Video & Transcript Research : 'charitable donations'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House veterans panel OKs bill to aid struggling American Legion, VFW posts 2/12/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:07:06.560> charitable<00:07:06.960> gambling from their gambling charitable gambling
  • Those volunteer hours are donated in our communities. But our posts are struggling.
  • We do have charitable gambling, and we use those funds to donate to the community.
  • In fact, Minnesota VFW posts donated $2.6 million to the community last year.
  • All we ask is a donation of whatever they can afford.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Legalizing Sports Betting in Minnesota – Senator Jeremy Miller Feb 10th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those charities that offer charitable gambling for tax relief.
  • Right now they're paying more in taxes than they are giving donations in those communities.
  • <00:04:59.720> in<00:04:59.840> those are giving donations in those are giving donations
  • Number one, it would help benefit those charities with tax relief so they can give more charitable donations
  • Number one, it would help benefit those charities with tax relief so they can give more charitable donations
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: Republican Sen. Jeremy Miller discussed his updated Minnesota Sports Betting Act 3.0, saying the bill is intended to build on last session’s bipartisan momentum and finally legalize sports betting in Minnesota. He argued the state is an outlier because neighboring states have already legalized it, and said sports betting is already happening through offshore sites or by crossing into other states, so legalization would bring activity into a regulated system and generate tax revenue. Miller said the new proposal is designed to give benefits to the main gambling stakeholders he identified: tribes, horse racing tracks, and charities that conduct charitable gambling. Under his plan, tribes would receive licenses, tracks would receive a share of tax revenue to support horse racing, and charities would receive tax relief so they can give more in their communities. He also said the bill would direct funding toward youth sports, problem gambling programs, and efforts to attract major sporting events to Minnesota. He said he is hearing strong interest from constituents and described the odds of passage as about 50-50, while noting progress with tribes, both horse tracks, and charities. Miller acknowledged concerns about expanding gambling and problem gambling, but said legalization would better address those issues than the current unregulated market. He estimated that if approved, the program could take close to a year to fully implement, though some temporary options might be possible sooner.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We had it, and they went out and raised all kinds of money through charitable donations well before we
  • We had it, and they went out and raised all kinds of money through charitable donations well before we
  • We had it, and they went out and raised all kinds of money through charitable donations well before we
  • This program, I donate, excuse me, I donate on both sides of this program.
  • If you can't donate or you won't donate, maybe this school just isn't for you.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, it adjusts the reporting requirement for charitable bail organizations to be sent to the
  • defendants on bail the duties of magistrate and certain criminal proceedings, the regulation of charitable
  • the public funds by a political subdivision to pay a non-profit organization that accepts and uses donation
  • lack transparency in our criminal justice system, we don't have a full picture of exactly... how charitable
  • Now interestingly the law requires that when a charitable bail organization post a bond that the sheriff
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee Oct 28th, 2025

A&B Finance Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • as people that just rely on donated money.
  • Floor and ceiling on corporate donations also high earners, and those are going to hurt charitable giving
  • Removed from the charitable sector over the next 10 years in charitable giving.
  • Supplies from us. 57% of our inventory is donated.
  • Last year, 60% of the diapers were donated.
