Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3944
Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act repeals laws related to the building code, laws making areas less at risk for wildfire, laws about fire protection for certain lands and a map of wildfire hazard. The Act makes changes related to helping with defensible space. The Act makes changes related to certain areas near forests. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map. Makes changes related to defensible space. Makes changes related to the wildland-urban interface. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
19 co-sponsors
Court Boice, Shelly Boshart Davis, Vikki Breese-Iverson, Ed Diehl, Darcey Edwards, Lucetta Elmer, Darin Harbick, Jeffrey Helfrich, Cyrus Javadi, Rick Lewis, Kevin Mannix, Emily McIntire, Virgle Osborne, E. Werner Reschke, Anna Scharf, Alek Skarlatos, Gregory Smith, Kim Wallan, Boomer Wright
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
10 co-sponsors
Dick Anderson, Daniel Bonham, Fred Girod, Diane Linthicum, Mike McLane, Todd Nash, Noah Robinson, Bruce Starr, Kim Thatcher, Suzanne Weber
Its course
March 20 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action6 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 20 to Jun 27 · stopped99 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 20 to Mar 200 days
Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentMar 20 to Apr 1425 days
RulesApr 14 to Jun 27 · stopped74 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 20 – Jun 27
- Mar 20Introduced
- Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Apr 8Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Apr 14Climate, Energy, and Environment reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Rules
- Sent to Rules
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 6 actions, as published
- Mar 20First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 20Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.House of Representatives
- Apr 8Public Hearing and Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 14Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.House of Representatives
- Apr 14Referred to Rules by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives