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Attorney General office outlines budget initiatives, including victim‑witness coordinator and new legal support position
Summary
A Department of the Attorney General representative summarized proposed budget initiatives for the office at a 2025 legislative committee hearing, citing new positions including a victim‑witness coordinator, research assistants, a permanent general position and an assistant attorney general to support the Department of Marine Resources.
A staff representative for the Department of the Attorney General outlined several proposed budget initiatives at a 2025 legislative committee hearing, saying the packet includes new positions such as a victim‑witness coordinator, multiple research assistants, a proposal to make a general position permanent and an assistant attorney general to support the Department of Marine Resources.
The representative said testimony has been submitted and that staff would try to answer committee questions now and provide more information after the hearing. The meeting moderator said the committee will hear testimony from a series of departments, commissions and agencies with budget responsibilities and then open the hearing to members of the public in the room and on Zoom.
According to the materials cited by the department representative, the budget packet references pages labeled A1.0, A111 and A12. The representative described two early initiatives on the packet as a victim‑witness advocate/coordinator and three research assistant positions listed lower on the same page. Later entries on page A12 include making a general position permanent and establishing an assistant attorney general position to support the Department of Marine Resources.
The representative told the committee that because “there is not a supervision funding” for some items, the proposal would rely on the general fund (as presented in the packet). The representative also said staff would try to answer additional questions after the hearing.
No formal votes or motions on these initiatives were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; the committee planned to continue departmental testimony and then open the floor to public comment.
Details not specified in the transcript excerpt include the proposed salary or total budget cost for the listed positions, exact job classifications or the number of permanent positions to be created beyond the descriptions on the referenced packet pages.
