Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives
SB 281 creates a Senior Nutrition Private Donation Matching Fund to encourage private contributions for senior meal programs. Local area agencies serving seniors can qualify for matching funds when they secure new private donations (not from program recipients or in-kind donations) that exceed prior public entity donations by a specific amount. The fund matches these qualifying donations to support home-delivered meals, with distributions based on "area need" factors like senior population served and rural service costs. This directly affects local agencies managing senior nutrition services by providing a mechanism to leverage private funding without new state appropriations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 10, 2026
Signed Mar 18, 2026
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The bill text remains substantively identical, but the version was updated from 'Substitute #3' to 'Enrolled' status. The only actual change is the timestamp at the end, which was updated from March 2, 2026, to March 6, 2026, indicating the bill has passed its final legislative stages and is ready for signing into law.
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The document version was updated from 'Substitute #3' to 'Enrolled', and the timestamp was changed from 3-2-26 to 3-6-26, reflecting the bill's final approval.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026 · House Mar 5, 2026
How they voted
29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Mar 3, 2026
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
N
Forward1
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
62
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee]
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee]
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
Senate/ floor amendment
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Keven Stratton
RRepublican
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