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WA HB1487

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Davis

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes guaranteed annual funding floors for crime victim services: $50 million for 2025-2029, $60 million for 2029-2033, and $70 million for 2033-2035 and beyond, combining state appropriations with federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds

  • Requires the legislature to appropriate state funds each fiscal year to make up any shortfall between federal VOCA funding and the established funding targets

  • Directs the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy to administer state funds alongside federal VOCA funds in a unified process, with the state funds supplementing (not replacing) other program funding sources

  • Mandates a legislative report every five years starting December 15, 2039, with data on crime victim services and recommendations for future funding levels

  • Prohibits use of these state funds for capital projects but allows them to serve as federal matching funds

Legislative Description

Concerning victims of crime act funding.

Last Action

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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