It's been more than three years since the last wage increase. We need your help in getting this bill passed. These included mostly women who needed crisis intervention, shelter from abusive relationships, incest and sexual assault. But women are not the only victims of domestic violence. One thing that can be done easily is taking care of victims.
Women are by far the large number of victims in the criminal justice system.
One bill, introduced by the governor, would shift the burden of collecting offender restitution payments. The bill sets up a collection service in the Department of law to collect payments on the victims' behalf. This bill was passed out of the House last year, but died in the Senate. In the health care arena, you should be aware of a bill that Representative Mary Kapsner introduced that would add inhalants to the current drug and alcohol laws. HB114 is in House HES and also referred to House Judiciary and House Finance.