Video & Transcript Research : 'Technology'
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AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 3rd, 2026
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- technical aspects that need to be dealt with there because you don't want to pass a law that takes the technology
- technical aspects that need to be dealt with there because you don't want to pass a law that takes the technology
- technical aspects that need to be dealt with there because you don't want to pass a law that takes the technology
- technical aspects that need to be dealt with there because you don't want to pass a law that takes the technology
Keywords:
ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, Tuskegee University, education funding, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, data privacy, consumer rights, personal data, data protection, Alabama Personal Data Protection Act, peer-to-peer car sharing, vehicle insurance, liability, shared vehicles, taxation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- REGARDING THE OVERVIEW OF STATE AGENCY PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING PRACTICES INCLUDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- PURCHASE ORDERS SPENT IS SPENT ON IT SERVICES MEANING ONE IN $5 IS SPENT IN THE AREA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- IMPORTANT TO NOTE UNDER THE CURRENT FLORIDA LAW THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- WE HAVE EXECUTED MORE CONTRACTS WITH PREQUALIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF AUGMENTATION VENDORS AND
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/15/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the problem with some components, though, is that with the technology we have today, it's not hard
- though is that it's with the technology though is that it's with the technology we<00:13:59.680>
- lists that are there use the technology lists that are there use the technology that's<00:26:56.480
- [laughter] That technology is evolving so fast and the uses for it is evolving so fast that we do that
- and user data to rivals technology and user data to rivals without<01:03:57.920>
compensation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- all these technologies are out there. all these technologies are out there.
- Will we lead in the technologies that make the grid more reliable, not less reliable?
- Will we lead in the technologies that make the grid more reliable, not less reliable?
- There's a new technology market share.
- providing people with the technologies providing people with the technologies they<03:40:41.279>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have the resources, we have the technology, and now we just need to act.
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ready have transformative Technologies ready have transformative Technologies - AI and other data-intensive technologies are driving massive increases in energy consumption, as Vice
- We have the resources, we have the technology, now we must act.
- now we must act America can technology now we must act America can and<03:33:23.399>
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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #8 and #9
Transcript Highlights:
- internal committee called the Tech and Services Committee that is responsible for reviewing new technology
- services and new uses of existing technologies to determine whether or not Access can cover these services
- and technologies within state and federal authority.
- Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1242, Mental Health Hearings Audio Visual Technology, allows hearings
- And apparently he said that it was university technology or something in that field.
Summary:
The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans.
Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions.
No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) May 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- While this evolving technology has the ability to reshape how we live and interact with the world, if
- protect individual rights and privacy while balancing and encouraging the safe advancement of AI technology
- If I could boil it down to one sentence, we seek an AI bill that ensures technology serves humanity and
- this is going to be highly consequential not just for the state of Texas. but for the state of AI technologies
- statutes, add clarity to AG enforcement, and clarify the intent of deployers and developers of technology
Bills:
HB12, HB149, HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696
Keywords:
election law, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, law enforcement, jurisdiction, voter fraud, local prosecuting attorney, public safety, communication, governor approval, interoperability, political subdivision, radio systems, artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- What’s the underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we— What do we call them?
- What’s the underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we— Okay.
- The Bitcoin network uses a blockchain technology.
- What’s an underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we use. Okay.
- What’s an underlying technology? It’s that blockchain technology that we use. Okay.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Two technology, engineering, and math.
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committee, science space and technology committee, science space and technology - <03:41:47.439>
This energy technology development. This energy technology development. - state-of-the-art facilities, technology state-of-the-art facilities, technology that<04:39:42.638
- <05:11:36.440>
infrastructure and budget technological infrastructure and budget technological
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development May 7th, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And viticulture technology, I'll talk a little bit about that later.
- And this is some more of our technologies.
- The presidents, we talked about AI and technology as it relates to soil, soil moisture, growing crops
- And it's not just the Ag Center, but a lot of this deals with infrastructure and technology, but also
- And of course, you guys used to STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Summary:
The House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from its October 3, 2024 meeting, and Chairwoman Butler noted that HCR 82 would be voluntarily deferred in favor of continuing work on HCR 77 related to a pilot program for landscaping and crawfishing. The committee then considered HCR 205, which urges the USDA to use its Commodity Procurement Program to purchase domestic Louisiana shrimp. Representative Kerner and Commissioner Mike Strain described the shrimp industry’s low prices, full cold storage, and the need for urgent federal action to support shrimpers and move product into schools, nursing homes, and food banks. Members discussed domestic sourcing rules, enforcement against imported seafood, and marketing challenges; HCR 205 was reported favorably without objection.
The committee also took up HCR 188, which memorializes Congress to oppose any federal farm bill provision that could negatively affect the use of hunting dogs. Chairwoman Butler and Commissioner Strain explained that the concern centered on vague language in a farm bill section that could be interpreted to restrict hunting dogs used for tracking or field trials. Members agreed the language should be removed if it remained in the bill, and HCR 188 was reported favorably without objection.
