Transcript Highlights:

• And then the last one is that these are nonprofit institutions.
• I think it was a profit made about a nonprofit.
• I think it was a profit made about a nonprofit.
• The first is the very narrow focus on nonprofit employers.
• And I think you'll find that most nonprofits do that.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and adopted a House committee substitute combining House Bills 1850 and 1975, which was then voted do pass by a 16-0 roll call. The substitute was described as incorporating federal PBM-related transparency and audit provisions, including requirements intended to ensure fair audits, greater transparency for employers and patients, and protections for pharmacies so they are not reimbursed below drug cost and receive a fair fee. Members said the package was a compromise and a needed step because pharmacies are closing. The committee then heard House Bills 2318 and 2368, related to artificial intelligence and mental health. The sponsors said the bills are aimed at truth in advertising, barring AI platforms from marketing themselves as mental health professionals or therapy providers, while not banning AI use in health care generally. Testimony from supporters emphasized concerns about minors and adults relying on chatbots for mental health guidance and the need to protect consumers from misleading claims. The committee adopted an amendment adding social workers to the bill string, rolled it into a substitute, and voted the combined House committee substitute do pass 14-0. Next, House Bill 3313, described as an AOT bill from the prior week, was voted do pass 14-0 without discussion. House Bill 2745 was then amended and passed 14-0; the sponsor explained the changes would require a prompt physical exam for children entering foster care, allow a physician or nurse practitioner to perform it, try to continue existing developmental, behavioral, or emotional care when possible, and require biological parental consent before updating vaccines at the initial visit. House Bill 2463 also received a substitute to close a loophole involving referral payments when a prospective resident or legal representative cancels a contract, and the committee voted the substitute do pass 14-0. The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 28, which would designate the last full week of April as Infertility Awareness Week in Missouri. The sponsor linked the resolution to broader efforts to expand fertility access, and supporters, including a patient sharing her infertility experience, spoke about the emotional and physical toll of infertility and the value of awareness. Finally, House Bill 2979, the Rural Missouri Rural Doctors Act, drew extensive testimony. The sponsor and supporters argued it would limit physician non-compete agreements to one year and five miles for nonprofit employers to improve rural access and physician mobility, while opponents from hospitals and health systems said the bill would weaken recruitment, hurt financially stressed rural hospitals, and create uneven treatment between nonprofit and for-profit employers. No vote was taken on HB 2979 in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So state agencies and nonprofits, you know, they don't need.
• So state agencies and nonprofits, We have. Yes.
• But I think also it would be part of the nonprofit.
• So the nonprofits I've worked with, that's always been a goal.
• Missouri Appleseed is a small nonprofit.

Committee: House Children and Families

Transcript Highlights:

• So state agencies and nonprofits, We have. Yes.
• But I think also it would be part of the nonprofit.
• So we don't want to take away the design of each nonprofit, right?
• So the nonprofits I've worked with, that's always been a goal.
• Missouri Appleseed is a small nonprofit.

Committee: House Children and Families

Summary: The Committee on Children and Families heard public testimony on three bills. House Bill 3470, sponsored by Rep. Schmidt, would create a Missouri partner network linking state agencies, nonprofits, faith-based groups, and private partners through a website and case-management system to connect adults 18 and over who opt in with resources for employment, housing, education, and self-sufficiency. Supporters described the model as already working in 36 counties through the Care Portal and emphasized efficiency, reduced duplication, and stronger family outcomes. Committee members generally supported the concept and asked about opt-in participation, navigators, and how nonprofits would be included as true partners; no opposition testimony was offered. House Bill 3322, sponsored by Rep. Hausman, would extend foster-care school stability timelines from 10 days to 30 days, or 60 days in summer, and increase the mileage limit for remaining in a school of origin from 10-15 miles to 30 miles. The sponsor and witnesses from the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition and Foster Adopt Connect said the current limits can force unnecessary school changes and are especially difficult in rural areas, while the bill would better preserve continuity for children in foster care. Committee members asked about edge cases, transportation, and whether the child’s best interests would still control; there was no opposition testimony. House Bill 1872, presented by Rep. Reuter, would allow survivors of domestic violence to seek resentencing if the abuse was related to the offense, so that the abuse can be considered as mitigating evidence after conviction or plea. Supporters, including a survivor, Missouri Appleseed, Forward.US, and Empower Missouri, said the bill would address cases where abuse was not fully considered at the original sentencing and would provide a second look for people serving long sentences. Several members raised procedural concerns about how the bill would interact with trial strategy, existing battered spouse syndrome law, evidentiary requirements, and appeals; the sponsor said he was open to revisions. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• those nonprofits.
• <00:10:23.600><c> inhibits</c> companies remain nonprofit inhibits companies remain nonprofit inhibits
• Lenders see nonprofits as capital.
• </c> because the current nonprofit because the current nonprofit requirement<00:19:55.919><c> does</c
• </c> nonprofit nonprofit status. nonprofit nonprofit status. &gt;&gt; Um<00:27:35.919><c> followup.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• “We have ensured that nonprofits are protected as best as possible.
• it is for smaller nonprofits to even compete.
• We have ensured that nonprofits are protected as best as possible.
• And I know how difficult it is for smaller nonprofits to even compete.
• So. how difficult it is for smaller nonprofits to even compete.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met to hear a long agenda of local government, housing, labor, and transparency bills. The committee first adopted the consent calendar for SB 1187 and SB 1388, then heard SB 983, which would authorize the Port of San Diego to use job order contracting for repairs and repetitive maintenance work. Supporters said the bill would speed emergency and small repairs and reduce costs, while opponents raised concerns about construction definitions and project labor agreement language. The bill was ultimately moved forward on a 2-2 vote after discussion of amendments and labor negotiations, and later the committee’s final roll call showed it passing out on a 5-2 vote. The committee also heard SB 1256, aimed at limiting duplicative litigation over a San Diego County housing project, and SB 992, which would make permanent and expand a small special-district audit flexibility by raising the revenue threshold from $150,000 to $250,000. SB 1256 drew support from the author and project counsel, who argued the project had already been litigated and was delaying needed housing, while opponents said the bill would interfere with wildfire and subdivision-map review. SB 992 had support from county auditors and special districts, with no opposition, and was approved 5-0. SB 1115, addressing governance failures at the Tulare County Public Cemetery District by allowing county supervisors to remove an individual trustee for cause, also passed unanimously after testimony describing serious dysfunction and opposition from the California Special Districts Association. The committee then took up SB 1193, which would impose transparency and approval requirements on Alameda County discretionary funding to nonprofits and other entities. The author and supporters described the bill as a response to grand jury findings and alleged conflicts of interest, while Alameda County argued its current process is already transparent and that the bill would add burdens and could harm services. After amendments and discussion, the bill passed 5-0. SB 1383, a density bonus law bill clarifying that local labor standards cannot be waived through density bonus concessions, was supported by labor groups and moved forward despite no opposition, with the final roll call showing it passing out 5-1. SB 1361, intended to prevent local governments from undermining transit projects because of SB 79 density concerns, also passed after support from L.A. Metro and labor and no formal opposition, with the final vote recorded as 5-2. The committee later resumed to hear SB 1272, the CASH Act, which would limit certain sanctions on homeowners for prior unpermitted work by previous owners; the transcript cuts off before that bill’s full testimony and vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have ensured that nonprofits are protected as best as possible.
• it is for smaller nonprofits to even compete.
• We have ensured that nonprofits are protected as best as possible.
• So I flag. is for smaller nonprofits to even compete.
• Some are like sponsoring an event, for example, or supporting a particular nonprofit organization.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Transcript Highlights:

• Colleagues, I rise to present my guests with the Nonprofit Leadership Collaborative.
• So in San Joaquin County, we are proud to be home to over 2,000 nonprofit organizations...
• Each month, over 18 of the county's largest and most impactful nonprofit...
• He has also been recognized locally and nationally for his work in the nonprofit field.
• A nonprofit organization that successfully prevented the construction of a jail in Boyle Heights.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.

Transcript Highlights:

• In the past, there was an understanding that uh when there was a nonprofit to a nonprofit, if there was
• And I will pass it off to our testifier.” nonprofit prepared meals programs from nonprofit prepared meals
• In the past, there was an understanding that uh when there was a nonprofit to a nonprofit, if there was
• u a nonprofit to a nonprofit,<00:15:21.440><c> if</c><00:15:21.680><c> there</c><00:15:21.839><c> was
• </c><00:15:22.000><c> prepared,</c><00:15:22.720><c> it</c> nonprofit, if there was prepared, it nonprofit

Bills: HF238 , HF3381 , HF3754 , HF1049

Committee: House Taxes

Transcript Highlights:

• So, look, it's a nonprofit. It's millions of dollars.
• So, look, it's a nonprofit. It's millions of dollars.
• So, look, it's a nonprofit. It's millions of dollars.
• So, look, it's a nonprofit. It's millions of dollars.
• I just know nonprofits were mentioned.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, and we're talking about nonprofits.
• Or nonprofits. Uh-huh.
• This is for nonprofits only. Right. But can they now tax that for a nonprofit? Local governments?
• This is for nonprofits only. Right. But can they now, can they now tax that for a nonprofit?
• I'm a marine biologist working for a Tacoma-based environmental conservation nonprofit.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. HB 1364 would raise from $5,000 to $15,000 the gross revenue thresholds for charitable and nonprofit organizations to conduct bingo, raffles, and amusement games without a gambling license, and would also raise related local tax thresholds; supporters said it is an inflation adjustment that helps volunteer nonprofits, while no opposition was heard before the hearing closed. HB 2632 would replace most uses of “alien” in state law with “non-citizen,” with exceptions for federal-law requirements and non-human uses; the sponsor described it as a dignity and accuracy measure rooted in refugee experience, while supporters and opponents debated whether it is respectful and clearer or instead unnecessary and potentially confusing. HB 2447 would designate the blunt-nosed six-gill shark as Washington’s official state shark; testimony from the sponsor, children, marine advocates, and scientists emphasized education, conservation, Puget Sound ecology, and local pride, and the hearing closed without opposition testimony. HB 2637 would exempt certain personal information from Public Records Act disclosure, including age, address, birthplace, precise location data, government identifiers, and consumer utility data; supporters framed it as privacy and safety protection, while opponents argued it would reduce transparency and could interfere with federal immigration enforcement. In executive session, the committee took action on three bills. HB 2235, concerning Public Records Act exemptions for concealed pistol licenses and permit-to-purchase firearm applications, was reported out of committee with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. HB 2401, establishing the Boys and Men’s Commission, was also reported out with a due pass recommendation by a 5-2 vote, with some members supporting the concept but expressing concern about funding. HB 2574, which addresses removal of deceased candidates for nonpartisan office from ballots and related vote-count procedures, was reported out with a due pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote after members discussed the need to clarify election procedures in rare cases. The committee deferred action on HB 2520.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our next review is a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income housing development.
• Our next review is a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income housing development.
• Between 2017 and 2024, 30 nonprofit developers claimed one or more exemptions under the preference.
• Between 2017 and 2024, 30 nonprofit developers claimed one or more exemptions under the preference.
• So they're nonprofit, public corporations, and created for... Financing for public priorities.

Bills: SB5754

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: public bank, state bank, finance, banking regulations, economic development, state investment

Transcript Highlights:

• Our next review is a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income housing development.
• The preference provides a state and local property tax exemption to nonprofit organizations.
• Appendix C of the report provides detail on each of the individual nonprofit developers.
• Appendix C of the report provides detail on each of the individual nonprofit developers.
• Revenue to the nonprofit? Yeah, revenue to the nonprofit. Thank you. Great. Any further questions?

