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HB 5071

Appropriations: supplemental; funding for the violence against women grant; provide for. Creates appropriation act.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Joey Andrews and 32 co-sponsors

Provides a one-time $175,000 federal grant to support training, law enforcement, prosecution, and victim services in Michigan for violence against women programs.

bill electronically reproduced 09/26/2025
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Bill Summary · HB 5071

Summary — HB 5071 (2025)

Purpose

HB 5071 is a supplemental appropriations bill that creates a one‑time federal appropriation to the Michigan Department of Attorney General (AG) for programs addressing violence against women. The funding comes from a federal grant (United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women) and is intended to strengthen training, law‑enforcement, prosecution, victim services, and court responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Key provisions

  • Appropriates a one‑time gross amount of $175,000 to the Department of Attorney General for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
  • Funding source: federal funds (Office on Violence Against Women grant). No State General Fund/General Purpose (GF/GP) dollars are appropriated in this bill.
  • Specifies allowable uses (Sec. 301):
    • Support contractors and experts who provide training on recognizing and treating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations.
    • Support law enforcement, prosecution, victim services, and court responses, including collaboration to develop and enforce arrest policies and policies aimed at enforcement of protection orders.
  • Appropriations are subject to the State Budget Act (Management and Budget Act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101–18.1594).

Funding details

  • Amount: $175,000 (one‑time)
  • Source: Federal revenues (U.S. DOJ Office on Violence Against Women)
  • Fiscal year: 2025–2026 (ending September 30, 2026)
  • Reported in the bill as not increasing state spending from state sources (Sec. 201 indicates $0.00 state‑source spending)

Who is affected

  • Primary recipient: Michigan Department of Attorney General (administration and subgranting/contracting)
  • Intended beneficiaries: law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, victim service organizations, trainers/experts, and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking who receive enhanced services or protections funded by the grant.

Procedural / timeline information

  • Introduced by Rep. Tonya Myers‑Phillips on September 26, 2025.
  • Read a first time and referred to the House Committee on Appropriations (bill electronically reproduced 09/26/2025).
  • Fiscal effect is limited to FY 2025–26 and is a one‑time federal appropriation.

Potential impact and limitations

  • Impact: Provides a modest infusion ($175k) to support training and collaborative policy/enforcement work aimed at improving criminal justice and victim services response to violence against women.
  • Limitations: Small, one‑time amount—unlikely to create sustained program expansion absent additional funding. Uses are restricted to federal grant purposes and subject to state budgeting rules and federal grant conditions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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