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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 854

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Relating to: violence prevention grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Cigarette Circuit court Excise tax Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Health Indians and tribal issues Industrial development Public employee Public health Public instruction department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill directs the Department of Health Services to establish a program to distribute funds to local health departments or tribal health centers that apply to conduct violence prevention programs or to award grants to organizations to conduct violence prevention programs. Under the bill, the amounts collected from the excise taxes on vapor products are appropriated to fund the grants. The bill prohibits local health departments and tribal health centers from distributing grant funds under the program to a law enforcement agency, tribal law enforcement agency, or any entity that provides services in conjunction with or through a law enforcement agency or tribal law enforcement agency. The bill increases the number of authorized DHS positions by one position in fiscal year 2025-26 for administration of the program and also increases funding to DHS for this position.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

8 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Madison, Stubbs, Hong, Clancy, Phelps, Bare, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio and Vining; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Keyeski

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  6. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received