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Senate committees approve bill to create emergency bridge funding for nonprofits; judiciary added
Summary
A joint Senate Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing advanced SB933 with amendments to create eligibility rules and reporting requirements for emergency state funding to nonprofits facing federal funding freezes; the measure was adopted by the committees.
A joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection advanced SB933 on a recommendation to pass with amendments after several nonprofit leaders and public-health advocates testified in favor.
Supporters told the committees SB933 is intended to provide a financial bridge to nonprofit providers that rely substantially on federal funding and would be at risk if federal grants or contracts were frozen or cut. Trisha Kajimura, vice president of strategy and external affairs for Parents and Children Together, said, “it's of utmost importance in these very,…
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