Lawmakers in 2 States Strike Down High-Profile Bills to Regulate Nonprofits

Efforts in Massachusetts and Oregon to place new financial restrictions on nonprofits have failed to become law.

In Massachusetts, lawmakers last week rejected a proposal that would have prohibited nonprofits from paying their boards of directors.

Oregon lawmakers, meanwhile, have failed to approve a measure that would have required charities to spend at least 30 percent of their expenses on programs or else be unable to allow donors to get a charitable deduction.