House Bill 1728, Statewide Resiliency Program (Washington, 2023 Regular Session)

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House Bill 1728 of the 68th Legislature, 2023 Regular Session, State of Washington, sponsored by Representatives Donaghy, Rule, Reeves, Morgan, Ramel, Reed, and Leavitt. It was read first time on February 2, 2023 and referred to the Committee on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. The bill adds a new section to chapter 38.52 RCW directing the emergency management division within the department to develop and administer a statewide resiliency program. The program should include methods for coordinating state and local resiliency and response activities, a long-term strategy for natural and human-caused hazards, and support functions for agencies, tribes, and other stakeholders.

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     H-0658.3

                                  HOUSE BILL 1728


     State of Washington          68th Legislature     2023 Regular Session

     By Representatives Donaghy, Rule, Reeves, Morgan, Ramel, Reed, and
     Leavitt

     Read first time 02/02/23.      Referred to Committee   on   Innovation,
     Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.




1        AN ACT Relating to creating a statewide resiliency program;
2    adding a new section to chapter 38.52 RCW; and creating a new
3    section.


 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 5        NEW SECTION.    Sec. 1.     Washington state residents have been
 6   increasingly    impacted    by  natural   disasters   such as   floods,
 7   landslides, wildfires, earthquakes, and the COVID-19 pandemic and
 8   they continue to be at risk from these and other natural disasters,
 9   with     communities     of    color    and    vulnerable   populations
10   disproportionately impacted. The legislature finds that it is
11   critical to better prepare Washington for disasters and to mitigate
12   the impacts with coordinated resiliency strategies. The legislature
13   further finds a resilient Washington increases quality of life for
14   Washingtonians while every one dollar spent on mitigation saves six
15   dollars spent on recovery. To address this critical need, the
16   legislature intends to implement a statewide resiliency program for
17   the benefit of all Washingtonians while conserving expenditures by
18   both public and private sectors.


19       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.    A new section is added to chapter 38.52
20   RCW to read as follows:
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 1       (1) The emergency management division within the department shall
 2   develop and administer a statewide resiliency program. The program
 3   should include:
 4       (a) Methods for ensuring ongoing coordination of state and local
 5   resiliency and response activities, including:
 6       (i)   Developing,  administering,   tracking,  and   communicating
 7   progress of overall resiliency efforts;
 8       (ii) Coordinating funding to maximize federal, state, local, and
 9   private investments;
10       (iii) Serving as a public and private resiliency resource center;
11   and
12       (iv) Enhancing interagency collaboration, education, and outreach
13   programs;
14       (b) A coordinated long-term resiliency strategy for addressing
15   the impacts of all hazards, both natural and human-caused, including:
16       (i)   Developing,  coordinating,   and  communicating   resiliency
17   initiatives and projects across state agencies and local governments,
18   including initiatives and projects supporting climate resiliency;
19       (ii) Conducting policy research and recommendations related to
20   enhancing resiliency;
21       (iii) Coordinating research, data collection, and analysis;
22       (iv) Researching economic tools to address resiliency; and
23       (v) Recommending investments to mitigate risks from all hazards;
24   and
25       (c) Support functions to agencies, departments, tribes, and other
26   stakeholders to develop solutions that improve the resiliency of the
27   state's waters, forests, and other vital ecosystems to the impacts of
28   climate change, and increase their carbon pollution reduction
29   capacity through sequestration, storage, and overall ecosystem
30   integrity.
31       (2) For purposes of this section, "resiliency" means the ability
32   to prepare, mitigate, plan for, withstand, recover from, and more
33   successfully adapt to adverse events and changing conditions, and
34   reorganize in an equitable manner that results in a new and better
35   condition.

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