Summary: House Finance met in work session on January 13, 2026, beginning with the introduction of new member Rep. Janice Zahn and a reminder about short-session amendment deadlines. The committee then heard JLARC’s 2025 tax preference performance reviews, covering nine preferences. JLARC recommended continuing several preferences, including natural gas transportation fuel exemptions, reduced B&O rates for travel agents and tour operators, a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income housing developers, a property tax exemption for multipurpose senior centers, a sales and use tax remittance for disabled veteran adapted housing, a trade convention attendance nexus exemption, a B&O exemption for agricultural fertilizer and seed sales, and a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain pesticides. JLARC also recommended allowing unused silicon smelter-related preferences to expire. Members asked about legislative intent, data limitations, and how performance metrics should be tied more clearly to policy objectives; committee leaders and JLARC staff discussed a new standardized rubric for future tax preference performance statements and fiscal note review. The committee also noted that bills related to some of the reviewed preferences were already introduced. For the low-income housing exemption, JLARC said nonprofit developers were building homes as intended but that the current spending-based metric did not fully reflect the policy goal, and it recommended the legislature decide whether to continue or modify the preference. For multipurpose senior centers, JLARC said the exemption met its inferred objective and recommended continuation, with possible consideration of making it permanent. For the disabled veteran adapted housing remittance, JLARC said few eligible veterans were claiming the benefit and recommended continuation with changes to improve access and consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs. On the trade convention attendance exemption, JLARC said use was unknown but the preference likely helped keep Washington competitive with other states and recommended continuation, though members questioned the lack of direct evidence and the administrative-burden rationale. The committee then received an update from the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The forecast showed the U.S. economy slowing but still growing, with Washington expected to have modest growth, weak employment gains, continued personal income growth, and slow construction. ERFC said tariffs and trade policy remained the biggest risks, inflation was expected to stay elevated in the near term, and the Federal Reserve had cut rates three times in 2025 with two more cuts projected in 2026. State revenues were up $105 million in the current biennium compared with the November forecast, but down $185 million in the next biennium, with growth driven in part by recent legislative changes and improved estate tax collections. Members asked about sector-specific employment trends, the impact of high-income households on retail sales, and how state revenues compare with personal income over time. The meeting adjourned after the forecast presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Business owners that work with an adviser or officer from a nonprofit economic development organization
• <00:01:43.280><c> economic</c><00:01:43.840><c> development</c> nonprofit economic development nonprofit
• </c><00:02:22.800><c> economic</c> competitive process, nonprofit economic competitive process, nonprofit
• We are a nonprofit economic development program operating primarily here in the metro area.
• There is We are a nonprofit economic development program operating primarily here in the metro area.

Transcript Highlights:

• A direct support organization through a nonprofit status, raising funds, is able to provide maybe that
• A direct support organization through a nonprofit status, raising funds, is able to provide maybe that
• Unfortunately, many of the nonprofits that I have reached out to, they do not have the funds or like
• As someone who is a president and CEO of a nonprofit, Hope Villages of America, so obviously the word
• across the entire state, I think it's incredibly important. with nonprofits across the entire state,

Committee: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met with a quorum present and took up a full agenda of bills, many involving public records exemptions and government operations. Several measures were reported favorably, including SB 342 on an Agency for Health Care Administration public records exemption for employees facing threats; SB 7018 preserving a public records exemption tied to parental consent/judicial bypass records for minors seeking abortions; SB 626 lowering quorum requirements and allowing remote participation for the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys; SB 710 protecting personal information of Crime Stoppers employees, board members, volunteers, and their families; SB 300 extending clerk personal-information protections to appellate court clerks; and SB 302 creating a similar exemption for Judicial Qualifications Commission employees. The committee also approved SB 7010 and SB 7008, which preserve and narrow public records exemptions related to the Department of Financial Services as receiver for insolvent insurers and the financial technology sandbox, respectively. The committee also heard and advanced several policy bills. SB 820 codifies the Office of Faith and Community in the Executive Office of the Governor; Senator Polsky questioned whether the office was duplicative of existing services and raised concerns about religion in state governance, while supporters argued it complements existing networks and helps connect Floridians to services. SB 1144 codifies the Hope Florida program, with supporters describing it as a connector to community resources and critics again raising concerns about overlap, private donations, and accountability; both SB 820 and SB 1144 passed on largely party-line votes with Senator Polsky voting no. SB 804 would redesignate the SS American Victory as the state flagship, but Senator Rodriguez opposed giving up the current flagship designation for the Key West schooner, though the bill still passed favorably. SB 214 designates August 21 as Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day and passed without opposition. SB 1088 requires certain state customer-service phone lines to offer callback features, and SB 576 makes technical fixes to service-of-process law; both were reported favorably. Additional bills included SB 1524, a broad Department of State measure with a strike-all amendment that revises grant-review procedures, adds an America 250 funding focus, and changes commission-fee and oath requirements; Senator Arrington and Senator Polsky expressed concerns about reviewer qualifications, grant criteria, and the impact on arts and cultural programs, and both voted no while the bill still passed. SB 1640, on confidentiality of lethality assessment forms in domestic violence cases, was amended to allow disclosure to domestic violence centers while barring disclosure to state attorneys, and it passed favorably. SB 1160 expands health insurance premium benefits for certain officers catastrophically injured or killed in the line of duty; supporters from the Fraternal Order of Police appeared in support, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also confirmed eight appointments to the Florida Commission on Community Service, the Investment Advisory Council, the Public Employees Relations Commission, and the State Retirement Commission. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded on specific bills, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> being donated to nonprofit being donated to nonprofit organizations. organizations. organizations
• I currently serve as the president of two nonprofits.
• The thing that we're looking nonprofits.
• So, we're not nonprofit can do that.
• </c> interpreted to disqualify a nonprofit interpreted to disqualify a nonprofit from<04:01:02.239><c

