Video & Transcript Research : 'technology security'

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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the utilities is not on the technology the utilities is not on the technology side.<00:21:50.320
  • batteries as an eligible technology batteries as an eligible technology within<00:43:18.560>
  • its that program secure sec secured for its that program secure sec secured for its 275,000<00:59
  • <01:26:48.880> it technology is. And again, it is safe. it technology is.
  • has cellular technology on them.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a technological marvel, weighing 7,800 tons and the product of a workforce at the Electric Boat
  • IT IS A TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL, WEIGHING 7800 TONS AND THE PRODUCT OF A WORKFORCE AT THE ELECTRIC BOAT
  • It also allows the network to invest in newer technology, not just what was defined over a decade ago
  • It also allows the network to invest in newer technology, not just what was defined over a decade ago
  • It also allows the network to invest in newer technology, not just what was defined over a decade ago
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
  • the use of DNA technology by the State Police crime lab.
  • Was it the state of the technology at the time of... Is it just privacy concerns?
  • Was it the state of the technology at the time of its inception?
  • The first is that when the statute 22E was created, we didn't have this technology.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security heard testimony on several bills, with strong support expressed for a proposed municipal and public safety building authority (H. 2571/S. 1650). Municipal officials, fire chiefs, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, regional planning leaders, and Senator Comerford described aging town halls, fire stations, DPW facilities, and other local buildings, especially in small towns and gateway cities, and argued that local budgets and Proposition 2 1/2 make major capital projects difficult to fund. Testimony emphasized the need for a dedicated revenue stream, with the bill proposing a share of marijuana excise tax revenue and a rural funding set-aside. Committee members asked about prioritization and funding levels, and witnesses said even a modest start would help address a large statewide backlog. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee later adjourned unanimously. The committee also heard testimony on H. 2689, requiring fuel gas alarms/detectors in residential dwellings using explosive gases. Representative Jeff Roy, Susan Brown, Jason Cohn, and representatives from NEMA and Kidde supported the bill, describing it as a life-saving measure similar to carbon monoxide detector requirements. Witnesses cited the 2015 Franklin propane explosion that killed Nancy and Robert Brown, the Merrimack Valley gas explosions, and national fire data showing fatalities and property damage from gas leaks. They said detectors are affordable, commercially available, and should be required where gas is used; one witness noted battery-backed or battery-operated options exist. Committee questions focused on cost, battery power, outdoor propane setups, and whether the bill would cover private databases or only residential safety devices. Another major topic was S. 1755 on missing and abducted children. Senator Pavel Payano testified in favor, citing the case of Lee Manuel Villoria Paolino and arguing that misclassification of missing children as runaways can delay urgent response and worsen outcomes, especially for Black and brown youth. He said the bill would set minimum law enforcement response standards, require training, and expand multilingual intake forms. The committee also heard support for expanding the state DNA database through familial DNA searching, with Dr. Amory Myers explaining that the technology could help solve long-unsolved cases while including guardrails to prevent use of private consumer DNA databases. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on H. 2740, “Colby’s Law,” establishing safety standards for BMX and motocross tracks. Colby Lippincott’s family, community members, and industry representatives described his fatal crash and urged requirements for medical staff, insurance, inspections, warning systems, barriers, and access roads. Witnesses said the bill would not end the sport but would create basic protections, and the committee heard that Massachusetts would join a number of other states with similar standards. The hearing ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, your Committee on Military Affairs and Border Security, having had under consideration SB
  • President, your Committee on Military Affairs and Border Security, having had under consideration SB
  • President, your Committee on Military Affairs and Border Security, having had under consideration SB
  • Like, what could go wrong with giving out someone's Social Security number? I don't know.
  • Election systems have to be accessible, open, secure, and practical to administer.
Keywords: 1182, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/12/26 - Part 3

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and we're legislating the technology and we're legislating the technology used<00:08:53.519>
  • I raised as technology was coming up.
  • always to understand the technology. always to understand the technology.
  • out this technology pushing out this technology does<02:15:09.440> not<02:15:10.320> help<
  • talking about a capital security bill. talking about a capital security bill.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media features for children and requiring parental involvement for minors using platforms in Minnesota. Early on, members reconsidered and then adopted the Smith amendment (A13) after first rejecting a narrower amendment to the amendment (A18) on a 67-67 tie. Representative Bonner then offered a technical amendment (A14) to address liability and drafting concerns, but withdrew it after saying it contained an unintended drafting error and could create legal problems, including issues around data collection and rulemaking. During third reading debate, supporters described the bill as a first step to protect children from addictive social media design, online exploitation, and harmful data practices. Representative Scott said the bill would require parental consent and limit addictive features for child accounts, while emphasizing that the consent language must be prominent and that the bill’s effective date would not begin until next July. Representative Enen, Representative Feist, Representative Greenman, and others backed the measure as a bipartisan effort to hold big tech accountable and protect kids, though Greenman also noted that the legislature had not shown the same willingness to confront gun violence. Opponents and skeptics raised concerns that the bill relies on parents understanding complex legal and technical terms, that it may not fully protect children, and that it could still leave gaps around liability and privacy. Representative Leeing questioned why the bill does not simply restrict addictive features for all children and asked about parental waivers and location tracking; Scott responded that the bill uses IP address information and does not specifically address liability waivers, but said the measure is a policy choice intended to empower parents. The debate ended with broad support from several members, and the bill was presented as likely to pass, though no final vote on the bill itself was included in the excerpt.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • navigate all the complexity within benefit programs while they start to earn money, like Social Security
  • They haven't even secured employment yet.
