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Senate Judiciary debates budget priorities, from victim advocates to sheriff pay
Summary
Senate Judiciary reviewed a draft budget letter, discussing priorities including eliminating vacancy savings for state's attorneys, additional victim‑services positions, a Human Rights Commission paralegal, an $85,000 AG specialist request, and debated sheriff/assigned counsel rates and tradeoffs amid tight resources.
The Senate Judiciary Committee spent the latter portion of its session reviewing a draft budget letter and weighing which funding items to prioritize when sending recommendations to appropriations.
Chair and committee members checked accuracy of the draft and discussed several standing requests: elimination of vacancy savings for state's attorneys and sheriffs, operating expense asks, victim‑services funding, and a paralegal position for the Human…
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