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:32:13.919><c> We</c> nonprofits as if they are bad. We nonprofits as if they are bad.
• nonprofits? nonprofits?
• equating nonprofits nonprofits and equating nonprofits always<01:56:11.760><c> to</c><01:56:12.320><
• </c> nonprofit hospitals and health plans? nonprofit hospitals and health plans?
• </c> organizations and nonprofits in general. organizations and nonprofits in general.

Transcript Highlights:

• Clore, Kentucky Nonprofit Danielle Clore, Kentucky Nonprofit Network.
• </c> Consulting for the Kentucky Nonprofit Consulting for the Kentucky Nonprofit Network.<00:01:48.040
• It's a very simple nonprofit bill.
• They need their simple nonprofit bill.
• </c> nonprofits. We really do in this state. nonprofits. We really do in this state.

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:11:49.600><c> generosity</c><00:11:50.079><c> of</c> of nonprofits and the generosity of of nonprofits
• </c> government entity or a nonprofit government entity or a nonprofit organization<01:15:07.840><c>
• ,</c> community based nonprofits, community based nonprofits, philanthropy,<01:20:28.560><c> the</c><
• As amended, the bill is simply nonprofits, right?
• </c><01:30:46.000><c> organizations</c> those bodies nonprofit organizations those bodies nonprofit organizations

Bills: HF3403 , HF3410 , HF3424

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Our next review is a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income housing development.
• The preference provides a state and local property tax exemption to nonprofit organizations...
• Appendix C of the report provides detail on each of the individual nonprofit developers.
• Appendix C of the report provides detail on each of the individual nonprofit developers.
• Revenue to the nonprofit? Yeah, revenue to the nonprofit. Thank you. Great. Any further questions?

Committee: House Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• So in California, nonprofits can be LLCs too.
• We think we should be on the board as a nonprofit.
• Yeah, I just want to echo on the nonprofits that, as nonprofits, we're required by the IRS to make sure
• That's the benefit of being a nonprofit.
• Those are the nonprofits.

Summary: The commission’s fifth meeting focused on consumer protections and resident rights in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with a presentation by Yvonne Choyah of UC Law San Francisco. She described California’s CCRC framework, including entrance fee structures, monthly fee increases, contract types (A, B, and C), disclosure requirements, and regulatory oversight. A major theme was that residents often do not understand the contracts they sign, while providers retain broad discretion over fees, transfers, terminations, and changes to the physical plant. She also emphasized that California’s regulator is understaffed and not well suited to oversee the complex financial and insurance-like aspects of CCRCs, and that resident complaints and litigation can be slow and difficult. Choyah and commission members discussed several consumer-protection issues, including refundable versus repayable-on-resale entrance fees, rising monthly care fees, the decline of life care contracts, and the need for clearer disclosures and better comparative data for prospective residents. She noted that California requires annual disclosure statements, resident bill of rights materials, and some fee-related reporting, but that enforcement and accessibility remain weak. Members raised questions about resident board representation, accreditation, refund requirements, and whether state agencies or resident associations could help explain contracts to consumers before admission. Choyah suggested stronger oversight, more financial expertise in regulation, and better transparency about ownership and fee-setting. The meeting ended with discussion of the commission’s next steps toward its August report. Staff said a draft report would be prepared from the commission’s discussions and circulated for comment before final revisions. The chair also announced staff transitions: Jennifer would be leaving the State House role, and Juliana Fernandez and Vicky Halal would be the main contacts going forward. The commission adjourned after thanking Choyah for her presentation and answering member questions.