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• nonprofit focused on student- centered nonprofit focused on student- centered policies<00:59:03.280
• classifications, and transfer and store information and data and case tracking.
• further data um further protects<01:57:24.079> data<01:57:24.360> investigations<01:57
• :25.320> and<01:57:25.480> further protects data investigations and further protects data
• enforcement properly manage data enforcement properly manage data classifications<01:58:06.119><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's amazing what they can do with AI. These days, isn't it?
• We brought this forward with a victim-centered approach.
• The data that we have, the access.
• So these are the report data that we have.
• We haven't seen data to that effect.

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• I drive convention center area and attractions area.
• Our marketing is data-driven. The data gives us insight into the markets... We are data-driven.
• We have over 100 career centers across our state.
• Ryan found his local career center and went in for some help.
• So these data and more are available to you in our annual plan.

Summary: The committee met to receive a base budget overview for agencies under its jurisdiction, which include the Division of Emergency Management, Department of Commerce, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of Military Affairs, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Staff explained the budget format and noted that the Legislature appropriated more than $20.2 billion to these agencies in the current fiscal year, a 66.7% increase over 10 years. The Department of Transportation then presented on the Moving Florida Forward initiative, describing it as a $7 billion effort to advance 20 major congestion-relief projects statewide. Secretary Jared Perdue said the department is ahead of schedule, with 14 of 20 projects expected to be underway by the end of the calendar year. He highlighted major projects including I-4 in Polk and Osceola counties, I-75 improvements, Southwest 10th Street in Broward County, Fruitville Road, Capital Circle in Tallahassee, and I-275, and discussed innovations such as aggregate supply grants, modified phase design-build, workforce hiring events, and voluntary acceleration. Senators asked about business impacts from construction, tourism-related transit funding, aggregate sourcing, and labor shortages; the secretary said FDOT works with local businesses and that additional revenue sources for transit would require legislative action. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reviewed motorist services, revenue collection, licensing, vehicle titling, specialty plates, insurance compliance, driver safety, and commercial driver licensing. Officials said the department collected about $2.9 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2023-24 and described modernization efforts, including electronic verification systems, Real ID compliance, mobile licensing units, and a planned digital driver license. Members asked about the driver license backlog in Miami-Dade and Broward, and the department said service delays were driven by growth and staffing constraints but should improve with $7.5 million in recent funding and the eventual transition of services to county tax collectors. Questions also addressed temporary paper licenses and birth certificate fraud prevention. The Department of Commerce presented on the Job Growth Grant Fund and Visit Florida. Commerce said the grant fund, created in 2017, has awarded $257 million to 70 projects in 37 counties since 2019, with demand exceeding supply about four to one. Officials emphasized that the program supports targeted industries and workforce and infrastructure projects, and they highlighted examples in CDL training, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and health care. Senators raised concerns about small businesses affected by transportation construction, and Commerce said it has an Office of Small Business Innovation and other tools, though the grant fund is limited by statute to targeted industries. Visit Florida then described its public-private tourism marketing role, saying the state’s $80 million appropriation is matched by private investment and that the latest EDR review found a $3.30 return in tax revenue for every state dollar spent. Visit Florida reported record visitation and tourism spending, along with hurricane recovery marketing and rural promotion efforts.

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• and say well yes but our source data and say well yes but our source data says<00:16:10.959>
• I'm the CEO of Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center, and a few other surgical centers, but principally
• the Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center.
• I work at New Hampshire Orthopedic Center. We service 30 providers.
• or Insurance Department database data or other sources, or is it arbitrary?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• But this is what actually AI looks like. Now, this is an AI photo.
• AI looks like what I showed you before. AI looks like what I showed you before.
• But this is what actually AI picture. But this is what actually AI looks<00:02:38.319> like.
• Now, this is an AI photo. looks like. Now, this is an AI photo.
• <00:16:20.480> generative<00:16:20.880> AI would say commercial uh AI generative AI

