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• If there is any fraud or abuse, we then will report that to the appropriate authorities.
• Have we seen any fraud when you do the compliance checks? Are we seeing any cases of fraud?
• Have we seen any fraud when you do the compliance checks? Are we seeing any cases of fraud?
• Chair: Have we seen any fraud when you do the compliance checks? Are we seeing any cases of fraud?
• Chair: Have we seen any fraud when you do the compliance checks? Are we seeing any cases of fraud?

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The whole thing is a fraud.
• The whole thing is a fraud.
• The whole thing scientists is a fraud.
• The whole thing is<02:00:52.719> a<02:00:52.880> fraud.
• All it's going to do is is a fraud.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I was in the fraud unit at Health and Human Services for 23 years, and we had a similar situation.
• at Health and was in the fraud unit at Health and Human<00:51:10.640> Services<00:51:11.200><
• <00:51:18.280> complaint,<00:51:19.280> we complaint, a welfare fraud complaint, we
• complaint, a welfare fraud complaint, we could<00:51:19.680> not<00:51:19.920> get<00:
• We have a whole host of program integrity aspects of the Medicaid program that look for fraud, waste,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <02:02:25.599> and<02:02:25.800> misuse right now at risk for fraud and misuse right
• now at risk for fraud and misuse and<02:02:26.520> I<02:02:26.639> know<02:02:26.800><
• There was found to be fraud—actual people who weren't New Hampshire residents or people who didn't have
• There was found to be fraud—actual people who weren't New Hampshire residents or people who didn't have
• There was found to be fraud—actual people who weren't New Hampshire residents or people who didn't have

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The rest goes to ad tech middlemen or is lost to fraud and spam.
• Ad fraud alone accounts for over $84 billion globally, second only to the drug trade as a source of revenue
• The rest goes to ad tech middlemen or is lost to fraud and spam.
• A different data broker owned by AdGiant Publiss has sold data to the perpetrators of elder fraud.
• A different data broker owned by AdGiant Publiss has sold data to the perpetrators of elder fraud.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing focused on a package of Massachusetts privacy and technology bills, especially measures to ban the sale of location data, establish a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, and regulate biometric recognition and surveillance pricing. Chairs and sponsors argued that self-regulation has failed, that data brokers and large tech companies routinely collect and monetize sensitive information, and that state action is needed because federal protections are weak or absent. Several speakers tied the bills to reproductive health, gender-affirming care, domestic violence, children’s data, and other sensitive uses of location and biometric information. Supporters included legislators and advocates who backed H. 86/S. 197 (Location Shield), H. 78/S. 45/H. 104/S. 29 (comprehensive privacy bills), H. 99/S. 47 (surveillance pricing in grocery stores), and H. 36/S. 36 (biometric recognition accountability). They emphasized data minimization, bans on selling sensitive data, consumer rights to access, delete, and opt out, and in some cases a private right of action. Several witnesses said Massachusetts should lead or align with other states, while others argued that stronger protections are needed because data can be weaponized by stalkers, anti-abortion actors, abusive partners, insurers, or law enforcement. Industry and coalition witnesses urged the committee to favor a more standardized, interoperable framework modeled on laws already adopted in other states, warning that novel definitions, data-minimization rules, and private rights of action could create compliance burdens, confusion, and costs for businesses, including small businesses. They argued that entity-level exemptions for sectors already covered by federal laws like HIPAA or GLBA promote consistency, and that Attorney General enforcement is preferable to private lawsuits. Committee members questioned witnesses on patchwork concerns, the scope of exemptions, and whether the proposed bills would harm or help consumers and small businesses. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; written testimony was noted as due later, and the committee continued taking testimony from multiple panels and virtual witnesses.