Summary: The committee heard an interim study on expanding or simplifying sales tax exemptions for Oklahoma nonprofits. Representatives Stark and Schreiber said the issue has been filed repeatedly over several sessions and framed it as a bipartisan effort to keep more charitable dollars in service of communities rather than paying sales tax. Schreiber also suggested broader tax reform or an omnibus approach rather than continuing to add individual exemptions. Marnie Taylor of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits gave an overview of the sector, describing nonprofits as a major part of the state economy and safety net, and argued that many organizations are highly regulated, under-resourced, and facing declining donations and funding. She said the current patchwork of exemptions is uneven and that a blanket or broader exemption would help organizations serving public needs. Committee members asked for sources behind some of the poverty, education, and health rankings cited in her presentation. Several nonprofit leaders testified about how sales tax affects their operations. RG Foods described the cost of opening neighborhood grocery markets in food deserts and said sales tax on a Tulsa project would divert about $85,000 from programming. Jubilee Partners, Skyline Urban Outreach, the Pencil Box, the Tulsa Police Foundation, Blue Rose Ranch, and Legacy Parenting Center each explained how exemption status or the lack of it affects food assistance, school supplies, public safety equipment, animal rescue, and diapers and family support. Members asked follow-up questions about food desert definitions, budgets, and how much sales tax savings would change operations. No vote was taken in the excerpt, but the study concluded with closing remarks emphasizing that the exemption would keep more money in direct services and support the nonprofit sector statewide.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that’s because we have a charitable immunity cap of $20,000 for most tortious injuries, $100,000
  • have charitable immunity caps.
  • in 2005, donations increased by 137% the following year.
  • Farmers would be able to donate more. It would be a really big deal for us.
  • I think that's what I'm going to donate. Yeah. Thank you for your time today.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee held its inaugural hearing of the session, led by Chair Michael Day and co-chair Senator Lydia Edwards, and reviewed a large slate of bills and constitutional amendments. The chair laid out hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, priority for in-person witnesses, and deadlines for reporting constitutional amendments and House bills. The committee heard testimony on 29 proposals, with many witnesses and advocates speaking in support of measures they said would clarify the law, improve access to justice, or address public safety and fairness concerns. Several bills drew extensive testimony. Supporters of H.1686/S.1254 urged creation of a commission to study intentional misrepresentation of service animals, citing disruptive and dangerous encounters with fake service dogs and the need to protect legitimate service-dog teams. H.1649/S.1168 on court transcriber fees received strong support from transcribers and CPCS, who said rates have been frozen at $3 per page since 1988 and should be raised to $4.50, with an automatic CPI adjustment; they also described the work as time-consuming and essential to the justice system. H.1768/S.1037 on indigency was backed by CPCS, which said the bill would update eligibility rules, reduce unnecessary six-month reassessments, and eliminate the $150 counsel fee for indigent adults. H.1723/S.1193 to remove the charitable immunity cap was supported by legislators and attorneys who argued the current $20,000/$100,000 caps leave seriously injured people undercompensated and make Massachusetts an outlier. The committee also heard testimony on S.1046 regarding adoptions, with multiple adoptive parents, attorneys, and agency representatives describing recent probate court interpretations that have disrupted out-of-state surrender and finalization practices. Witnesses said the bill would restore predictability and allow birth parents outside Massachusetts to use either their home-state law or Massachusetts law, while preserving ICPC safeguards. Senator Feingold testified on H.1748/S.1109, “Conrad’s Law,” to criminalize coercing someone into suicide, arguing Massachusetts should join most other states in creating a specific offense rather than relying on involuntary manslaughter charges. Representative Donahue supported H.66 to remove “so help me God” from the constitutional oath of office. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee simply heard testimony and thanked witnesses, with chairs indicating they would continue reviewing the bills and written submissions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-04-28

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They oversee and regulate charities, charitable trusts, and non-profits in Minnesota by enforcing charitable
  • solicitation, charitable trusts, and non-profit laws.
  • used for its stated charitable purpose.
  • Its stated charitable purpose.
  • Did you receive any donations from them? Not from anyone in that meeting.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We do not... ...philanthropic and charitable dollars.
  • giving and in-kind donations.
  • And as an organization, we started out in 1982 trying to find ways to get donated, truckload-sized donations
  • And we need to encourage food donation.
  • for encouraging food donation statewide.
Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on food systems and food security, with no public testimony. The first panel focused on household food security and data. Marie Spiker of the University of Washington explained what food insecurity means, its health impacts, and the importance of reliable measurement, warning that the federal Census food security data is being terminated and that there is no true replacement. She described Washington’s WaFOOD surveys as a useful complement, not a substitute, and noted that they show food insecurity affects households at a range of income levels. Katie Raines of WSDA described the state’s food systems work, the need for shared data and dashboards, and the role of agriculture in both food production and the hunger safety net. Committee members asked about the $2.2 million state food assistance allocation, the scale of the SNAP gap, and how household size, housing costs, and other factors intersect with food insecurity. The committee then heard from Tracy Roof of the University of Richmond on the history of SNAP and its relationship to agriculture. She traced the program from Depression-era commodity distribution through the modern farm bill, emphasizing that food assistance has long functioned both as anti-hunger policy and as an agricultural and economic stabilizer. She highlighted how SNAP expands during recessions, supports retailers and farmers, and has become more important since the Great Recession because participation stayed high even as the economy recovered. Roof also noted that Washington has relatively high SNAP participation and low payment error rates, but that recent federal changes could reduce eligibility and shift more costs to states. Members asked how Washington compares to other states and why the program is structured as it is. A later panel featured the Washington State Food Policy Forum and a joint systems presentation from the Washington Farm Bureau, Washington Retail Association, and Washington Food Industry Association. The Food Policy Forum described its consensus-based recommendations on food insecurity, climate and water, regional food infrastructure, farmland protection, and farm viability, including more support for producer purchasing, water planning, and farmland conservation. The industry groups presented a systems map showing how agriculture, processing, retail, and transportation are interconnected, and argued that rising costs, regulations, labor and fuel expenses, retail theft, and thin margins make it harder to keep farms and stores viable. They said food security depends on store viability and local agricultural profitability, and promised to provide a more detailed list of policy recommendations. The final panel included state agency staff from DSHS, DOH, and WSDA. Bryce Montgomery said the Basic Food program serves about 920,000 Washingtonians monthly and warned that H.R. 1 could require Washington to pay up to 15% of SNAP benefits, broaden work requirements, and restrict immigrant eligibility. Karen Mullen described DOH nutrition programs, including WIC, farmers market nutrition benefits, fruit and vegetable incentives, and a fruit-and-vegetable prescription program, while noting funding instability and the end of SNAP-Ed. WSDA’s Katie Raines began describing ongoing food assistance and farmer support challenges, including farmer mental health and the need to address food insecurity across both producers and consumers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Republican Press Conference 2/19/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • So House File 733 is entirely devoted to returning Minnesota's charitable gambling back to the way it
  • We fill the needs and make donations where funding falls short.
  • years we have made countless donations years we have made countless donations to<00:04:32.320>
  • local Lions Clubs for donations local Lions Clubs for donations throughout<00:05:19.319> the<
  • Charitable giving that we are seeing through the ability to play these games.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: State Representative Bjorn Olson opened by discussing House File 733, which he said would roll back restrictions placed on electronic pull tabs and charitable gambling two years earlier. He argued the 2023 changes hurt charities, veterans groups, and local communities by reducing revenue for donations to fire departments, youth activities, and veterans services. Olson said the bill had just been heard in the Veterans Committee and had been sent on to Commerce, and he expressed optimism about advancing it further. Several charity and gambling representatives testified in support of the bill. Amanda Jackson of the Spring Lake Park Lions Club said the new rules stripped entertaining features from electronic pull tabs and reduced revenue, citing a drop in January EAB sales from $947,000 in 2024 to $816,000 in 2025. She described how Lions Club gambling funds local equipment, eyeglasses, clothing, school programs, food shelves, and shelters. Rachel Keller of the Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation and Tim Angstrom of the Bloomington American Legion said reduced gambling revenue would hurt school support, student needs, and community programs; Angstrom said the Legion had funded a $3,000 English program and other local services. Rachel Jenner of Allied Charities said the group was also working on sports betting legislation, but that any sports betting revenue would not make up for the losses from the electronic pull tab changes. She said the 2023 law took effect January 1 and that no current game on the market fully matches the features now required, forcing manufacturers and charities to adapt. In response to questions, Olson said the bill’s path would depend on further House and Senate action, and he suggested a possible compromise could involve restoring some playability features while continuing to seek tax relief for charities.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • For charitable gambling under statutes, certain charitable organizations are authorized to conduct charitable
  • For charitable gambling under statutes, certain charitable organizations are authorized to conduct charitable
  • For charitable gambling under statutes, certain charitable organizations are authorized to conduct charitable
  • and charitable and charitable gambling and charitable and charitable gambling and in<01:31:30.560
  • we charitable and charitable gambling we charitable and charitable gambling we have<01:31:54.320
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • First, don't rely on charitable-sounding names alone. Scam PACs choose names that sound charitable.