The committee then heard a presentation from Orlando McMeans of the Southern University Ag Center and College of Agriculture, along with Dr. Calvin Walker. They outlined the center’s research, extension, and academic programs, including enrollment growth, dual-enrollment efforts, 1890 scholars, JAG Stars scholarships, beef cattle and aquaculture research, viticulture, precision nutrition, and food access initiatives. They also described major facility projects, including a high-tech meat processing facility, research labs, a vineyard, and a proposed disaster-safe shelter. Members asked about butcher training, cattle genetics, and the shelter’s potential uses, and the committee adjourned after the presentation.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/05/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Transcript Highlights:
- This technology can augment so many processes, and we're finding more and more use cases and opportunities
- This technology can augment so many processes and we're finding more and more use cases and opportunities
- most impact because they're the overseers of everything that the agencies do with this type of technology
- It's a newish world, newish technology, newest policy area, and it's something we need to be very careful
- Smolden, am I correct in understanding that some of the SMR technologies being designed right now don't
Keywords:
comprehensive plans, county governance, data centers, zoning, state regulations, land use, energy production, infrastructure, environmental impact, artificial intelligence, government regulation, innovation, procurement, administrative burdens, 1182, all
Summary:
The House Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Committee heard a presentation from Steven Garrison of the Cicero Institute on how Arizona state government could use AI to improve service delivery, reduce costs, and streamline procurement. He argued that AI should be treated as software deployed across many use cases, not just chatbots, and urged the state to identify opportunities proactively, avoid unnecessary agency-level AI rules, use existing procurement structures, and measure outcomes. Members asked about workforce impacts, agency involvement, privacy, and the balance between innovation and regulation; Garrison said AI would likely augment workers first, create new jobs over time, and should be guided by the legislature rather than broad agency rulemaking. The committee then considered HB 2592, which directs the Department of Administration to have budget units identify AI opportunities and streamline implementation, and an amendment adding reporting requirements to state leaders and the Secretary of State. After limited public testimony, the amendment was adopted and the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 4-2 vote, with one member absent.
The committee next took up HB 2452, which would add data centers and small modular reactors to county comprehensive planning and adjust county land-use planning requirements, including changes related to renewable energy planning in larger counties. Supporters said the bill would help counties plan ahead for data center growth and future energy needs, including SMRs and other emerging technologies. County representatives opposed the measure, arguing it improperly singled out specific uses, blurred the line between comprehensive planning and zoning, and reduced local control by altering established public planning processes; they also raised concerns about vague standards and the bill’s treatment of renewable energy. After debate, the committee approved HB 2452 on a 4-3 vote for a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 28th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- ASR technology is not widely available at this time and was not considered when the rules were written
- And what we know now from technology, I think we didn't know then, enables these sorts of developments
- Not as many technologies and different equipment kind of overrode the labor cost.
- There are, but again, technology is... is decreasing the demand for migrant labor.
- They have different types of technology for these batch plants, but they're not as good as a municipal
Keywords:
migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards, retaliation, worker complaint, language access, Spanish-language outreach, H-2A visa, temporary agricultural workers, unlicensed housing, rural housing
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 19th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Career certificates and applied technology diplomas are those non-college credit offerings at the district
- Career certificates and applied technology diplomas are those non-college credit offerings at the district
- The Applied Technology Diploma is a non-college credit certificate that really has embedded articulation
- So again, about 39 districts offer career certificates, I think 15 districts offer applied technology
- Higher cost programs like welding technology, aviation airframe, and mechanic, we actually split high
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee for Higher Education met to review Florida’s workforce and Florida College System funding models as part of budget planning. Chair Harrell opened by emphasizing the state’s growing focus on technical education and workforce pathways, and the committee first heard from Tara Goodman of the Department of Education on district workforce education. Goodman explained the programs funded through district workforce dollars, including career certificates, applied technology diplomas, registered apprenticeship, and adult general education, and described the model’s reliance on lagged enrollment, program cost weights, local tuition offsets, and supplemental factors such as disability services, GED testing, and minimum funding for small rural districts. She also noted federal support through Perkins and WIOA and said the model is used to determine unmet need and guide appropriations. In response to questions, she said health care programs are generally among the higher-cost offerings and may be supplemented by pipeline funds.
The committee then heard from Kathy Hebda, Chancellor of the Florida College System, on the college system’s funding model. Hebda described the main funding sources, including the program fund, student success incentive funds, pipeline funds, tuition and fees, and performance-based incentives, and explained that the current model was developed by the 28 college presidents under legislative direction. She said the model uses a three-year average FTE, weights workforce enrollment more heavily than non-workforce enrollment, gives significant weight to completions, includes a small-college factor and regional cost differentials, and also provides targeted funding to bring colleges up to a floor based on per-FTE funding. Senators asked about colleges below the target, cost differences among programs, faculty salaries, and health insurance costs; Hebda said the model is meant to provide flexible operating dollars that colleges can use for those expenses, but specific salary and benefit decisions are left to the institutions.
