Video & Transcript Research : 'open data'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • What is your data source?
  • It's a very simple data point to kind of go off and just look at.
  • I'm open to questions.
  • We look forward to further conversations on this bill, and I'm open to any questions.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 19th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we think just acknowledging and naming, collecting data, reporting data, and using data to do your
  • This is data, the data that he's asking for, it's not data that we currently collect.
  • We need to know all the data, which is why I brought my bill so that we have all the data in front of
  • And I happened to have open-heart surgery.
  • And I've been trying to have an open mind and study this or review it, I should say.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 19, 2026, with a long agenda and several members’ bills and resolutions. The committee first considered HB 255, as substituted, which would add up to two years of imprisonment for a person charged with a felony or rioting offense who wore a mask or face covering to evade identification, with exceptions for religious coverings, motorcycles, and medical use. Supporters said it targeted concealment during felonies; the ACLU opposed it as redundant and potentially overbroad, while the Louisiana District Attorneys Association clarified the enhancement would apply only to felony convictions. The committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 255 favorably by a vote of 8-3. It then advanced HB 378, which creates penalties for using a vehicle to obstruct first responders and law enforcement; after an amendment narrowed the bill to first responders, it was reported favorably. HB 1090, increasing penalties for arson of a religious building, also passed favorably after testimony emphasizing attacks on houses of worship. HR 272, requesting a study on parental discipline, abuse allegations, and juvenile delinquency, was reported favorably as well. The committee also heard HB 479, the Fiscal Truth and Sentencing Act, which would require more detailed reporting on incarceration costs and sentencing impacts. Supporters, including the ACLU, said the bill would improve transparency and help lawmakers make better fiscal decisions; clerks of court opposed it as an unfunded mandate. Despite amendments shifting reporting duties and clarifying compliance with Children’s Code Article 412, the bill failed on a 4-7 roll call. The committee then deferred HCR 99 and took up HR 278, which asks the Attorney General to consult stakeholders and review electronic monitoring laws and regulations; supporters described serious failures in the current GPS monitoring system, and the resolution was reported favorably. HR 273, creating a task force to study work release programs, was also reported favorably after members said it would help refine the system and gather cost data. Later, the committee heard SB 448 on the Office of the State Public Defender. After discussion of a recent Supreme Court ruling and concerns about expert-witness funding and indigency determinations, the committee adopted an amendment adding a contradictory-hearing process and appellate review protections, then reported the bill as amended. HCR 100, concerning casino property sales, was amended to remove specific property references and instead urge the Gaming Control Board to consider economic development, job creation, and community benefit; the casino association withdrew opposition after the amendment, and the resolution was reported favorably as amended. The committee also voluntarily deferred SB 278 and HCR 91. HB 261, which would create exceptions to abortion laws for rape and certain sex offenses, drew extensive emotional testimony from supporters and opponents, including survivors and legislators discussing rape, incest, and fetal life; the bill was defeated 2-10. Finally, the committee took up HB 778 on kratom possession, with the author arguing for a distinction between natural kratom and synthetic products, and supporters and opponents offering conflicting testimony about safety, addiction recovery, and regulation.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm open to working with you about it.
  • I'm open to working with you about it.
  • But is it open?
  • As long as that's open to all, it's okay.
  • The door's open, and it's going to stay open.
Summary: The committee first considered SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all amendment narrowed eligibility criteria, including environmental and adjacency requirements, density and intensity limits, and exclusions for certain lands and military areas. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill then passed favorably on an 8-0 vote, with testimony both for and against from advocacy groups. Members then heard several bills related to criminal justice, land use, and local government operations. SB 212 on sexual offenders and sexual predators was amended to add public swimming pools and related restricted-location provisions; the committee heard extensive opposition testimony arguing the bill lacked empirical support and could worsen homelessness and burden families, while supporters said it would reduce temptation and improve safety. The amended bill passed 8-1. SB 686 on agricultural enclaves also received a strike-all amendment clarifying development allowances near interstates and protected-area non-preemption; after opposition from a county Republican committee and support from housing and business groups, it passed 10-0. SB 554 updating nonprofit corporation law, SB 1338 on charitable giving and endowment restrictions, SB 532 on court fee retention by clerks, and SB 218 on land use regulations after hurricanes all passed favorably, each with little or no opposition. The committee also approved SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability after debate over whether the bill created enough compliance incentives and whether its liability presumption should apply retroactively; supporters said it would encourage adoption of cybersecurity frameworks, while opponents warned it could weaken local standards and create litigation issues. The bill passed 9-2. SB 1138 on qualified contractors was amended to preserve local government authority while allowing licensed professionals to conduct limited pre-application reviews, and it passed 11-0. Finally, SJR 1104 on religious expression in public schools passed 8-3 after extensive public testimony and debate, with supporters saying it would enshrine existing protections in the Constitution and opponents warning it would favor majority religions and increase bullying and litigation. The committee then took up SB 1106 on requiring state agencies and instructional materials to use “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank,” with the sponsor arguing it reflected historical truth and opponents saying it erased Palestinian identity and inserted the state into an international naming dispute; the transcript ends during public testimony on that bill before any vote is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ." data." data."
