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• concerns regarding the proliferation of autonomous enforcement mechanisms paired with the expansion of AI
• ... ...takes that human decision-making out of the equation, puts a bunch of people out of work for AI
• protect ordinary ratepayers from having to pay for the energy infrastructure costs associated with the AI
• significant cost increases as a result of hyperscale data centers designed to support the big tech AI
• The rise of AI requires a corresponding buildout of data centers.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The internet and AI have made this problem bigger now, where it's local.
• We saw that situation in Lafourche, where some kids were using AI to create pornography of teachers and
• Is there something in AI, a program that sets it off, like maybe they're billing too much or at a rate
• That's part of what we're going to be investing in: building up the ability to harness the power of AI
• I think AI is important in that aspect because if they can set the trigger off earlier, I notice we only

Summary: The Appropriations Committee first reviewed the Department of Justice FY 2027 budget, which was presented at $117.8 million, with most funding coming from statutory dedications and the largest program areas being criminal law/Medicaid fraud and civil law. The Attorney General described major work in Troop NOLA, Medicaid fraud, opioid and PBM litigation, and especially child exploitation and online predator investigations. She said ICAC tips are rising sharply, local law enforcement partnerships have expanded, and her office needs more analysts, more permanent positions, and more expenditure authority for the legal support fund and related programs. Members asked about case backlogs, staffing, settlement funds, and whether more resources could be directed toward outreach, mental health, and technology; the Attorney General said she wants to expand cyber capacity, training, and prevention efforts, and that some settlement recoveries are being used to support existing programs and fraud enforcement. Committee members also focused heavily on child safety, truancy, and mental health. Several representatives described local concerns about online exploitation, trafficking, self-harm, and the need for school-based training and community outreach. The Attorney General said she wants a broader prevention strategy involving parents, schools, and behavioral health resources, and she discussed using outreach models such as anti-vaping campaigns and town halls. On opioid settlement oversight, members raised concerns about the size of the funds and the need for stronger state oversight; the Attorney General agreed more structure and compliance monitoring would be useful and said drug courts and treatment programs are effective investments. The committee then moved to the judicial branch budget presentation. The judiciary requested $229.6 million in FY 2027, plus $5.6 million in one-time funding, with most of the budget coming from state general fund. The presentation highlighted increases for judge salaries, staff pay adjustments, health insurance, operating costs, and 17 unfunded positions, along with one-time requests for security and technology upgrades. Chief Justice John Weimer and other justices said the budget would help core court functions and statewide programs such as CASA, drug courts, and FINS, and they emphasized the need for better staffing and technology in the courts. A major discussion centered on truancy and the FINS program. Justice Griffin said statewide collaboration with education officials had reduced truancy and that FINS officers are trained to identify children who may be runaways or trafficking victims. The justices and members supported expanding FINS so every judicial district has coverage, and they said the program helps keep children out of deeper system involvement. Members also asked about security funding, technology improvements, and the 17 unfunded positions, which were described as mostly clerical, IT, and support roles in appellate and district courts. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Forged drones, we have a great startup company in Albuquerque called Firescape that is actually using AI
• And having what you just described in terms of the advances of AI, we need to tap into more and more
• More electricity you have, the more computers you can run, the more AI you have, the more cures for cancer
• And also, if you want more intelligence, you want more cures for cancer, you want more AI helping you
• We've not had sort of enormous loads—whether it's cryptocurrency or AI data centers—plunking down almost

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• The companion piece of that in conjunction with impaired driving just heightens this issue even further
• The companion piece of that in conjunction with impaired driving just heightens this issue even further
• The companion piece of that in conjunction with impaired driving just heightens this issue even further
• The companion piece of that in conjunction with impaired driving just heightens this issue even further
• The companion piece of that in conjunction with impaired driving just heightens this issue even further

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> have a large amount of compute for AI have a large amount of compute for AI purposes<02:04:00.239
• </c><02:05:14.159><c> are</c><02:05:14.400><c> insufficiently</c> certain us of AI are insufficiently
• certain us of AI are insufficiently green<02:05:15.559><c> um</c><02:05:15.840><c> that's</c><02:05:
• </c><02:05:20.360><c> ai</c><02:05:20.719><c> Technologies</c><02:05:21.400><c> or</c> certain ai ai
• Technologies or certain ai ai Technologies or the<02:05:22.679><c> problematic</c><02:05:23.280><c> in