  • The million they raised in donations.
  • that reroute your political donations that reroute your political donations and<00:17:35.080>
  • rely on charitable sounding names alone. rely on charitable sounding names alone.
  • Instead, do your own charitable.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The program focused heavily on election policy and campaign finance. Senator Liz Boldon discussed the federal SAVE Act, saying it would require in-person proof of citizenship to register, limit online and mail registration, and require qualifying photo ID to vote. She argued the measure would create barriers for eligible voters, especially people without passports, women who have changed names, and mail voters, and said there is little evidence of non-citizen voting to justify the bill. The segment also noted Minnesota’s high turnout in 2024 and framed the issue as one of access and disenfranchisement. Boldon also outlined her Minnesota bill, Senate File 4147, aimed at reducing dark money in elections by limiting corporate spending and increasing transparency. She cited the growth in outside spending since Citizens United, said Minnesotans want to know who is influencing elections, and described the bill as a novel approach that could face constitutional challenges. She said the measure had already moved through three committees and might not affect the upcoming election season even if enacted. The program then highlighted Senate File 5050, the Republican-backed Save Minnesota Act, which would require qualifying photo ID at the polls and during early and absentee voting, allow provisional ballots when voters cannot prove identity, citizenship, or residence, create free state-issued voter ID cards, and direct officials to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. It also covered Senate File 1851, a bipartisan bill by Senator Bonnie Westlin to ban scam PACs and allow victims, the Attorney General, and others to sue fraudsters; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill and could take effect in August if passed. The final portion introduced newly seated Senator Michael Holmstrom, who won a special election after the death of Senator Bruce Anderson. Holmstrom described his long involvement in Republican and pro-life politics, his work on campaigns and door-knocking, his small-business background, and the personal experiences that shaped his views. The segment also noted that all state Senate seats will be on the ballot in November, listed several senators not seeking reelection, and gave the candidate filing window as May 19 through June 2.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Those charities that offer charitable gambling for tax relief.
  • And right now they're paying more in taxes than they are giving donations in those communities.
