Video & Transcript Research : 'tech accountability'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business. Apr 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- the disclosure of companies linked to foreign adversaries that are operating in the United States tech
- Protecting our networks requires... requires us to understand the threats and hold bad actors accountable
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Feb 24th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Blanco, relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to certain funds and accounts
- Blanco, relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at Texas Tech
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund.
Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters.
No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the Governmental Accountability Office...
- It's not just accountants. It's public utility accountants. It's not just engineers.
- we were talking about the difference between regular, you know, business accounting and utility accounting
- we were talking about the difference between regular, you know, business accounting and utility accounting
- And, you know,” “Accountability and enforcement.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 9, February 19, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to Louisiana Tech University. Thank you very much. Make it up for you gutting my bill.
- And I'm the managing director of the PBM Accountability Project.
- They need a system that is transparent, accountable, and patient-focused.
- It is pro-accountability. And it is also pro-fair competition.
- So giving that right to an itemized accounting to a plan sponsor or Medicaid program, I think it's a
Summary:
The Senate Insurance Committee met on May 13, 2026, adopted the May 6 minutes, and then took up several bills dealing with pharmacy benefit managers, prescription access, behavioral health coverage, and Citizens Property Insurance. HB 938, as amended, was the main PBM reform measure. After the committee adopted a large amendment set that narrowed the bill, members heard extensive testimony in support from Mark Bloom, Justin Joseph of Capital Rx, and Kathy Ue of Pontchartrain Cancer Center, all emphasizing transparency, pass-through pricing, reverse auctions, and patient access. Supporters described savings from reverse auctions and administrative models, while the cancer center testified that PBM-owned specialty pharmacy requirements can delay cancer medications and create financial hardship. The committee reported HB 938 favorably with amendments.
The committee also heard HB 1154, which prohibits prior authorization for certain generic medications prescribed by qualified physicians, with a $250 cap discussed as a safeguard against higher-cost generics. The bill was supported by representatives from Ochsner Health and the Louisiana State Medical Society and was reported favorably. HB 909, which requires commercial coverage for behavioral health crisis services, was amended to clarify the insurers covered and then reported favorably with support from the Office of Behavioral Health and several outside groups. Testimony on HB 909 focused on reducing emergency room and law enforcement burdens and expanding crisis response capacity across the state.
HB 1187, dealing with excess emergency assessment funds from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, was explained by the Insurance Commissioner as a way to transfer remaining Katrina-era assessment funds to the Fortified Roof Program. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, SB 511 and SB 512 were deferred and converted into a study resolution approach because there was not yet consensus on the underlying issue. The meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Over 60 jurisdictions in the state have adopted... ...and Tech Clean California.
- AB 1167 furthers that charge by holding IOUs accountable and preventing customer rates from increasing
- AB 1167 furthers that charge by holding IOUs accountable and preventing customer rates from increasing
- AB 1167 offers a thoughtful remedy to this abusive dynamic by providing transparency, accountability,
- There's a lot of breaking down with the difference between rate making and accounting and how all this
Summary:
The committee heard several energy and utilities bills, with testimony largely focused on wildfire mitigation, affordability, clean energy planning, and utility accountability. AB 706, by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, would create a fund to support projects that use forest biomass waste from wildfire mitigation and forest restoration; supporters said it would reduce open burning and emissions while providing reliable renewable power, and the bill later passed 13-0. AB 39, by Assembly Member Zbur, would require larger cities and counties to adopt electrification planning strategies for transportation and buildings; it drew broad support from clean energy, labor, environmental, and local government advocates and passed 9-0. AB 1167, by Assembly Member Berman, would restrict investor-owned utilities from charging ratepayers for lobbying, promotional advertising, and similar shareholder-benefit expenses; supporters framed it as an affordability and transparency measure, while utilities argued the bill was overly broad and already covered by existing rules. It passed 7-0, with some members not voting and the roll left open.
The committee also considered AB 1417 on offshore wind community funding transparency, which was amended to remove new fees and instead require reporting on developer support for local and tribal community capacity-building; opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed 9-0. AB 367, by Assembly Member Bennett, would require water districts in high fire-risk areas of Ventura County to have backup power, full tanks during red flag warnings, and hardened facilities; water agencies opposed unless amended due to cost and liability concerns, but the bill passed 10-0. The consent calendar, including multiple additional measures, was approved 11-0.
Other bills drew more divided testimony. AB 745 would allow securitization to finance utility undergrounding and prohibit a return on equity for undergrounding projects; supporters said it would lower ratepayer costs, while utilities warned it would effectively discourage undergrounding and could raise other rates. The bill passed 7-4 and was left on call. AB 1423 would apply reliability standards to publicly funded EV chargers installed before 2024; supporters said taxpayers should get functioning chargers, while charging-network representatives objected to retroactive requirements and possible conflicts with existing agreements. It passed 13-0. AB 388 would create a narrow exception to utility regulation to facilitate green hydrogen projects using private power lines; supporters said it would unlock low-cost renewable hydrogen and jobs, while utilities raised concerns about customer protections and grid planning. It passed 12-0. The committee also began hearing AB 825, which the author said would address the high cost of financing major transmission and generation buildout, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation and action on that bill.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're not so worried about doctors, architects, lawyers, so on, but Cosmetologists, vet techs, EMTs
- He graduated tech.
