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House passes accountability measure to standardize reporting for pass‑through state funds
Summary
First substitute HB312 was presented as a cleanup and expansion of last year's nonprofit accountability law; sponsors said it broadens reporting requirements to all recipients of pass‑through state grants and requires written summary reports and itemized budgets. The House passed the bill 69–0.
Representative DeCaro presented first substitute HB312 as an accountability bill intended to replace provisions of HB283. She said implementation of last year's law produced unintended consequences related to nonprofit bylaws and that the revised bill would broaden reporting requirements to all recipients of pass‑through state grants, not just nonprofits.
"What this bill does is repeal the provisions created by HB283 of last year and replaces it with measures that address accountability for all recipients of pass through state grants, not just nonprofits," Representative DeCaro said on the floor, explaining the bill requires recipients to provide a written summary report and an itemized budget that reflects use of state money. The reports will be submitted to the state agencies that contract with recipients and included in agencies' budget submissions to the Legislature through the annual budget process.
Representative Chavez Hall spoke in favor of the bill, praising the sponsor for cleaning up bylaw provisions and extending transparency measures. The House adopted amendment(s) and passed first substitute HB312 69–0; the bill will be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration.
The floor remarks emphasized that the bill aims to standardize reporting mechanisms so the Legislature can track how state funds are used when passed through to other entities.
