Senate budget includes $25 million to replace declining federal VAWA funding; senator seeks codification
Senate budget includes about $25 million to make up for falling federal Violence Against Women Act funding, and the sponsor said she introduced a bill to codify that commitment so advocates won’t need to lobby annually.
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A reporter asked Speaker 5 (addressed in the briefing as Senator Dhingra) about her bill to fund crime victim services. Speaker 5 said her proposal would codify an annual practice: the state has been making up the decreasing federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funds, and the Senate operating budget includes roughly $25,000,000 to cover that gap.
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