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 148, a bill allowing classification by biological sex in limited settings such as multiple-use bathrooms, certain sports, and involuntary commitment facilities. Supporters said it was needed to protect privacy and safety, especially for minors, and argued it was consistent with recent federal and state developments. Opponents said the bill was poorly defined, unnecessary, and could create discrimination or confusion, especially because it did not define “biological sex” in the text. The committee voted 10-8 ought to pass, and the chair said a minority report would be written. The committee then considered HB 254, a bill concerning medical aid in dying. The chair moved ought to pass and described the bill as a matter of liberty for terminally ill patients within six months of death, arguing it should not be treated as suicide. Opponents raised religious, ethical, and policy concerns, including worries about a slippery slope, misuse by vulnerable people, and the effect on death records and public health data. The committee voted 11-7 ought to pass, and the chair said a majority report would be written with a minority report by Representative Perez. Finally, the committee turned to HB 611 with Amendment 2025-0638, a replace-all amendment dealing with recoupment of costs for appointed counsel. The chair explained the amendment would restore the law to its pre-2020 form, allowing the Office of Cost Containment to seek repayment from some recipients of appointed counsel services, including those found not guilty, if they had the ability to pay. Supporters said the prior change had sharply reduced collections and that the state should not treat indigent defendants differently from people who hire private counsel. Opponents argued the policy unfairly bills innocent people and children who were entitled to counsel. The transcript cuts off during debate on the amendment, before a vote is shown.

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• . >> Actually, if you just ask Google AI, it'll actually tell you.
• I think it tells you. >> That's AI. >> I don't need it. >> Oh, so you're the one who wrote the answers
• ask</c> &gt;&gt; Actually if you just ask &gt;&gt; Actually if you just ask Google<02:13:14.280><c> AI
• I think it tells you &gt;&gt; That's<02:13:18.640><c> AI.</c> &gt;&gt; That's AI.
• &gt;&gt; That's AI.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Committee of Conference on House Bill 194, but the discussion quickly centered on whether to remove an attached bill, 504, because of concerns about a possible fee or tax and a House rule issue. Members debated the procedural posture of the bill, whether the House version had been non-concurred, and whether the conference committee could still resolve the issue by adopting the House amendment or reconsidering the non-concur. The exchange became tense, with one side warning that failing to pass the measure could jeopardize a linked rural health transformation grant worth about $20 million. The committee ultimately recessed without resolving the 194/504 dispute and planned to return the next day. The committee then opened conference on House Bill 609, which dealt with use-of-force/self-defense language and restraint/seclusion authority in health care settings. On the self-defense portion, House members argued strongly for restoring vehicle language, saying people should be able to defend themselves in a car the same way they can in a home, especially in carjacking or assault situations where no weapon is displayed. Senate members expressed concern about expanding deadly-force protections too broadly and suggested narrowing the language to focus on imminent harm to the person, not property, while also questioning where the provision should be placed in statute. The second major topic in HB 609 was who may order restraint or seclusion in clinical settings. House members argued that physicians are not always immediately available, especially in hospitals and emergency settings, and that APRNs and physician associates should be able to act in crises if properly trained and credentialed. Senate members raised concerns about scope of practice and asked whether the language implied patient consent was required; the Senate side explained that consent language was intended to address capacity and informed decision-making, not to require voluntary consent to restraint. The discussion ended with the sides still apart, though the Senate floated a compromise allowing physician associates to order restraint when no doctor is physically on the premises, while not yet extending that authority to APRNs. The committee took a short break to continue negotiations on the firearm/self-defense piece.

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• But do you factor AI? I... Thanks, Lori, for your presentation.
• But do you factor AI and robotics into doing a lot of these jobs?
• There are some preliminary discussions about how AI is going to work in the industry.
• What I will say... ...discussions about how AI is going to work in the industry.
• interested in replacing jobs of people with AI.