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• I'm very concerned about fraud on these dating service apps. So I commend Mr.
• <02:52:22.160> I'm this important bill to avoid fraud.
• I'm this important bill to avoid fraud.
• very concerned about um you know fraud very concerned about um you know fraud on<02:52:25.040>
• digital identity, and fraud prevention. digital identity, and fraud prevention.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The thousand fine for fraud placards, applying the bill to public and private property, and removing
• the bill to for fraud placards, applying the bill to public<00:11:55.839> and<00:11:56.160>
• expired and altered in any manner<00:12:56.000> to<00:12:56.320> the<00:12:56.480> fraud
• language<00:12:58.000> in<00:12:58.320> the<00:12:58.720> in manner to the fraud
• language in the in manner to the fraud language in the in the<00:12:59.120> amendments.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• ><00:37:40.480> that<00:37:40.800> sounds<00:37:41.119> like<00:37:41.359> fraud
• To me that sounds like fraud. >> Yeah. To me that sounds like fraud.
• For the definition of fraud, person also includes entity, which Yes would in fact be. >> So, it seems

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• We just heard of a case of significant fraud where a certain individual used COVID funding for purchases
• just heard of a of a case<00:54:34.240> of<00:54:35.680> significant<00:54:36.319> fraud
• <00:54:36.880> where<00:54:37.920> a case of significant fraud where a case of significant
• fraud where a certain<00:54:38.480> individual certain individual certain individual used<00:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to review its mission and to discuss recent work on a letter sent to the governor and legislative leaders regarding COVID vaccine safety and related scientific references. Members said the letter, which included 31 cited sources, had been delivered to the governor’s office, the Speaker’s office, and the Senate President’s office, and a press release had been issued. Several members defended the letter’s sourcing and urged the public to read the materials and evaluate the evidence themselves, while also acknowledging questions about the trustworthiness of some cited articles. A major portion of the meeting focused on a research assistant’s effort to use AI tools to help reconstruct and verify the committee’s 2024 COVID report with citations. She reported mixed results from Copilot and Gemini, noting that the tools often produced broad or incomplete outputs and that she would need to break the report into smaller sections and ask for more specific source types. Members advised using more precise prompts and emphasized that any AI output would still need human verification. The committee said it hoped to produce a revised, fully footnoted 2024 report by early September. The chair then outlined the committee’s fall agenda, saying it would examine long COVID treatment, the patient bill of rights as it relates to COVID vaccinations and death reporting, standards of care and professional judgment by New Hampshire health care providers, and oversight of federal COVID-related funding such as CARES Act education relief dollars. He also referenced a recent fraud case involving misuse of COVID funds and suggested the committee may ask the DOJ for information. The committee will not meet in July or August and plans to resume in September and October, with a final report targeted for the end of October. The chair also introduced a recent DNI/Tulsi Gabbard press release about U.S.-funded biolabs overseas, which members discussed as a possible transparency issue relevant to future pandemic policy.

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• I am here in support of H. 1611 and Senate 1209 relative to gift card fraud.
• code to provide the tools necessary to investigate and prosecute the fast-growing issue of gift card fraud
• , replace the cards, and then drain their value when they're activated, or through victim-assisted fraud
• I will mention, I put it in my written testimony, but on the victim-assisted fraud amendment piece, there

