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Committee backs $400,000 to restore Address Confidentiality Program funding
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Summary
The House Appropriations Committee gave a due-pass recommendation to HB2177, which would appropriate $400,000 to the state Address Confidentiality Program to replace lost federal grant funds and cover caseload and postage increases.
House Bill 2177 received a due-pass recommendation from the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29. The bill would appropriate $400,000 from the state general fund to the Address Confidentiality Program, with the sponsor and agency asking that the appropriation be considered ongoing.
Rep. Maricela Willoughby, the bill sponsor, said the program helps victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses and stalking by routing mail through a secure address and shielding participants’ home locations from public records. George Diaz from the Secretary of State’s office told the committee the program lost federal grant funding, caseloads have increased and postage costs have risen; the Secretary of State’s office had previously obtained a one-time $400,000 grant from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to cover the gap.
By roll call the committee recommended HB2177 for passage (tally: 17 yes, 0 no). The sponsor asked budget negotiators to treat the appropriation as ongoing funding moving forward.
