WA SB6054

Homeowners associations and common interest communities cannot prohibit installation, use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials that meet state and local health and safety standards

HOAs may establish reasonable design, dimension, placement, or appearance rules for fire-hardened materials, but rules cannot make use infeasible or increase costs by more than 10% compared to other fire-hardened options

Fire-hardened materials are defined as those meeting International Wildland Urban Interface Code sections 504-506, NFPA standards 1140 and 1144, or Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) wildfire-prepared home requirements

Applies retroactively to existing governing documents, rendering conflicting provisions void and unenforceable

Provisions expire January 1, 2028