Keywords: 908, all

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• You make an AI argument for helping to streamline and make processes more efficient in terms of... ..
• So, to clarify, I don't think we have any specific suggestions with respect to the role of AI.
• You mentioned AI, though. Did you not? I don't believe I did. Or did you just say automation?
• We, as a county director, are never going to replace our human eligibility workers with AI.
• We've piloted an AI-created call summary, which the worker then reviews and signs off on.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• guide in line with the red states on this map: a printed and mailed product along with an online companion
• 23.440><c> online</c> and mailed product along with an online and mailed product along with an online companion
• A printed and mailed product combined with an online companion would put us in a place to achieve that
• 11.119><c> put</c><00:38:11.280><c> us</c><00:38:11.440><c> in</c><00:38:11.680><c> a</c> an online companion
• would put us in a an online companion would put us in a place<00:38:12.000><c> to</c><00:38:12.240><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So for the volunteer, it's the Senior Companion Program, which has been in existence in New Hampshire
• When we look at 2024 numbers, we have 75 companions that have provided over 53,000 hours of services
• funding provides mileage reimbursement, a small stipend, education, and training to those senior companions
• </c><00:48:52.760><c> um</c><00:48:52.960><c> have</c><00:48:53.160><c> 75</c><00:48:53.839><c> companions
• </c> four numbers we um have 75 companions four numbers we um have 75 companions that<00:48:54.720><c

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division of Long-Term Supports and Services presented its budget and program overview as part of the Department of Health and Human Services operating budget review. Leadership described the division’s three bureaus—Aging and Adult Services, Developmental Services, and Family-Centered Services—and explained that the division provides guidance, technical assistance, quality monitoring, and contracted provider oversight across the lifespan. Members also discussed staffing, with reported vacancy rates of 4% in Aging and Adult Services, 15% in Developmental Services, and 6% in Family-Centered Services; the division said the higher BDS vacancy rate is partly due to the small number of authorized positions. The governor’s budget had left eight positions unfunded in the division, including three in Aging and Adult Services and five in BDS. A major topic was the division’s roadmap initiatives, especially building a system of care for healthy aging and strengthening developmental disabilities systems through a new reimbursement rate structure. The division said it contracted with an actuary to study DD service costs and found rates had not been reviewed since 2017 and were significantly below actual costs and other states’ rates, contributing to provider shortages even when services are authorized. Members asked about the impact on service delivery and whether rates would need to rise overall; the division said its strategy is to focus on lower-cost services that help people remain in the community. The division also reported waiver enrollment figures, including about 4,161 people on the Choices for Independence waiver, 3,688 average nursing facility residents, 5,061 people on the DD waiver, 228 on the acquired brain disorder waiver, and 488 children on the in-home support waiver, while noting there is no funding waitlist but provider availability remains a constraint. The division highlighted IT modernization as a major accomplishment, especially moving Adult Protective Services and Developmental Services into the New Heights system. Officials said these changes improve case-note access, data retrieval, service authorization tracking, and transparency for providers, and they asked for future oversight discussion focused on IT leverage. Members noted that New Heights maintenance is budgeted in the Office of the Commissioner under class 27 and suggested better transparency on system costs and benefits. The division also reported that it closed out a long-running CMS corrective action plan for BDS on July 1, 2023, and said it is now focused on strengthening the system rather than compliance alone. Other discussion covered the Aging and Adult Services bureau’s name change from Elderly and Adult Services to Adult and Aging Services, intended to avoid negative connotations and better reflect preventative services. The bureau described Adult Protective Services trends involving scams, financial exploitation, self-neglect, and isolation, and explained that it administers the CFI waiver, determines medical eligibility for nursing facility level of care, and braids funding from Medicaid, state funds, Older Americans Act money, Social Service Block Grants, and other grants. Members asked about waiver growth targets and federal consequences if enrollment remains below projections; the division said it would explain the shortfall in a future waiver amendment and did not anticipate a federal penalty. The meeting ended without any votes or formal actions taken.

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• Um, also work for workforce readiness, soft skills, and AI integration.
• And so soft skills, and AI integration.
• And AI is new.
• And AI is new.
• And AI is new.