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I said, “Do you mean one of these AI bot sort of things that watches all your browsing, which I'd
• It offers internet access through many browsers, including at least one browser that has data storage
• Um, and fortunately we have AI to help us figure it out.
• Um and and fortunately we have AI<01:05:53.599> to<01:05:53.760> help<01:05:53.920>
• But I I AI to help us figure it out.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee work session focused on House Bill 293, which would prevent minors from accessing obscenity on certain internet-connected electronic devices. Chair Pardell opened by noting the bill had been discussed several times and that the goal was to find language acceptable to the committee. Representative Coutab argued the bill is important for child safety, said parents vary in technical ability, and pointed to Apple as evidence that filtering tools can be implemented. He asked whether the other members saw a path forward and what it might look like. Representatives McFarland and Tur both said they support the underlying concern but questioned the bill’s structure and practicality. McFarland emphasized parental responsibility and individual liberty, said any final language should avoid infringing on rights or creating indirect pressure on corporations, and suggested looking at other states’ approaches and Apple’s closed ecosystem as a limited example. Tur said the bill may solve one problem while creating others, especially by placing the burden on device manufacturers and browsers rather than on the content providers; he cited the recent Texas Paxton decision as an example of a more targeted age-verification approach aimed at websites. Both expressed concern that a broad device-level mandate may be difficult to implement consistently across different platforms. Chair Pardell responded that the bill is intended to add protective measures rather than impose a blanket ban, and compared it to existing restrictions on minors accessing alcohol, tobacco, or pornographic magazines. She said the proposal is meant to ask for the user’s age during device setup, not to require identification or database checks, and stressed that parents would still be responsible for entering accurate information. Members also discussed whether Apple’s tools are generalizable to Android and other ecosystems, whether the market is already developing solutions, and whether a parent-facing filter or device-level controls would be the best route. Pardell said the committee had received public feedback and that another work session would likely be held in October; no vote or final action was taken.

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• The AI boom is driving a rapid wave of data center construction across California in communities that
• A 2024 report out of the largest data center market in Virginia shows that 83% of data centers in the
• If they can't feed the beast that is a data center, the data centers aren't going to win either.
• Do you want to do your other data center? The other data center, which is yes, Item 23, AB 2619?
• Data center cooling is not a... Data center cooling is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Also doing some cost containment data, getting some cost containment data from state agencies and other
• This is my first bill to get across the finish line on denying pre-authorization requests via AI.
• <00:42:11.440> Um pre-authorization requests via AI.
• Um pre-authorization requests via AI.
• Sandy Hook Promise has data to prove the effectiveness of anonymous threat reporting systems.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House began with a resolution recognizing May 15, 2026, as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week of May 10-16 as Police Week in Minnesota. Members read a series of “whereas” clauses honoring fallen peace officers, including three names added to the memorial this year, and thanking the thousands of officers serving across the state. The resolution was adopted without objection, and the chamber also received a Rules and Legislative Administration report placing several bills on the calendar for the day. The main floor action was on House File 4252, the higher education finance and policy conference committee report. Supporters said the bill includes funding for identification verification systems in the MNSCU system to combat enrollment fraud, money to cover a shortfall in Fostering Independence grants for foster youth, and a small appropriation for trees at Bemidji State University. Several members praised the public conference committee process and the bipartisan work behind the bill. Others criticized the bill for not addressing the larger state grant shortfall and raised concerns about how grant dollars are allocated. The House adopted the conference report and repassed the bill 101-33. The House then concurred in Senate amendments to House File 3825, a public safety vehicle bill that also carried a package of scope-of-practice and licensing changes. Members described provisions affecting acupuncture, athletic trainers, massage therapy, mortuary science, music therapy, social work title protection, pharmacist prescribing, physical therapy, and advanced practice nursing. Supporters argued the changes improve access, affordability, workforce flexibility, and patient care, while one member warned that some scope expansions were insufficiently scrutinized and could harm the health care system. After debate, the House agreed to the Senate amendments and moved the bill forward.

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• It depends on the cooling methods that the data center uses.
• Depends on the cooling methods that the data center uses.
• It depends on the cooling methods that the data center use.
• The data center.
• I know that for the data center itself, I know that for the data center itself, there's a closed-loop

Keywords: 908, all

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• Over the 70,000 documents that are draft maps with voter data broken down by race, spreadsheets that
• But it's no concrete information, no concrete data. We could have waited until a ruling came back.
• ... ...to file a AI bill in the U.S.
• >> Yes, a reapportionment attorney filed an AI filing in the Supreme Court.
• You don't know about the AI attorney?