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing opened with procedural remarks and acknowledgments of Rosh Hashanah, followed by testimony on several criminal justice bills before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. A major focus was S. 1061, the “Raise the Age” bill, which would gradually move 18- to 20-year-olds into the juvenile justice system. Supporters included youth and young adult advocates, former juvenile court Judge Jay Blitzman, ACLU and CPCS representatives, Roca, United Way, Citizens for Juvenile Justice, and Senator Brendan Crichton. They argued that young adults are still developmentally immature, that juvenile court services improve education and rehabilitation, and that adult-system involvement leads to higher recidivism and racial disparities. Committee members asked practical questions about how the bill would work, and witnesses explained that it would expand access to juvenile court diversion, probation, and DYS services for the covered age group. The chairs also noted a notice issue, clarifying that the hearing had been posted seven days in advance rather than the usual ten. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to revise accomplice and joint venture murder liability and sentencing. Representative Sam Montaño and Senator Liz Miranda supported the reform, arguing that current law can impose life sentences on people with limited or no knowledge of a killing and that the doctrine contributes to racial bias and disproportionate punishment. A law professor, a former defendant, and advocates from the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls described cases where people were punished far beyond their actual role and said the bill would better align charges and sentences with individual culpability. Related testimony also supported a proportionality-focused reform to reduce the harshness of joint venture sentencing. Several other public safety and criminal justice bills drew testimony. Senator Robin Kennedy supported a bill redefining strangulation in domestic violence law, saying the current “substantial pressure” standard is too vague and that strangulation is often lethal without visible injury. District Attorney Ryan and a retail business executive backed a bill on organized retail theft, saying it would give prosecutors more flexible charging options and better address coordinated theft rings. Representative Vieira and the family of Kiana Barros urged action on Kiana’s Law, which would improve restraining-order notification and enforcement after Barros’s daughter was killed after an order was not served. The hearing also included support for the HALO Act, which would create a 25-foot safety zone around first responders and penalize harassment or obstruction, and for a bill to enhance courthouse security by creating specific protections for judges and their families. No votes were taken during the hearing."} 0}]}

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• the task force to appropriations, though he noted the money for this would come from the Consumer Fraud
• benefits for the entire world, then I wouldn't be so heartless, but we really need to cut down on the fraud
• lot of work— a lot of work—to make sure that we're closing the gap and closing the holes for more fraud
• the right reasons, you still have that 1% that are going to try to work the system and try to commit fraud

Bills: SB1059, SB1209, SB1273, SB1332, SB1452, SB1456, SB1549, SB1552, SB1818, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, nonoperating identification, homeless exemption, veterans, emancipated minors, Arizona Department of Transportation, transportation, infrastructure, pavement rehabilitation, funding, Arizona, SB1332, light rail, light rail expansion, Maricopa County, Phoenix

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• bill to protect all citizens, but especially our senior citizens who have been victims of scams and frauds
• Additionally, again, as I close, I'll just say this provides an opportunity to protect consumers from fraud
• Bill 5353 is really about protecting West Virginians, especially our seniors, from a growing type of fraud
• requires licensing, clear warnings, transaction limits for new users, and stronger protections when fraud

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate considered and passed a series of House bills on third reading, with several title amendments and a few effective-date motions adopted. Early in the session, members passed HB 4452 removing acreage limits on land owned by church or religious trustees, HB 4577 creating reciprocal driver’s license recognition agreements with Ireland and Japan, HB 4588 authorizing West Virginia participation in a federal tax credit scholarship program, and HB 4592 requiring higher education institutions to create coordinated campus safety maps. HB 4602 was amended to align with a prior Senate child welfare pilot program, and members discussed its projected cost and implementation timeline before passing it. HB 4603 created a pre-adjudicatory alternative disposition process in abuse and neglect cases, and HB 4606 narrowed bail rules by requiring consideration of residency and community ties while prohibiting personal recognizance bonds for violent felony offenses after an adopted amendment. The Senate also passed HB 4710 changing the party-registration deadline for candidates from 60 to 180 days before an election, with debate over its impact on independents, and made it effective January 1, 2027. HB 4712, known as Bailey’s Law, increased penalties for DUI causing death and related conduct, with emotional testimony from members about the victim and similar tragedies. HB 4765 established a pay raise for teachers, school personnel, and state police and added a market-pay enhancement system based on county cost-of-living differences; an amendment to the amendment capped county differentials and guaranteed at least a 1% increase in every county. HB 4865 created an optional program for high school and homeschool students to serve as election official trainees, and HB 4869 established narrow guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare supplement policies. Later bills included HB 4995, which strengthened video/audio recording rules in special education classrooms and was passed, then reconsidered and passed again; HB 4996 creating a new crime for making threats of violence against schools or children; HB 5048 guaranteeing virtual instruction for foster children in temporary placement; HB 5065 adding recordkeeping and geolocation requirements for hotel marketplace facilitators to ensure proper hotel tax remittance; and HB 5074 reallocating medical cannabis fund revenues to child protection, homeless services, research, law enforcement, and other purposes. The Senate also passed HB 5101, the Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act, which increased penalties for domestic violence offenses and adjusted bail provisions, after amending it to conform with the earlier bail bill. Additional measures passed included HB 5166 requiring notice before political committees are fined for filing violations and allowing limited extensions, HB 5168 directing $12 million in lottery funds to EMS first responders and county EMS support, HB 5182 authorizing certain state treasurer security personnel to carry concealed firearms, HB 5212 streamlining higher-education financial aid rules, HB 5214 allowing court-ordered drug testing of parents before reunification in abuse and neglect cases, HB 5353 regulating virtual currency kiosks with licensing, disclosures, and transaction limits, and HB 5366 exempting J-LAP records from FOIA to protect confidentiality for lawyers and judges seeking assistance. Most bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though HB 5074 and HB 5353 drew some dissenting votes.