- Graduated Texas Tech 2019, um, August 2019. He's a busy little fellow.
- Even graduating Texas Tech, he chose not to. He enlisted, uh, so he was able to roll.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- on the screen on iLegislate and in today's folder on your box account.
- Colorado families do not need more accounting maneuvers. They need lower costs.
- I'm assuming they were taken into account.
- in... ...off tech as much as possible in those early years.
- The payments are dispensed to the firefighter's bank account within 10 days of receipt.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee first heard from the Minnesota Department of Administration on the governor’s capital budget requests. Commissioner Tamara Grundal described the state’s deferred maintenance backlog, saying Minnesota owns more than 4,800 buildings across 19 agencies, with an estimated replacement value of $11.2 billion and about $2.2 billion in deferred maintenance. She urged continued bonding support for asset preservation, CAPRA emergency repair funding, Capitol Complex security upgrades recommended by the ACAS advisory committee, and a budget-neutral account to help leverage federal funds for renewable energy storage and electric vehicle projects at state facilities.
Members asked follow-up questions about prior security spending and CAPRA use. The commissioner said some 2018 security funds were used for items such as bollards, projectile-resistant glass, key card readers, and security kiosks, but specific details would be provided offline. On CAPRA, staff said recent projects included public safety upgrades, correctional facility repairs, water main and sewer work, roof repairs, lift station repairs, and boiler and steam trap replacements. The commissioner said the account has recently been used heavily, with about $1.9 million remaining, and estimated a typical target range of roughly $3 million to $5 million based on past spending and expected emergencies. A staffer said they did not know whether bonds had been issued ahead of time to fund the reserve and would follow up.
The committee then heard from the Department of Public Safety on BCA capital projects. Commissioner Bob Jacobson and Superintendent Drew Evans said the governor’s proposal includes a new Southern BCA regional office and laboratory in Mankato, expansion of BCA regional office and lab space, and a new Minnesota State Patrol headquarters using trunk highway cash. Evans said the Mankato project is needed because of growth in DNA analysis, digital evidence, controlled substances, cyber tips, and sexual assault kit testing, and because the current St. Paul facility is over capacity. He said the new regional facility would improve turnaround times, reduce travel for scientists and law enforcement, support training, and improve evidence intake and crime scene response in southern Minnesota.
Senator Pappas questioned the increase in the Mankato project cost from about $48 million to $68.6 million. Evans said the increase was driven by rising construction costs and additional specialized laboratory and support-space needs identified during design work with the Department of Administration. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 310, SLH 2025 Nonprofit Grants Program Informational Briefing 10-30-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not just teaching tech; we're safeguarding their lives and saving dignity.
- Many of us earn certifications, spending quality time with kūpuna and getting hired by local tech teen
- Next we have Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii. tech teen companies. tech teen companies.
- This accounts for roughly 75% of our annual budget.
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assistance, will lose access to tech assistance, will lose access to tech assistance
Summary:
This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants.
Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing.
No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She's been nominated to attend Tech Trek at New Mexico Tech, and is representing her school in math and
- So transparency, accountability, checks and balances—always good. Thank you, Mr.
- Speaker, this bill does put in to account guard rails for different problems. Mr.
- Speaker, this bill does put in to account guard rails for different projects.
- This bill also takes into account the fact, the need for additional revenue for capital outlay.
Bills:
HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 12th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We expand justice and access and accountability in ways that protect Everyone.
- We had a data breach at Tech that made the data unavailable for us.
- There were some other accounting problems with how that operating agreement was working.
- I was saying that we disagreed with how the project was allocating the water and the accounting.
- Account for variability.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I want them to allow the tech, allow our state to permit the sites of these reactors and let them, Approve
- obviously, you're alluding to Nattura's partnership with the, um, Produce Water Consortium at Texas Tech
- Oversight with integrity, transparency, and accountability are necessary.
- How would they be accountable to our residents? How would they be accessible?
- these families. 1 in 4 respondents received a shutoff notice, and those earning $50,000 or less accounted
Bills:
HB 14, HB 106, HB 146, HB 267, HB 274, HB 1127, HB 1359, HB 1393, HB 1584, HB 1640, HB 1710, HB 2152, HCR 101, HJR 8, HR 51
Keywords:
nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I would also say that local support is taken into account for our tax credit developments and so we would
- Texas, at Sam Houston State, and they took into account five years worth of historical inspection data
- My tech budget. The technology budget in 2021 was a little over $5 million for the county.
- Every year in our budget hearings I will drill my tech services director about these increases.
- And what's even further distressing, I think, to us... is that that doesn't take into account things
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Government Organization Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:03 am
Government Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- The deletion will allow the DNR to adjust its fee schedules to take into account inflation.
- the foot in the comment section of the abstract: plumbers, electricians, polygraph examiners, HVAC techs
- because that license disqualified someone if they have a felony conviction, so it just takes that into account
- because that license disqualified someone if they have a felony conviction so it just takes that into account
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, if you're using a lot of very high-tech, expensive equipment the university owns, a different
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't take into account the humanitarian issues associated with this.