  • 8:00 open price.
  • open price. open price.
  • Um, the data, uh, um, companies or the data, uh, um, companies.
  • data.
Bills: HF3794, HF3408
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from March 3, 2026, and then received a presentation from the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General on the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act. Assistant Attorney General Caitlin Miko and Deputy Attorney General Jessica Whitney reviewed the law’s scope, consumer rights, business obligations, and enforcement history. They said the law took effect July 31, 2025, gives Minnesotans rights to access, delete, and opt out of sale, profiling, and targeted advertising, and is enforced by the Attorney General with penalties up to $7,500 per violation. They reported more than 200 complaints in the first six months, many warning letters, and a shift from education to active enforcement now that the initial warning-letter period has expired. Committee members asked about how the universal opt-out works, what happens when companies deny deletion or editing requests, how the office determines willful noncompliance, and whether the law could burden small businesses. The AG’s office said the opt-out can be set through privacy-protective browsers or extensions, companies must respond to consumer requests within 45 days, small businesses are exempt as defined by the SBA, and investigations look for patterns and evidence of willful conduct rather than minor technical violations. The office also said it needs additional funding to fully staff enforcement efforts and noted that it has already issued subpoenas and civil investigative demands. The committee then took up House File 3408, the Stop Grocery Surveillance Price Gouging Act. The author explained that the bill would prohibit retail grocers, physical and online, from setting individualized prices based on consumer information, would limit certain uses of facial recognition and electronic shelf labels, and would preserve narrow exceptions for discounts and loyalty programs. Public testimony followed from the Minnesota Farmers Union in support, arguing that grocery consolidation and surveillance pricing could worsen already high food costs and harm fair competition. The Minnesota Grocers Association opposed the premise that grocery stores use surveillance pricing, said shelf prices are generally uniform and set from a single storewide database, and argued electronic shelf labels are efficient and not nefarious. A technology company representative similarly said ESLs do not use personal data or facial recognition, prices are uniform, and a 2025 study found no meaningful price increases after ESL adoption. The bill was laid over for possible further discussion after the testimony.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Sep 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, thankfully,... we have new data.
  • New data going through 2023. What did they tell us?
  • I just think that we could be opening a whole new can of worms with this.
  • This personnel file is open to the public under open records. request.
  • I opened up the hearing that this is, going forward, what we're going to be debating.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 31st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • maintain rates across funding formulas for general education. and our HRIs in accordance with the updated data
  • that we have from spring enrollment data.
  • student recruitment efforts by historically black colleges and universities with school districts or open
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This omission leaves open the possibility that a future legislature could implement the tax.
  • The collection of that young person's personal data then informs the algorithm.
  • The collection of personal data informs the algorithm.
  • No, but I'm open to discussion and amendment if you like. Are you related to the Dyson family?
  • It's understood right now, but we'd be open to that, yes. You'd be open to a friendly amendment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • the broad data set.
  • data analytics across the broad data data analytics across the broad data set.<00:36:15.359>
  • those who hold the data.
  • those who hold the data.
  • those who hold the data.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • I will now open the hearing on Senate Bill 467.
  • Chair, the line is open and working. We have no callers for support of SB 467. Thank you.
  • The line is open and working. We have no callers for opposition at this time.
  • And with that, we will now open the work session on Senate Bill 467.
  • Chair, the line is open and working. We have no callers for public comment. Thank you.
Bills: SB156, SB467
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/13/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said the goal is to make family unit private data private.
  • She said that is a general protection for private data that exists in the Government Data Practices Act
  • > data<00:28:40.799> Practices in the government data Practices in the government data
  • Representative Stier said, “I think this bill is about parent data that’s more on the student data level
  • > yeah<00:37:13.280> you the student data level um but yeah you the student data level
Bills: HF1027, HF101, HF1021
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/4/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • chapter 13 and chapter 13d the open chapter 13 and chapter 13d the open meetings<00:03:49.239>
  • much an open question I frankly F I'm a much an open question I frankly F I'm a little<00:07:39.199><
  • It still has to fall underneath the data practice and open meeting laws, right?