  • They haven't even secured employment yet.
  • I was a little surprised that there weren't any technology-related occupations that people were being
  • It's just a comment because technology is, everything's driven by technology these days, and it'll just
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Disability Employment Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met and began with roll call, but did not have a quorum, so approval of prior minutes and an inspirational quote were tabled. A planned presentation from a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee was canceled shortly before the meeting, and the agenda shifted to an informal discussion with two Treasury employees, Steve Kroder and Bill Collievis, about veterans with disabilities in the workplace. Kroder and Collievis described barriers veterans face, including stigma, employer misunderstanding, the need for frequent medical appointments, invisible disabilities such as PTSD and other service-connected conditions, and challenges for Guard and Reserve members balancing service with civilian work. They also discussed supportive practices in public employment, the need for better outreach to employers, the role of local veterans service officers, Military OneSource, TAP, and the importance of helping veterans navigate benefits and transition services. Commission members responded by emphasizing education, employer outreach, and possible resource-sharing through the commission’s website and toolkit. The committee then heard a presentation from Commonwealth Corporation on its Young Adults with Disabilities employment grant program. Staff explained the program’s funding, eligibility, training and placement model, and data from the prior cycle, including participant demographics, completion rates, credential attainment, employment outcomes, and wages. Members discussed benefits counseling, underemployment definitions, stigma around addiction as a disability category, and the need to connect grantees and participants with work incentives and benefits information. Commonwealth Corporation said grantees now receive training on benefits impacts and that the agency is open to further partnership. The meeting ended with a brief update on a planned commission event focused on youth and young adults with disabilities, inclusive workplaces, PCAs, and job coaches. Organizers said they were still securing a venue and were considering a hybrid or virtual format, with participation from youth organizations, the PCA Council, and the Arc of Massachusetts. The subcommittee then voted to adjourn.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026

Environment, Energy & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transmission security agreements are common.
  • Under this bill, those terms must include financial securities, ...financial securities, a 15-year contract
  • I support innovation, economic development, and technological advancement.
  • They couldn't secure financing.
  • And thirdly, having entered energy... ...technology energized and interconnected.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 3rd, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it is an emerging technology, but it's becoming a reality, as you say.
  • There's a whole range of technologies." "But it's becoming a reality, as you said.
  • There's a whole range of technologies, and it's very exciting for Florida.
  • When these new technologies came online, Drones.
  • Where the technology is just coming online, it's not something that's easy.
Bills: S0260, S1220, S1352, S1362, S1370
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • There is no doubt about that because the continuation of the Department of Economic Security is tied
  • We're talking about adult protective services at the Department of Economic Security and Department of
  • And, you know, under the provisions number two, it says that it continues to declare science, technology
  • It continues to declare science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and workforce programs, state
  • The Senate amended the bill by specifying that when submitting it... ...or information technology.
Summary: House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety. The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief. The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Education and Appropriations, Transportation and Technology.
  • Transportation, Transportation Technology, and Military Affairs and Border Security.
  • Health and Human Services and Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
  • Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
  • Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.
Keywords: 1182, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 4th, 2025

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sometimes working with Homeland Security, though, is something else.
  • society running. running and our world safe and secure.
  • This gives us a chance to start to build in the newest technology that keeps us.
  • Responsible lighting can provide better security by not having blind spots.
  • National security, as mentioned earlier, monitoring tracking satellites at near-Earth asteroids.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Agriculture & Livestock Jul 21st, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • , test those new technologies out, make sure the flies are actually working the way they should work,
  • Um, Obviously it's a little bit older technology.
  • And, uh, a level 2 security, I mean, which is doable.
  • When it came to border security, Texas decided not to wait on Washington to act.
  • Even though it may costs may go up, security definitely goes up. Members, any other questions?
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/11/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • You may recall Governor Ayotte did highlight the need for expanded technology in her recent state of
  • You may recall Governor Ayotte did highlight the need for expanded technology in her recent State of
  • I’m president of government affairs for Aspire Technologies, and I’m very pleased to support SB 656.
  • , from one state to another safe, secure, from one state to another safe, secure, and<00:47:04.880
  • a seamless manner with their technology a seamless manner with their technology makes<00:49:33.200
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental May 20th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our technology is locked down. Our servers are locked down. We don't share it.
  • Look, do I want more security? Absolutely.
  • Do I wish we could have, you know, $50 million of extra security? I'd love that.
  • Look, do I want more security? Absolutely.
  • Do I wish we could have, you know, $50 million of extra security? I'd love that.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions about whether we have yet to witness the full impact of this technology.
  • There are COVID vaccines that use other technologies. It doesn't ban vaccines in general.
  • Who will benefit if the technology is banned in this state?
