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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 873

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Relating to: funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation. (FE)

Crime victim Justice 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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Justice administers programs for crime victim services, including awarding grants to entities that provide services to victims of child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic abuse and to crime witnesses. This bill increases the amount appropriated for these programs by $34,202,700 in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium.

Under current law, DOJ has 17 positions that serve crime victims that are funded with federal money. This bill changes the funding source for these positions from federal money to general purpose revenue. Of the appropriation increase in this bill, $4,025,800 is allocated for the biennium to provide funding for the 17 positions.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , Emerson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Prado (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

13 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Mayadev (D) , Palmeri (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Snodgrass, Prado, Miresse, Subeck, Neubauer, Madison, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Vining, Udell, Joers, Sheehan, Stroud, Johnson, DeSanto and Clancy; cosponsored by Senators Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, L. Johnson, Larson and Dassler-Alfheim

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

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

  3. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1