Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington SJM8015: Federal wildfire response
Status: Passed one chamber, March 12, 2026
Requesting Congress to ensure that federal wildfire response entities have the capacity to protect communities and infrastructure, limit impacts to natural resources and watersheds, and protect wildland firefighter health and safety.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
S-4000.1 SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8015 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session BySenators Short, Chapman, Dozier, Hasegawa, and Trudeau Read first time 01/19/26.Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources. TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as and WHEREAS, In response to this directive, the Secretary of the Interior signed Secretarial Order 3443 on September 10, 2025, directing the creation of a plan for consolidation and the establishment of a United States Wildland Fire Service reporting directly to the Secretary of Interior; and WHEREAS, Secretarial Order 3443 also directs the consolidation plan to be complete and approved by the Secretary prior to the implementation date of January 12, 2026; and WHEREAS, The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture issued Secretarial Memorandum 1078-017, directing reforms to improve performance, eliminate redundancies by consolidating key administrative functions, and streamline the overall function of the interagency wildfire response system; and WHEREAS, The United States Forest …
Sponsors
- Shelly Short (R) · primary sponsor
- Mike Chapman (D)
- Perry Dozier (R)
- Robert Hasegawa (D)
- Yasmin Trudeau (D)
Latest actions
- : By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- : Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- : First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- : Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- : Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- : Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- : Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- : ANR - Majority; do pass.
- : Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- : Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (February 11, 2026): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources: Do pass (February 2, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: JOINT MEMORIALS, FIRE PROTECTION
Common questions
- What is SJM8015?
- SJM8015 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Federal wildfire response.
- What does SJM8015 do?
- Requesting Congress to ensure that federal wildfire response entities have the capacity to protect communities and infrastructure, limit impacts to natural resources and watersheds, and protect wildland firefighter health and safety.
- What is the status of SJM8015?
- Passed one chamber as of March 12, 2026. Latest action: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SJM8015?
- Shelly Short (R), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SJM8015?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=8015&Year=2025
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