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• this is a situation where we would want someone with access to the sensitive systems and sensitive data
• In Minnesota, the bill expands identity theft to include AI for technology-based imitation of someone's
• When we look at AI and all the recent instances of deepfakes and what we're using in terms of our investigative
• specifically, but broadly across law enforcement, as we're seeing rapid advancement in the proliferation of AI
• specifically but broadly across law enforcement as we're seeing rapid advancement in the proliferation of AI

Bills: HF3489, HF3990, HF3825, HF3826, HF3827, HF3822

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• In some classes, the use of AI is encouraged, while in others it's punished.
• that human workers could be replaced by AI.
• As AI tool adoption has expanded, its impact on human workers and jobs has grown.
• As AI tool adoption has expanded, its impact on human workers and jobs has grown.
• attempt to have AI tools perform the duties that we have historically done.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard two Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. SCR 82 by Senator Niello would encourage the California higher education segments to convene a work group and share best practices on AI use, including how to address academic integrity and student use of AI in coursework. Supportive comments emphasized the need for intersegmental coordination and faculty/student engagement, while the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges raised concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and governance differences at the community college level. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection on an 8-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which would establish guardrails for AI use at CSU by requiring that faculty employee positions be filled by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications and that instructors of record be human faculty for credit and non-credit instruction. The author and supporters, including the California Faculty Association, Teamsters California, the California Federation of Labor Unions, and the State Building and Construction Trades Council, argued the bill is needed to prevent AI from replacing faculty and to preserve the human role in teaching and student support. Members asked for clarification that the bill would not apply to classified, administrative, or clerical employees, and the author’s office said the definition was intended to mirror CSU faculty classifications and bargaining language. Both measures received unanimous support from the committee after discussion. SB 928 was passed to the Assembly Floor on a 10-0 vote, with several members requesting to be added as coauthors. The consent calendar, which included SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968, was also approved unanimously, and the committee adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.

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• But I think that being able to have a vehicle that as well, the Find X think 8 categories between data
• There comes an application and hap and online app or a AI integration within your your company, your
• that evaluation panels and this is always been a pet peeve of mine, whether they lack the technical data
• So between those 2 sides between information from our partners over at Northwest Regional Data Center
• I've had the privilege to serve. >> And Nick Center account for 20 years now.

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• we take 28.94 acres held by the Wyoming State Training School, which is the Wyoming Life Resource Center
• When that uh facility was center.
• That's the Life Resource Center campus. Now, the Department of Health.
• resource center.
• There is water and life resource center.

Bills: SF0069, SF0084, SF0050, SF0109, HB0069, HB0098

Keywords: wastewater, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental quality, public data, data collection, funding, study, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, irrigation, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls

Bills: SF0069, SF0084, SF0050, SF0109, HB0069, HB0098

Keywords: wastewater, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental quality, public data, data collection, funding, study, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, irrigation, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls

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• to the Department of Law Enforcement for statewide data sharing purposes.
• Under current law, these entities submit transaction data only to local law... ...sharing purposes.
• As a result, transaction data may not be readily accessible to law enforcement officials across county
• Submission of the data to FDLE would allow the information to be integrated into LInX, expanding access
• And we're just trying to tighten up on the process of data collection and accountability to make sure

Bills: S1080, S1112, S1324, S1338, S1582, S1672

Keywords: traffic safety, school zones, speed detection systems, license plate recognition, yellow signal timing, data privacy, municipal powers, labor pool, employment, temporary work, placement fee, Department of Commerce, limited liability companies, corporations, principal office, registered agent, Florida Statutes, charitable giving, endowment agreements, donor restrictions