- because, you know, hey, no... ...at a broken system, and there's almost no accountability because, you
- This is about unlocking the potential in every student, regardless of their zip code, bank account, or
- Today I present AB 500, a bill that brings needed transparency and accountability to how the University
- through an equity analysis, and data. with other systems, not taking into account through an equity
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee met with a quorum and first approved a consent calendar containing AB 341, AB 1098, and AB 1316, sending those measures to the Human Services, Judiciary, and Appropriations Committees respectively. The committee then heard AB 977, which would require CSU to audit surplus land and work with California tribes to identify three regional burial sites for Native American remains that cannot yet be repatriated. Supporters, including tribal leaders and archaeology groups, said the bill is needed to honor ancestors and address the large number of remains still held by CSU; CSU said it is committed to repatriation but had no formal position. The bill passed to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote.
Members also heard AB 1093, creating a California-Mexico higher education exchange program, and AB 1035, expanding the California College Promise to cover tuition for students pursuing community college bachelor’s degrees. AB 1093 drew support for strengthening cross-border educational and economic ties, but some members raised concerns about border-region sewage problems and the bill’s budget implications; it was held for later consideration. AB 1035 received strong support from community college leaders and faculty who said it would help low-income and first-generation students complete workforce-focused bachelor’s degrees, but several members questioned whether it would stretch Prop. 98 funding and whether the state should prioritize broader affordability concerns. AB 1035 passed to Appropriations on a 3-2 vote.
The committee next approved AB 922, which would let the University of California keep access to federal criminal-history information for hiring background checks, avoiding delays and added costs if statutory authority is required. UC said the bill is needed to maintain safety and hiring operations, and it passed to Public Safety on a 5-0 vote. AB 1346, protecting military dependents from losing in-state residency status because of family travel, also passed unanimously to Military and Veterans Affairs. AB 1212, allowing UC to use low-income housing tax credits to build affordable housing for faculty and staff on UC land, drew support from UC and labor groups but opposition from members concerned about preferential access to public resources; it was held for later action. Finally, the committee approved AB 500 and AB 684, both aimed at increasing transparency around UC admissions policy changes and UC BOARS decision-making, sending AB 500 to Education and AB 684 to Governmental Organization, each on 5-0 votes. The hearing then moved on to AB 1122 on dual enrollment, with the author and witnesses presenting the bill as a way to expand college access for high school students.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Watershed management, New Mexico State, working along with New Mexico Tech, already does that.
- And they are working in conjunction with New Mexico Tech.
- it is housed at UNM, includes researchers at New Mexico State University, includes researchers at Tech
- I'm happy to partner with you to find out what happened for the program at Tech.
- I know Tech does a lot of wonderful work.
Keywords:
ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Jan 28th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We have, you know, Accountants, we have audits, we have all these things.
- There are not a lot of IPAs who are certified public accountants that do this work, and that's been one
- I believe that they are, but just, you know, I'll be looking to make everyone accountable.
- In collective leadership, what is true accountability, or what we call dando vuelta, right?
- We got through, I think, a lot of our tech issues.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Labor and Employment
Transcript Highlights:
- nation, potentially creating catastrophic job loss everywhere in the state, from warehouses to the tech
- Tech companies say that AI will create new jobs in its place and increase productivity that benefits
- Yet tech CEOs have yet to say what jobs will be created, for whom, and how many of them.
- Good afternoon, Violet Spidler, on behalf of the California Employment Lawyers Association and Tech Equity
- Violet Spidler on behalf of the California Employment Lawyers Association and Tech Equity Action in support
Summary:
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, enforcement, and technology in the workplace. SB 909 would strengthen enforcement of public works prevailing wage laws by raising contractor registration fees and penalties and directing part of penalty revenue back to enforcement; labor groups supported it as a way to deter wage theft, while contractor groups opposed the fee and penalty increases as burdensome and potentially costly for public projects. The committee members generally expressed support for stronger enforcement but also concern about the state’s backlog and capacity to enforce the law. SB 909 passed on a due pass vote and was re-referred to Appropriations.
The committee also considered multiple bills addressing AI and workplace rights. SB 951 would require 60-day notice when technology displaces 25 or more workers and would require reporting on AI-related job impacts; labor and education groups supported it, while business, public sector, and industry groups argued it was premature and overbroad. SB 947 would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and prohibit predictive behavior analysis; supporters said it would prevent algorithmic abuse, while opponents raised concerns about independent contractors, private rights of action, and forum shopping. Both bills advanced on party-line style votes to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The committee also approved SB 1149, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person” equivalent to family, with emotional testimony from a witness describing the loss of a long-term partner. Supporters said the bill reflects modern family structures, especially for LGBTQ and older Californians; there was no opposition. SB 1185, applying skilled-and-trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, also passed despite opposition from contractors and business groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and warned of higher costs and fewer bidders. In addition, the committee approved consent-calendar bills SB 1316, SB 1046, and SB 1059, and left rolls open for absent members before adjourning.