Seminole State College President Georgia Lorenz also testified in support of the college funding model, saying it holds institutions accountable for enrollment and completions, can be adjusted to reflect state priorities like workforce, and addresses differences in size and regional costs. No bills were voted on, and the committee adjourned after brief closing remarks thanking Seminole State College and the presenters.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here to express our support for Senate Bill 266 on behalf of the Engine Technology Forum.
- about 96% of all cars sold in the U.S., as well as major tier-one suppliers and other automotive technology
- And it's changed since I was running the auto body shop, as you've got technology to issue, deal with
- They're all hybrids or fully electric, which has a whole new set of technology, which can be disturbed
- And it's changed since I was running the auto body shop, as you've got technology to issue, deal with
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure heard testimony on a wide range of bills involving consumer protection, auto regulation, alcohol licenses, and professional licensure. A major focus was legislation to require a one-hour domestic violence awareness training for salon and cosmetology licensees (H.323/S.200), supported by District Attorney Marion Ryan, law enforcement, and a salon industry witness who described the program’s value in identifying and helping victims. The committee also heard strong support from the Attorney General’s office for auto consumer protection legislation (S.228/H.379) that would expand used-car warranty protections, extend the Lemon Law return period to seven days after receipt of the vehicle, raise the mileage cap to 200,000 miles, and increase dealer surety bonds to $50,000. Independent dealers opposed those changes, arguing they would burden small businesses and that dealer education, not expanded liability, was the better solution.
The committee also took testimony on bills related to vehicle financial products and repair information. A trade association supported GAP waiver legislation (H.4188/S.281), saying it would create clear consumer protections and standard disclosures. On right-to-repair and heavy-duty vehicle service information (S.266), engine and truck manufacturers supported an exemption for commercial vehicles, while others argued that releasing service data to the general public could create safety, cybersecurity, and emissions risks. The committee then heard extensive testimony on auto dealer franchise and warranty reimbursement legislation (S.201/H.406), with dealer groups supporting changes to warranty labor reimbursement and manufacturer groups opposing them as costly and unnecessary. Manufacturers from GM, Volvo, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda, and others said their current time-study and appeals processes already compensate dealers fairly and that the bill would raise costs for consumers.
In addition, the committee heard testimony on H.333, which would move auto damage appraiser licensing from the Division of Insurance to the Division of Occupational Licensure. Collision repair advocates supported the change, saying the current board structure leads to repeated dismissals of complaints and lacks accountability, while emphasizing that the bill is intended to protect consumers and ensure proper repair reimbursement. The hearing also included testimony in support of a local alcohol license petition for Westwood and a separate local alcohol measure for a town grant license. At the end of the hearing, the chairs announced that all docketed bills had been heard, noted that a joint poll would be held on H.4184, and the committee voted to adjourn by voice vote.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma Education Commission Feb 26th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Oklahoma Education Commission
Transcript Highlights:
- She's the new and improved Clintcasteberry from corrections and she likes technology Clinton didn't so
- I don't know what Clint likes but technology wasn't one of them but we're glad to have you and actually
- Because in order to be proficient in this technology, you have to play with the technology, and that
- I have met with corrections on technology, and corrections are the last place anybody wants to spend
- This is a popular room, but it's one of the few I guess that we have the technology to do what we're
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we have the missing endangered persons information clearinghouse technology upgrade.
- Next, we have missing endangered persons information clearinghouse technology upgrade.
- FDLEs... endangered persons information clearinghouse technology upgrade.
- years ago, but we need the IT networks in their areas. $3.5 million is for search and analytics technology
- , very important technology to help us combat and mitigate security threats within our facilities. $5
Summary:
The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people.
The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well.
Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Sep 12th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not even going to touch on this, except that technology is always a change agent, and AI may very
- advancements right now—technology that is replacing, will replace our workforce.
- So, how is that measure coming into place regarding the technology replacing the workforce?
- Should we be manufacturing some of the higher-end technology here?
- The United States investing in space technology, at any level?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This provides that the technology grants that are currently available for child care programs can also
- Unfortunately, efficiency when it comes to technology is not serving our counties well right now.
- Then they're having to figure out how to use what we call green screen technology.
- They are using technology and intense workarounds to try to get the data that we have just entered into
- As Commissioner Halverson testified, we couldn't thank you more for the investments in This technology
Bills:
HF2436
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- will make flexible capital available to small rural businesses in the agribusiness, manufacturing technology
- And I'm just dying out there that we update our database to be up to update our technology within the
- agency to be able to mitigate and almost eliminate some of these issues that we're having in the technology
- Now in 2021, we came back and we tweak some of the technology to make the initial filing of unemployment
- just knowing that we will continue to have issues with this because we're not investing in the technology
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- we're working very hard with TDCJ to ensure that we implement appropriate technology in the classroom
- Currently, four of our 100 campuses have technology in the classrooms that contains computers.
- Art Technology Training Grant, which is a re-entry initiative where we are teaching technology skills
- And they've never used a tablet or a computer, so getting them comfortable with that technology so that
- I just I think that we need to implement that same type of technology at our prisons.