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• Transportation and Technology, having had under consideration SB 1308 relating to foreign adversary fraud
• your Committee on Public Safety, having had under consideration SB 1308 relating to foreign adversary fraud
• This bill would set up a foreign adversary fraud office.
• This bill would set up a foreign adversary fraud office and has an appropriation to go with it, and that

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It'll be fraud.
• Now in private practice, I work here in Arizona, but also with other states on consumer fraud actions
• matters that have involved Nebraska, Florida, Texas, other attorneys general who have found consumer fraud
• we have been fighting It does a great job for us because, you know, we have been fighting waste and fraud

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Everything ranging from property tax relief, affordable health care, law and order, and addressing voter fraud
• order, and health care, law and order, and addressing<00:13:20.880> voter<00:13:21.279> fraud
• <00:13:22.240> Please<00:13:22.560> don't addressing voter fraud.
• Please don't addressing voter fraud.

Bills: HB61, HB176, SB12

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• um, what's the best way to do it, but suggest that we create kind of a, um, you know, just consumer fraud
• create kind of a um you know,<00:09:24.959> just<00:09:25.200> consumer<00:09:25.600> fraud
• <00:09:26.000> protection know, just consumer fraud protection know, just consumer fraud protection

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I think about the recent articles that came up around fraud within the Medigap and who is participating
• 00:37:48.640> around recent articles that came up around recent articles that came up around fraud
• :37:50.079> metag<00:37:50.400> gap<00:37:50.880> uh<00:37:51.040> and fraud
• within uh the metag gap uh and fraud within uh the metag gap uh and when<00:37:51.839> and<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I believe that there is a way that we can address the fraud And lastly, to intervene for system-involved
• And I believe that there is a way that we can address the fraud justice involved is because of a justice
• c><00:27:28.159> can<00:27:28.559> address<00:27:29.360> the<00:27:29.679> fraud
• ...is a way that we can address the fraud, but also ensure that veterans can have access to the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill also includes provisions addressing workers' compensation fraud.
• And I'll just take a moment to thank the chairs for including these fraud protection components.
• We know fraud is a huge issue, and anything we can do to stop it and protect taxpayer dollars is incredibly
• If you misrepresent yourself—and I hope to goodness we don't see this—you will be put up on fraud.

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• Gift card fraud has been on the rise, with criminals exploiting various methods to illegally obtain or
• Gift card fraud has been on the rise, with criminals exploiting various methods to illegally obtain or
• that process is still done by paper, which slows things down and makes it easier for people to commit fraud
• you know, I want to tell y'all members, he's already carrying bills for the OIG, so he's working on fraud

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with. The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers. One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.