  • <00:21:21.640> in<00:21:21.880> those are giving donations in those are giving donations
  • Number one, it would help benefit those charities with tax relief so they can give more charitable donations
  • Number one, it would help benefit those charities with tax relief so they can give more charitable donations
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (02/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:16:46.280> charitable their organizational charit charitable their organizational charit
  • gaming in 2020, and since then revenue from charitable gaming donations for Make-A-Wish specifically
  • make charitable gaming donations for make charitable gaming donations for make aish<02:06:01.480
  • Thirty-five percent of that comes from our charitable gaming donations. um this uh basically we don't
  • charitable gaming we have charitable charitable gaming we have charitable gaming<03:11:29.720>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 530, a bill to increase funding for New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Fund. Representative Jessica Lontine, the sponsor, described the state’s housing crisis, citing high rents, low vacancy, and the lack of affordable units. She said the bill would double the annual transfer-tax deposit into the fund from $5 million to $10 million, and she later presented an amendment to hold the Education Trust Fund harmless by directing the housing-fund deposit from remaining revenue after that trust fund is funded. She also explained a prospective appropriation idea tied to a possible future sale of the Laconia State School property, with the goal of supporting community housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Much of the testimony focused on the shortage of accessible and supportive housing for people with disabilities and aging family caregivers. Lontine, Ben Saul of Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Lori McIntosh of Our Place NH, and Maddie Mandelbaum all described the difficulty families face in planning for adult children with disabilities as parents age or die. They emphasized that many people need not only affordable housing but accessible, supportive settings, and they argued that state investment would help nonprofit providers build such housing and prevent homelessness or inappropriate institutional placement. Several witnesses also noted that existing projects rely on capital funding and that operating revenues are limited because residents often depend on SSI and Medicaid. Committee members asked questions about the fiscal impact of the bill and amendment, including whether the proposal would shift money from the general fund or education trust fund and whether the Finance Committee should have final say over spending priorities. Lontine said she understood those concerns but argued that housing should be prioritized. Housing Action New Hampshire’s Tom Duroza also testified in support of the bill, saying the state’s housing shortage is driving record prices and vacancy rates below 1%, and that the Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged more than $500 million in private investment and helped build thousands of rental homes. He said his organization supported the underlying bill but had not yet reviewed the amendment. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But was wanting to actually donate some of this product.
  • They also have to inform the charitable organization of their intent.
  • The donor or the beneficiary would never be able to get if it was a monetary donation.
  • What we are encouraging is that a charitable organization has a responsibility.
  • This isn't something that you know someone just comes and donates to you.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House veterans panel hears HF753 2/19/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what this bill does is it expands the allowable uses of charitable gambling proceeds so that veterans
  • So what this bill does is it expands the allowable uses of charitable gambling proceeds so that veterans
  • to repair their own buildings, which are so important for gathering places in our community, for charitable
  • Most of them donate to the food shelf and all the sports activities, so if you lose that, you lose a
  • These posts don't have the resources, but they do if they're allowed to use their charitable gambling
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 16, 2025 - 08:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • as such under Florida law are donated property.
  • Charitable trusts that are recognized as such under Florida law are donated property as a donation to
  • So again, So again, the situation is that property or assets that are donated to a charitable trust for
  • a charitable purpose are then sold by the charitable trust to convert them into assets that they can
  • Because the intent is, you're making a charitable contribution.
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 16, 2025, with one agenda item: PCB WMC-2502, the committee’s tax package. Chair Duggan presented the bill as a broad tax measure covering sales tax, tourist development taxes, ad valorem/VAB procedures, affordable housing property tax changes, tangible personal property, special assessments, fuel taxes, communication services taxes, corporate income tax updates, pari-mutuel/card room taxes, local incentives, and a redistribution of horse industry trust fund money. He also noted emergency rulemaking authority for the Department of Revenue and estimated a recurring state impact of $34.6 million in FY 2025-26. Members questioned several provisions, including the aviation fuel tax repeal, the delay of the natural gas fuel tax, the extension of the local communication services tax freeze, the charitable trust corporate income tax clarification, the reduction in card room taxes, and the affordable housing changes tied to the Live Local Act. Public testimony included support from airlines, UPS, child care management, and others, while the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association opposed the lifeguard/TDT change, the Florida Association of Counties and Florida League of Cities opposed the missing-middle exemption changes, and local government representatives raised concerns about revenue impacts and the loss of local opt-out authority. The committee also adopted Amendment 1 by Representative Rizzo, which limits certain special assessments on RV parks when based on square footage. During debate, members split on some provisions but generally supported the package, with comments focused on aviation competitiveness, preschool assessment relief, lifeguard funding, affordable housing, and the horse industry funding shift. Representative Duggan closed by emphasizing that the bill was only the beginning of the process and would continue through conference and floor consideration. The committee then voted 16-1 to report PCB WMC-2502 favorably, with Representative Alvarez voting no.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • She donates toiletries and personal hygiene items to local community shelters that provide services to
