Wildfire home hardening/CICs

AN ACT Relating to unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home 1
hardening practices in common interest communities; adding a new 2
section to chapter 64.38 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.34 3
RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.90 RCW; and providing 4
expiration dates. 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 64.38 7
RCW to read as follows: 8
(1) The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, 9
use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as 10
the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and 11
safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local 12
permitting authorities. 13
(2) The governing documents may include reasonable rules 14
regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance 15
of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not 16
render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of 17
the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened 18
materials. 19
S-3796.1
SENATE BILL 6054
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Hunt, Orwall, and Shewmake
Prefiled 01/09/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on Housing.
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(3) Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the 1
right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on 2
property that is: 3
(a) Owned by another person; 4
(b) Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or5
(c) A common area of the association. 6
(4) This section applies retroactively to a governing document in 7
effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a 8
governing document in effect on the effective date of this section 9
that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.10
(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this 11
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.12
(a) "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:13
(i) The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in 14
sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the 15
International Wildland Urban Interface Code; 16
(ii) The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in 17
the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for 18
wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure 19
ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent 20
version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from 21
wildland fire"; or 22
(iii) The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established 23
by the IBHS. 24
(b) "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home 25
safety or its successor organization. 26
(c) "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its 27
successor organization. 28
(6) This section expires January 1, 2028. 29
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 64.34 30
RCW to read as follows: 31
(1) The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, 32
use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as 33
the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and 34
safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local 35
permitting authorities. 36
(2) The governing documents may include reasonable rules 37
regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance 38
of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not 39
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render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of 1
the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened 2
materials. 3
(3) Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the 4
right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on 5
property that is: 6
(a) Owned by another person; 7
(b) Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or8
(c) A common element of the association. 9
(4) This section applies retroactively to a governing document in 10
effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a 11
governing document in effect on the effective date of this section 12
that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.13
(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this 14
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.15
(a) "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:16
(i) The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in 17
sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the 18
International Wildland Urban Interface Code; 19
(ii) The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in 20
the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for 21
wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure 22
ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent 23
version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from 24
wildland fire"; or 25
(iii) The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established 26
by the IBHS. 27
(b) "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home 28
safety or its successor organization. 29
(c) "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its 30
successor organization. 31
(6) This section expires January 1, 2028. 32
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 64.90 33
RCW to read as follows: 34
(1) The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, 35
use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as 36
the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and 37
safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local 38
permitting authorities. 39
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(2) The governing documents may include reasonable rules 1
regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance 2
of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not 3
render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of 4
the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened 5
materials. 6
(3) Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the 7
right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on 8
property that is: 9
(a) Owned by another person; 10
(b) Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or11
(c) A common element of a common interest community.12
(4) This section applies retroactively to a governing document in 13
effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a 14
governing document in effect on the effective date of this section 15
that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.16
(5) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this 17
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.18
(a) "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:19
(i) The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in 20
sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the 21
International Wildland Urban Interface Code; 22
(ii) The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in 23
the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for 24
wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure 25
ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent 26
version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from 27
wildland fire"; or 28
(iii) The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established 29
by the IBHS. 30
(b) "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home 31
safety or its successor organization. 32
(c) "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its 33
successor organization. 34
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