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• HB 4172 by Thompson relating to the regulating charitable bingo and authorizing the establishment of
• a nonprofit corporation to advertise and promote charitable bingo part of the Committee on Licensing
• Government Efficiency HB 4240 by PU relating to exemption from adviarum taxation of property of a charitable

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• HB 4172 by Thompson relating to the regulation of charitable bingo and authorizing the establishment
• To advertise and promote charitable bingo, referred to the Committee on Licensing and Administrative
• HB 4240 by Pursuit, relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property of a charitable organization

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• HB 4752 by Landgraf, relating to the eligibility of a charitable organization for an exemption from ad
• valorem taxation of the organization's property if the organization provides for the organized solicitation
• and collection for distributions through gifts, grants, and agreements to nonprofit charitable, educational
• SB 2690 by Hancock, relating to solicitations for the retrieval of certain documents from the Secretary

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

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• I represent the New Hampshire Charitable Gaming Operators Association.
• <01:33:14.520> gaming the same U deals with charitable gaming the same U deals with charitable
• <04:29:22.800> Gaming the commission uh charitable Gaming the commission uh charitable Gaming
• licensed charitable organizations or four<05:12:57.840> licensed<05:12:58.320> charitable
• c><05:12:58.920> organizations four licensed charitable organizations four licensed charitable

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries. Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor. Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• Uh, we're simply creating a charitable gaming modernization task force.
• Uh we're simply creating a charitable<00:15:53.240> gaming<00:15:53.840> modernization<
• 00:15:54.680> task charitable gaming modernization task charitable gaming modernization task force

Keywords: 958, all

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• circumstances in which a Commissioner's Court of Accounting may donate surplus property to a civic or charitable
• It allows the donation to a civic or charitable organization by removing a provision that requires the
• House Bill 3355 would provide counties with more flexibility in donating surplus property to charitable
• The ability to utilize the current statute for charitable donations.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• If this issue applies to a charitable or nonprofit organization, does that mean, like, if my congregation
• If this issue applies to a charitable or nonprofit organization, does that mean, like, if my congregation
• If this issue applies to a charitable or nonprofit organization, does that mean, like, if my congregation
• an amendment to have these items purchased in the county and what's there for a restaurant or a charitable

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 27, 2025, with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 255, relating to physical therapy. The bill sponsor and representatives of the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy and APTA Kentucky said the measure is mainly a cleanup and modernization bill that updates outdated statutory language, changes PTAs from “certified” to “licensed,” gives the board authority to purchase liability insurance, moves fee and fine caps into regulation without changing current fees, renames temporary permits as provisional licenses, and creates a pathway to more easily recognize some internationally trained physical therapists already practicing in other states. Senators asked whether the bill changed training, scope of practice, Medicaid, or supervised practice standards; witnesses said it did not, and that supervised practice requirements remain in place with out-of-state practice accepted only when equivalent or more stringent. The committee approved HB 255 with favorable expression. The committee then considered House Bill 618, an alcoholic beverages measure with a Senate committee substitute. The bill was described as having three parts: allowing restaurants to buy limited quantities of alcohol from retail outlets to meet customer demand while keeping the three-tier system intact and requiring quarterly reporting; creating a temporary auctioneer license to auction previously retail-sold alcohol in original packaging, such as estate or bourbon collections; and giving quota bar license holders the same opportunity restaurants already have to sell barrel picks by the bottle. Testimony supported the bill as a way to help restaurants, auctioneers, and bars, while a senator raised a question about sales tax on auction sales and another noted that nonprofit or church-related alcohol auctions already require permits under existing law. One senator suggested future guardrails to encourage local purchasing, but no amendment was adopted. The committee passed HB 618 with favorable expression.

