; and (b) Participate in assessments or training related to safety culture or other safety intervention activities.
(2) The department may require matching funds from employers. An appropriation is not required for expenditures. Only employers who pay premiums to the state fund as defined in RCW
51.08.175 are eligible for funding under this section.
(((2)))(3) The department may adopt rules if necessary to implement this section.
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