HB 23-1273

House Bill 23-1273 creates a grant program called the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program. This program provides homeowners with funding to make their houses and other structures more resistant to wildfires by using specific technologies and strategies for structure hardening. The state will allocate $100,000 from its general fund to support this initiative starting August 15, 2023. The bill has been signed into law and took effect on August 7, 2023, meaning homeowners can now apply for grants to improve their properties' wildfire resilience.

Official Summary

The act creates the wildfire resilient homes grant program (program) within the division of fire prevention and control (division). The program allows homeowners to apply to receive a grant for retrofitting or improving a house or other structure on the homeowner's property with strategies and technologies for structure hardening in order to make the house or structure more resilient to the risk of wildfire. The act also creates the wildfire resilient homes grant program cash fund (fund) for use by the division to award grants and to promote best practices for structure hardening, and on August 15, 2023, the state treasurer is required to transfer $100,000 from the general fund to the fund. The division is required to annually report to the wildfire matters review committee on expenditures made from the fund and grants that are awarded pursuant to the program. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $100,000 is appropriated from the wildfire resilient homes grant program cash fund to the division of fire prevention and control for the wildfire resilient homes grant program. APPROVED by Governor May 12, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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