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• > service The solicitations for personal service The solicitations for personal service contracts
• Ask questions when appropriate during the solicitation Q&A.
• solicitation requirements. solicitation requirements.
• the solicitation during Q&A. the solicitation during Q&A.
• regularly and fully review solicitation regularly and fully review solicitation requirements<01:

Keywords: 958, all

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• SO, APD RELEASED OUR NEW UPDATED COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR UP TO $11.5 MILLION AND WAS RELEASED ON
• AND THE SOLICITATION REALLY FOCUSES ON A TEAMING MODEL APPROACH FOR THE DENTAL PROGRAM AND SHOWS OUR
• WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE SOLICITATION AND SO WE WILL FOCUS ON THESE ELEMENTS IN GREATER DETAIL AS WE WORK
• THE SOLICITATION DOES NOT IMPACT THE DENTAL CARE IF AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS A COVERED SERVICE.
• AND STARTED RESEARCHING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO ENHANCE THE SOLICITATION.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We gave them all 10 days, and they made almost 200,000 in this take from the charitable gaming.
• We gave them all 10 days, and they made almost 200,000 in this take from the charitable gaming.
• We gave them all 10 days, and they made almost 200,000 in this take from the charitable gaming.
• We gave them all 10 days, and they made almost 200,000 in this take from the charitable gaming.
• :13:27.920> gaming opportunities in charitable gaming opportunities in charitable gaming rather

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• of charitable gaming in their community. of charitable gaming in their community.
• That's a foreseeable impact of the charitable gaming.
• <02:20:34.399> gaming oversight of the charitable gaming oversight of the charitable gaming
• where there are not yet charitable where there are not yet charitable gaming<02:29:52.720> facilities
• in New Hampshire, most of our charitable in New Hampshire, most of our charitable gaming<02:31:21.840

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Madam Speaker, after concerns were raised regarding the solicitation language on Department of Corrections
• This proposal takes the underlying language from S. 230, removes the solicitation provision that had
• raised regarding the solicitation raised regarding the solicitation language<00:19:13.680> on
• provision that has been the solicitation provision that has been found<00:19:32.760> in<00:19
• Uh we found the amendment solicitation.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate Bill 313, relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system. The Committee on Commerce and Economic Development described the bill as part of a broader effort to integrate CTE more fully into Vermont’s education system, with goals including universal access, more consistent admissions and credit policies, better transportation access, updated rules and procedures, and stronger alignment with workforce needs. The committee emphasized that CTE should be treated as a core part of education, not a stand-alone track, and reported the bill favorably 11-0-0 after hearing from education, labor, workforce, fiscal, and CTE stakeholders. The Committee on Education recommended a few changes, including a typo correction and removal of a legislative working group, explaining that broader education reform work already underway would make a separate working group duplicative. It added a task for the Agency of Education to study how to serve adult diploma students in CTE programs amid federal funding changes, and it supported the bill with an amendment vote of 10-0-1. The Committee on Appropriations said the fiscal impact could not yet be estimated because it depends on future rulemaking, and it recommended the bill ought to pass in concurrence as amended by a vote of 10-0-1. The House adopted the Education Committee amendment, then adopted a further amendment offered by Representative Bartley and others that incorporated language from S. 230 while removing a solicitation provision related to Department of Corrections property. The House then agreed to propose the amended bill to the Senate, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages of passage, passed S. 313 in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and suspended rules again to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The House then recessed until 1:00 p.m.

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• You know that every single time somebody solicits a minor, for sex, should be punished with a felony.
• Soliciting a minor is a crime. It always has been, and it always will be.
• Soliciting a trafficking victim is a felony, full stop.
• The law should treat all sex predators who solicit minors the same as a felony.
• This is an issue around prosecutorial discretion on whether to charge somebody soliciting sex with a

