Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Crime victim Justice department of
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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: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)
21 cosponsors
Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, L. Johnson, Larson and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Snodgrass, Prado, Miresse, Subeck, Neubauer, Madison, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Vining, Udell, Joers, Sheehan, Stroud, Johnson, DeSanto and Clancy
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1