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By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Clarifies that a platform charity may only solicit donations through a registered charitable fundraising platform; permits charitable organizations deemed not in good standing due to a minor administrative or ministerial deficiency to solicit, receive, control, or distribute funds from donations; requires charitable organizations deemed not in good standing due to a minor administrative or ministerial deficiency to take steps to achieve good standing or compliance to establish good standing; may apply penalties to charities that fail to take steps to achieve good standing within a reasonable time; requires notice of whether a charity is not in good standing is due to an administrative or ministerial deficiency; requires a charitable fundraising platform to maintain and operate a process for complaints; permits the department to waive charitable fundraising platform requirements.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Requires all platform charities to register before conducting fundraising activities; requires annual financial reports and filing fees; requires platform charities to be in good standing; requires platform charities to provide disclosures of the charitable fundraising platform, a statement that a recipient charitable organization may not receive donations or grants or recommended donations with explanations, maximum length of time for the donation to be made, fees, and statement of tax deductibility; requires written consent of recipient charitable organizations; requires prompt tax donation receipts to donors; prohibits diversion or misuse of donations; requires any contract with vendors to be available for inspection; companion to HB 992.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Requires all platform charities to register before conducting fundraising activities; requires annual financial reports and filing fees; requires platform charities to be in good standing; requires platform charities to provide disclosures of the charitable fundraising platform, a statement that a recipient charitable organization may not receive donations or grants or recommended donations with explanations, maximum length of time for the donation to be made, fees, and statement of tax deductibility; requires written consent of recipient charitable organizations; requires prompt tax donation receipts to donors; prohibits diversion or misuse of donations; requires any contract with vendors to be available for inspection; companion to SB 1311.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Creates a presumption that the person is receiving compensation from an organization of lobbying efforts for any individual with a substantial ownership in or is a paid employee, officer, or director of an organization and actively participates in lobbying activities; makes contracts void or voidable a contract entered into by the state in violation of this chapter; expands the definition of lobbying to include communications concerning the solicitation or award of a contract or a proposal before an administrative agency or a potential future vendor relationship with an administrative agency; excludes from lobbying communications about a request for proposals, contract, or vendor relationship if initiated by a legislator or state employee; companion to SB 290.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Creates a presumption that the person is receiving compensation from an organization of lobbying efforts for any individual with a substantial ownership in or is a paid employee, officer, or director of an organization and actively participates in lobbying activities; makes contracts void or voidable a contract entered into by the state in violation of this chapter; expands the definition of lobbying to include communications concerning the solicitation or award of a contract or a proposal before an administrative agency or a potential future vendor relationship with an administrative agency; excludes from lobbying communications about a request for proposals, contract, or vendor relationship if initiated by a legislator or state employee; companion to HB 412.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Authorizes the state to enter into contracts with employers or registered apprenticeship program sponsors in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns and provide up to $20 per hour in reimbursements for wages for the cots of training and supervising an intern; limits contracts to up to 24 weeks for college or university students and 16 weeks for high school students.

By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Provides one-time nonrecurring grants to nonprofits providing critical services in response to the federal funding freeze under by OMB; authorizes the governor to supplement funds for capital improvement projects by transferring sum as needed for other appropriations; clarifies processes and mandates of appropriations; AMENDED to restrict recipients to organizations that provide crucial programmatic aid and outreach in the health, human services, or legal representation sector, normally receives substantial federal funding, considered at risk of losing or receiving a significantly decreased amount of federal funding, and agree to be subject to an audit; requires a report of the specific sources of federal funding suspended or terminated, reasons the funding may be affected by the suspension or termination, and a detailed, itemized explanation regarding how moneys will be used to supplant suspended or terminated federal funding.