  • Kyu's Brave veterans and to strengthen her community through charitable and civic endeavors. behalf
  • She donates toiletries and personal hygiene items to local community shelters that provide services to
  • <00:05:32.639> her Spouse who has continually donated her Spouse who has continually donated
  • and Civic Endeavors Through charitable and Civic Endeavors she<00:05:40.479> has<00:05:40.680
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee began with procedural reminders that the meeting would be short, that bill changes should generally be provided with 24-hour notice, that testimony would be limited at the chair’s discretion, and that no signs were permitted in the room. After roll call established a quorum, members led the pledge and prayer. The chair also recognized Marsha Robinson of Fort Knox for her service to veterans and military families and for receiving the Association of Defense Communities’ National Military Spouse Leadership Award. The sole bill considered was Senate Bill 61, relating to swimming pools. The sponsor, Senator Craig Richardson, said the bill was intended to protect private property rights by clarifying that homeowners who rent out their private swimming pools through platforms such as Swimly.com would still be treated as operating private pools rather than public recreation pools subject to additional regulation. Senators asked about parking impacts in residential neighborhoods and about liability and insurance coverage. The sponsor said the bill did not address parking or homeowners association issues, and a representative from Swimly.com testified that homeowners insurance and platform-backed insurance products can provide coverage for rentals. The committee voted to advance SB 61. The roll call showed unanimous support from members present, with Senator Wilson briefly explaining his yes vote and joking that the sponsor should ask for it in the future. The chair congratulated the sponsor on getting his first bill through committee and said it would be heard again on the floor. The meeting ended with an announcement about Military Kids Day on Tuesday, February 25, and an invitation for families to contact the Senate clerk for details.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Jan 31, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 1334 seeks to remove barriers for the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to charitable
  • HB 1334 seeks to remove barriers for the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to charitable
  • HB 1334 seeks to remove barriers for the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to charitable
  • HB 1334 seeks to remove barriers for the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to charitable
  • Remove barriers for the donation of wild game meat, including axis deer, to charitable organizations.
Keywords: 910, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education. (2-26-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, the donations to these SGOs.
  • Um, the donation is capped at $1,700.
  • So it's donation is capped at $1,700.
  • <00:31:58.399> a not as though someone can donate a not as though someone can donate a million
  • You know, you can donate up to $1,700.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard House Bill 1, which would have Kentucky opt into a federal education freedom tax credit program allowing donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) for K-12 educational expenses. The bill sponsors said it would not use Kentucky general funds, would be administered through the Secretary of State, and would let donors claim up to a $1,700 federal tax credit for contributions to SGOs. They argued the program could support public, private, religious, and homeschool-related educational needs, including tutoring, transportation, technology, special needs services, and other school expenses. Several senators raised concerns about whether the bill would favor larger districts with more school-choice options over rural counties with only one public school, creating a two-tier system. The sponsors responded that public school districts could also create SGOs and that the federal rules limit eligibility to families at or below 300% of area median gross income. They also said the program would not reduce existing state or federal school funding, but would instead redirect federal tax credit dollars that Kentucky donors might otherwise send to other states or back to the federal government. Members asked about the structure and oversight of SGOs, including whether they must be nonprofits, how broad their missions could be, and whether funds could be earmarked for specific purposes. The sponsors said SGOs must be certified, serve at least two schools and 10 students, spend at least 90% of receipts on scholarships, and cannot be directed to a specific student, though they can be targeted to categories such as elementary students or special needs services. They also said homeschool families would need to organize through a co-op or existing approved SGO. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (03/23/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:24:40.000> as<01:24:40.280> is uh Charitable Gaming Commission as is uh Charitable
  • a great question for the Charitable a great question for the Charitable Gaming<01:37:36.680>
  • Charitable Gaming Commission. Charitable Gaming Commission.
  • So, um donations.
  • The credit is 50% of what you donate.
Keywords: 1189, house, all