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• WE PUT OUT 50 MILLION FOR A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION TO HIT THE TARGETS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR IN
• WE TRACK WHEN WE PUT THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OUT THAT IT IS HEADING NEED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH
• WE DID DIFFERENT SOLICITATIONS SCORED BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THE LEGISLATION.
• WHAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION WHERE WE COULD DOLE OUT CERTAIN CRITERIA THERE.
• IN THE SOLICITATION WE TOOK 100 MILLION AND SAID OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO DO THE MIXED-USE COMPONENT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• or Salvation Army, that everything is on the up and up and that they know their donations, their charitable
• or Salvation Army, that everything is on the up and up and that they know their donations, their charitable
• or Salvation Army, that everything is on the up and up and that they know their donations, their charitable
• Is on the up and up, and that they know their donations, their charitable contributions, are going to
• work uh to you know help sick charitable work uh to you know help sick people<00:48:55.680> to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So what section two is doing is it's changing the charitable gaming tax revenue so after...
• The charitable gaming tax revenue, so after the funding for the charitable gaming fund, it goes through
• They'd finally be spending charitable gaming money in the right way.
• You know, in regards to the charitable gaming portion of that funding, the tax, I don't think, has been
• It is somewhat hard to be sympathetic with charitable... ...charities when they're buying up a lot of

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.

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• reinvested, now having invested billions of the state and providing close to a million dollars in annual charitable
• reinvested, now having invested billions of the state and providing close to a million dollars in annual charitable
• reinvested, now having invested billions of the state and providing close to a million dollars in annual charitable
• reinvested, now having invested billions of the state and providing close to a million dollars in annual charitable
• reinvested, now having invested billions of the state and providing close to a million dollars in annual charitable

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The Healthy Soils Program has awarded $206 million since 2016, and those solicitations have been 122
• to 900% oversubscribed in our last solicitation.
• As with the $5 million of projects funded in fiscal year 21-22, these projects would be solicited by
• So we would move forward with new solicitations that would include a public comment period.
• First, I'd just comment, I appreciate the fact that you're going out for new solicitations.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• it clarifies that donor-funded scholarships, grants, and tuition-free educational programs are charitable
• tuitionfree educational<00:07:06.080> programs<00:07:06.560> are<00:07:06.800> charitable
• educational programs are charitable educational programs are charitable educational<00:07:07.919
• So, this impacts all scholarships or charitable donations that would come in the form of potentially
• So, this impacts all scholarships or charitable donations that would come in the form of potentially

Bills: SB3123

Keywords: conditional gifts, private education, scholarships, donor conditions, Hawaii education law, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up three measures in decision-making. SB 2678, which would create a Judiciary working group to improve family court processes and youth access to legal representation in the child welfare system, was recommended for passage with amendments. The amendments would clarify that members with lived experience are those who have navigated the state child welfare system, replace an actively serving guardian ad litem with a former GAL, allow co-chairs to invite additional experts, and provide compensation for lived-experience members. The committee report would also recommend a $20,000 appropriation, and the motion passed without objection. SB 2528, a Campaign Spending Commission proposal to expand the partial public financing program and raise expenditure limits, was also recommended for passage with amendments and adopted without objection. The committee’s changes would increase the public-funds match to 4:1, raise the maximum public funding available to 20% for statewide executive offices and 25% for legislative and certain county offices, blank out the appropriation in the bill, and instead recommend $7.2 million in the committee report. Technical amendments would also rename the program for consistency and set the bill’s effective date to March 22, 2075. In a joint Judiciary/Education hearing, SB 3123 drew extensive testimony in support from the Governor’s office, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaiian Council, Kamehameha Schools, and many private-school and community representatives. Supporters said the bill would clarify that donor-funded scholarships, grants, and tuition-free educational programs are charitable gifts rather than contractual obligations, giving donors and schools greater certainty and preserving educational access. Some members questioned whether the bill could affect Kamehameha Schools’ admissions practices or allow schools to avoid donor conditions; witnesses responded that the measure is intended to clarify donor intent, not change admissions, and that an opt-out clause would preserve the ability to create contractual agreements if the parties choose. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration, with no final vote reflected in the transcript excerpt.

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• The governor's office is open to a conversation to learn more about how charitable organizations wish
• Whether you wish to expand gaming for charitable purposes, reporting requirements and assurances for
• > purposes,<00:07:34.080> but gaming for charitable purposes, but gaming for charitable
• Chair, Madam Chair, so charitable >> Mr.
• Those are the only currently the only three types of charitable gaming that are legal.

Keywords: 916, all