  • I earned a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.
  • This technology is not new.
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
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
  • In school AI has secured them to lobby, and we had, they wanted to have a meeting.
  • I asked School AI has secured them to lobby, and we had, they wanted to have a meeting.
  • Because in order to be proficient in this technology, you have to play with the technology, and that
Keywords: 914, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Debate on bringing up a semiautomatic military-style assault weapons bill 3/26/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:08:00.920> advancement or some other technological advancement or some other technological
  • that's been made. the technology piece, I I just I'm I'm the technology piece, I I just I'm I'm struggling
  • You know, and now we have more security cameras up.
  • <00:32:02.480> safety, that we secure safety, that we secure safety, protect<00:32:04.080>
  • schools,<00:43:00.880> as And security funding for schools, as And security funding for
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, cybersecurity as a necessary tool to secure safe and secure operations of advanced technologies and
  • Investing in a secure initiative.
  • Uh cyber security as a network.
  • secure safe and secure necessary tool to secure safe and secure operations<00:24:58.640> of<00
  • advanced technologies and operations of advanced technologies and investing<00:25:01.200> in<00
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The Select Subcommittee first took up adoption of three previously prepared nonpartisan committee summary reports dated October 15, November 13, and November 21. Senator Rasmusson objected to the lack of advance notice about the day’s testifiers and criticized the practice of having nonpartisan staff summarize what he described as a partisan agenda. The chair responded that the committee’s purpose is to gather information, not hear bills, and that the summaries were intended as neutral resources for the Senate. Senator Coopek moved adoption, the motion was opposed by Rasmusson and another member, and the motion passed. The committee then turned to the day’s hearing on federal impacts on Minnesota, with the chair focusing on federal funding threats and the effect of congressional budget actions on health care, especially in greater Minnesota. The first presentation came from the Minnesota Department of Health on the state’s rural health transformation work. Assistant Commissioner Carol Broom introduced the team and described the rural hospital transformation program as a major opportunity to invest in rural health, while acknowledging longstanding challenges such as demographics, transportation barriers, and the financing of care. Nitha Moibi outlined the state’s rural health chart book and data showing an aging population, workforce shortages, and many health professional shortage areas, and described proposed strategies including workforce pipelines, bridge payments for low-volume birth hospitals, telehealth access points, mental health urgent care, and chronic disease prevention. Acting Assistant Commissioner Anna Ashby of the Minnesota Management and Budget office explained the state’s application to CMS for the Rural Health Transformation Program, which was created in federal law and awarded Minnesota just over $193 million for federal fiscal year 2026. She said the application was shaped by public comments, stakeholder meetings, and legislative outreach, and included initiatives on preventive care, workforce, care access, behavioral health, and provider financial stability. She also reviewed implementation constraints, including a January 30 revised budget deadline, limits on administrative spending, restrictions on using funds to offset Medicaid losses, and the need to show measurable progress to remain eligible for future funding. The presentation noted that most year-one funding would go to rural hospitals, with additional support for federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, tribal partners, and technical assistance.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • And security specialists who do not carry a gun at all are at $28 an hour.
  • And security specialists who do not carry a gun at all are at $28 an hour.
  • The key thing is, if I've been working in security in the school for 10 years, that could be why I'm
  • They just funded, for our entire county, a parent technology protect system, and I know the state is
  • We just, they just funded for our entire county of parents, a technology parent protect system, and I
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget and the Department of Education on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 education budget. Shelby Salmons outlined the overall budget framework, and Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsis highlighted major education investments, including $486 million for VPK, $30.6 billion for K-12 education, a $761.1 million increase in FEFP funding, the highest per-student funding level to date, and $201 million more for teacher pay flexibility. The presentation also emphasized school safety, mental health, civics education, and the Guardian Program, along with continued funding for TEACH, HIPPY, Help Me Grow, and civics debate and literacy initiatives. Members asked about how the mental health allocation would be used, counselor staffing ratios, school closures and whether the department intervenes, oversight of school choice and voucher-funded schools, and the Guardian Program’s pay structure and effectiveness. Senators also raised concerns about the FISH school capacity report, data collection, teacher pay, professional development, AI and tutoring technology, and whether the budget adequately supports mental health services and school safety. The Commissioner said many funding decisions are left to districts, that the department stands ready to assist, and that the Guardian Program has been successful and expanded over time. During public testimony, Pinellas County School Board member Laura Hine said her district spends far more on safety and mental health than it receives in state categorical funding, and urged the committee to consider full-day VPK funding, arguing it has improved third-grade reading outcomes in Pinellas. Senators followed up on district flexibility and local spending choices. The committee took no substantive vote on the budget presentation and adjourned after thanking the department for its recommendations and partnership.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (7-2-26)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • responsible for maintaining the security responsible for maintaining the security and<00:34:25.040
  • And if we've got technology that can help, and, you know, the hope is the technology produces nothing
  • And if we've got technology that can help, and, you know, the hope is the technology produces nothing
  • And if we've got technology that can help, and, you know, the hopes is the technology produces nothing
  • And if we've got technology that can help, and, you know, the hope is the technology produces nothing
Bills: HB60