  • > I<00:45:55.319> I<00:45:55.480> really<00:45:55.720> do to open data practices
  • so I I really do to open data practices so I I really do think think think finding<00:45:58.200>
Bills: HF390, HF1202, HF550
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • , delegated issuance, and enforcement of open burning.
  • Is it to ask Congress to revoke their status and open them up for...
  • To ask Congress to revoke their status and open them up for mining?
  • Would the agency be open to that? Madam Chair, Representative.
  • Representative, yes, we are certainly open during the discussions.
Summary: The committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water heard and advanced several bills and memorials focused on water policy, mining, environmental regulation, and professional licensing. HB 2260, a veterinary board measure, HB 2986, an ADEQ cleanup/omnibus bill, and HB 2827, which extends Pinal AMA groundwater fee authority and related fund deadlines, all received due pass recommendations on unanimous 10-0 votes. HB 2078, clarifying that public notice for new aggregate mine reclamation plans applies only to new plans and can be satisfied by certain local notices, also passed 9-1 after testimony from the sponsor and mining industry representatives. HCM 2009, urging Congress to amend the Antiquities Act, address split estate mineral rights, and streamline mining permits, passed 5-4 along party lines and drew support from mining interests and opposition from members concerned about federal land protection and monuments. HCR 2038, supporting a seven-state Colorado River agreement, passed 9-1 with testimony emphasizing the importance of a negotiated river settlement to Arizona’s economy, food supply, and national security. The committee then took up a series of water-management bills that generated more extensive debate. HB 2026, which narrows how ADWR evaluates water availability by focusing on proposed dedicated supplies even if commingled in delivery systems, passed 6-4 despite concerns that it echoed previously vetoed language and could weaken water security. HB 2027, as amended, would limit application of Pinal AMA-style rules in the Phoenix AMA and alter physical-availability review for applicants enrolled in the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District; it passed 6-4 after strong opposition from CAP, municipal water users, and ADWR, who warned it could undermine assured water supply designations and CAGRD obligations, while home builders argued it was a fairness issue for development. HB 2028, removing ADWR’s exemption from appealable administrative-completeness determinations, passed 6-4 over agency concerns that it would turn deficiency letters into formal appeals and add workload, while supporters said it would give applicants the same legal rights as other regulated parties. The committee also approved HB 2031, an emergency measure setting a deadline for filing grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA, on a 5-4 vote, and HB 2094, which would require ADWR to re-review certain assured water supply determinations and retroactively validate some applications using specified models, also on a 5-4 vote; both were described as similar to previously vetoed measures. The transcript ends as the committee begins HB 2095, which would expand the factors ADWR considers in determining groundwater depth and physical availability for assured water supply applications, with an amendment being explained but no final action captured in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Does this open the door to allow anyone to sue state agencies and local governments?
  • It would open them up to a genitalia search. Is that your understanding?
  • We are opening the door to a lot worse with this. And that's what I think about.
  • So let's be honest, this bill opens the door to ID checks just to pee.
  • It's not unless a lawsuit is filed that that material will not be open to the public.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • In communication with Representative Bledsoe, he's been very open and given us a lot of dialogue on it
  • So with that being said, and keeping an open mind that we can revisit this in the future if we realize
  • If this what you're proposing had been in effect, you're saying that the data I have saying that the
  • data that I have here would be different.
  • Uh, without knowing what data you're looking at specifically, I provide her the firefighter list from
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's open source and as they developed it, they really worked to make it agnostic to any data type.
  • It's open source and as they developed it, they really worked to make it agnostic to any data type.
  • It's open source and as they developed it, they really worked to make it agnostic to any data type.
  • It's open source and as they developed it, they really worked to make it agnostic to any data type.
  • It's open source and as they developed it, they really worked to make it agnostic to any data type.
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action. Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions. Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this year, 20 days before opening of the session, we were to receive a completed audit.
  • And this year, 20 days before<01:01:06.800> opening<01:01:07.280> of<01:01:07.520> the
  • <01:01:07.680> session,<01:01:08.240> we<01:01:08.480> were before opening of
  • the session, we were before opening of the session, we were to<01:01:08.840> receive<01:01:09.280
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • That metric data is considered non-public data.
  • data.
  • is non-public data.
  • That metric data is non-public data.
  • data should be non-public<00:40:39.440> data.