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism considered several bills. SB 1338 by Senator Burton would strengthen enforcement of written endowment agreements for charitable gifts and require legislative approval for new filing or reporting requirements on charities. The sponsor and Philanthropy Roundtable testified in support, emphasizing donor intent and protections for nonprofits; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1324, which was expected to address principal offices of LLCs, was temporarily postponed. The committee also passed CS/SB 1080 by Senator DeSigley, which directs FDOT to adopt rules allowing direct payments to first-tier subcontractors in specified circumstances. A transportation industry representative supported the measure, saying the situations are rare but need a statutory remedy. CS/SB 1582 by Senator Yarbrough, as amended, requires secondhand dealers, secondary metal recyclers, and pawnbrokers to submit transaction data to FDLE for statewide sharing through systems such as LInX; the amendment and bill were both reported favorably, with one witness from the Florida Recycler’s Association opposing the amendment. Senator McLean’s SB 1672, creating a home buyer workforce tax credit for employer contributions to help employees with first-time Florida home purchases, was reported favorably with support from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. SB 1112 by Senator Garcia, relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act, drew extensive testimony from workers, reentry advocates, and supporters who argued it would prohibit placement fees when workers are hired permanently, require annual registration of labor pools, improve accountability, and support stable employment and reentry; the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after recording votes and other closing business.

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• And so the worship center acts as an extension of that tiny home.
• And so the worship center acts as an extension of that tiny home.
• And so the worship center acts as an extension of that tiny home.
• It's important to note that our data practices statutes, which govern our law enforcement data, already
• Crime Victimization Survey data to support the chilling-effect theory.

Bills: HF1051, HF16

Keywords: sacred communities, micro units, religious institutions, housing regulations, homelessness, conditional use permits, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies, sanctuary city, noncooperation ordinance, ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal immigration authorities, deportation, undocumented immigrant, undocumented person, immigration status data, data sharing, preemption, local government

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• I uh agree and think it is important to center the families who are going to be affected by this.
• I uh agree and think it is important<00:03:39.480> to<00:03:39.600> center<00:03:40.480
• <00:03:40.680> families<00:03:41.320> who<00:03:41.480> are important to center
• the families who are important to center the families who are going<00:03:41.760> to<00:03:41.840
• All good things right here in the bill that you're about to pass, we have protections against AI usage

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on House File 4188 met on May 16, 2026, with a quorum present and indicated it was intended to be the final meeting. The main issue discussed was an amendment to the 62J language concerning home care nursing services for children with complex medical needs. Chair O'Driscoll said the amendment would direct the Departments of Commerce and Health and Human Services to review the fiscal impact on the state, families, and health plans, and to develop possible legislation for 2027. Supporters described the proposal as a pause to allow more review, while also acknowledging it was not a complete solution. Senator Bolden and others testified strongly against allowing the coverage changes to stand, saying the issue affects roughly 200 to 250 families statewide, many of them children who need hospital-level care at home. They warned that capping or denying private coverage would shift costs to Medicaid waivers, strain family waiver budgets, increase state costs, and potentially force more children into hospitals, reducing critical care capacity. Committee members also questioned Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold and department staff about the distinction between home care nursing and home health services, statutory definitions, billing units, essential health benefits, waiver budgets, and the effect of enforcement actions involving HealthPartners. The committee adopted the A30 amendment by voice vote, and the motion prevailed. Members then took up another provision, described by staff as the meat raffle/paddle wheel language, and adopted an amendment to add the game of Haus und Pfeffer before approving the provision as amended. In final remarks, members from both chambers praised the committee’s work and professionalism, but several expressed regret that the home care nursing issue was not resolved in the conference report and said it would need further work next session. They also noted other items that did not make it into the bill, including reinsurance and certain other policy provisions.

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• 2027 from the general fund to the Office of Inspector General for Technology Modernization to improve data
• This first one, technology modernization to improve data sharing between agencies, I mean that alone,
• They would meet monthly to share investigative data, trends, and other information that would better
• People to share data and develop best practices together.
• have been wanting to do around using AI have been wanting to do around using AI uh<00:38:00.400>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then when the idea came before the board, you'd have real data, economic data.
• ,<01:25:11.040> economic board, you'd have real data, economic board, you'd have real data
• data. Is this a good idea or is it not? data. Is this a good idea or is it not?
• centers, I'm communications even.
• centers, I'm communications even.

Keywords: 916, all