CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5886
Chapter 31, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY FUNDING—USES
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate February 1, 2024
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 22, 2024
  Yeas 93  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
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.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 13, 2024 11:21 AM
FILED
March 14, 2024
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
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.
Passed by the Senate February 1, 2024.
Passed by the House February 22, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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