Keywords: 916, all

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• I was talking earlier about how much AI and data centers are going to use so much more electricity as
• </c><04:07:40.640><c> and</c> talking earlier about how much AI and talking earlier about how much AI
• Now, some folks might hear the topic of that hearing and think about things like, well, is AI making
• But the use of AI is another tool, a incredibly powerful tool for closing these achievement gaps.
• So we are still in the very early stages, and the capabilities of AI systems are growing by the day.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• As the landscape for work changes, including interaction with AI and other developments, it's also important
• the work, the landscape for working changes, you know, from what we have now to an interaction with AI

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation met with a quorum present and took up a vote-only agenda on a large set of budget issues across corrections, public safety, judiciary, labor, and transportation. One public commenter, Edward Hasbrook of the Identity Project, opposed the DMV state-to-state Real ID proposal, arguing that uploading driver data to the AMVA/Spex database would expose Californians’ information to federal and out-of-state access and should be removed from the budget for fuller consideration. The committee then voted on multiple grouped items in Part A, Part B, and Part C, generally adopting staff recommendations. Most votes passed with either unanimous support or two-to-one margins, with Senator Seyarto occasionally voting no or not voting. The actions were described as reflecting the Senate’s budget plan and were intended to be folded into the broader budget agreement. In closing comments, the chair and members highlighted several issues they want to continue pursuing in negotiations, including privacy and security concerns with the Real ID state-to-state system, rehabilitation and reentry programming, workforce training, and expansion of the Wildfire Mitigation Grant Program. Senator DeRazzo also emphasized support for justice-system programs, public defenders, trauma recovery centers, and workforce initiatives, while Senator Seyarto stressed transportation funding, court capacity for Prop. 36 implementation, and broader workforce and business development. The chair thanked public participants, staff, consultants, sergeants, and the Department of Finance and LAO, and the subcommittee adjourned.

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• And it also speaks for AI being used for cyberbullying as something that would be included within the
• And it also speaks for AI being used for cyberbullying as something that would be included within the

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met on May 5, 2026, and considered a series of bills, several of them brought up through motions for committee consideration. Chair Shelley Mayer said she would allow brief remarks but stated her opposition to those motioned bills, emphasizing her general practice of giving minority members’ bills consideration. The committee first took up S-16 (Jacob’s Law, on bullying and related school safety issues), which was moved out of committee on a majority vote, with Senators Jackson and Bynoe recorded without recommendation. The committee then debated S-717, a local bill by Senator Rose to exempt the Wantagh Union Free School District from the state’s indigenous mascots/logos restrictions. Senator Rose argued Wantagh’s mascot and name are tied to local history and not intended to denigrate anyone. The bill was moved, but the committee vote was not favorable enough to advance it, and it was referred onward to the Investigations Committee. S-4496, Senator White’s bill to protect women’s sports from what supporters described as unfair competition by biological males, drew strong support from the sponsor and strong opposition from Chair Mayer, who said she opposed it as mean-spirited and unnecessary; the bill did not advance. The committee also considered several school bus and transportation bills. S-4748, by Senator Borrello, would repeal the electric school bus mandate and replace it with a feasibility study; he cited safety, cost, and operational problems with early adopters. S-8847, by Senator White, similarly sought to remove electric bus mandates and leave decisions to local districts, and S-9667, by Senator Ryan, would delay the zero-emission school bus mandate by five years. The committee advanced some of these measures to other committees or the floor, while others did not move. In addition, the committee approved S-7788 on special education reserve funds, S-8288A on reasonable rates for public school room use, S-8368 on records retention for Education Department proceedings, S-8370 on temporary resident placement of children with disabilities, S-8370 on release of student records to juvenile detention facilities, and S-1049 on updating the Dignity for All Students Act’s cyberbullying definition to include AI-related harassment.

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• School in Chandler, and the project that she was working on that she won an award for was utilizing AI
• School in Chandler, and the project that she was working on that she won an award for was utilizing AI

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal. Members then introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. John Lynch, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including Arizona electric co-op representatives, March of Dimes participants, CRNAs, AEA retirees, a University of Arizona legislative fellow, and ACLU visitors. Attendance was recorded at 58 present, one absent, and one excused. The chamber handled routine floor business, including temporary committee replacements, referral of HB 2677 from Judiciary to Public Safety and Law Enforcement, and the first reading and referral of a large number of House bills and one concurrent resolution. The bill list covered a wide range of topics, including education, appropriations, housing, taxes, health care, public safety, energy, water, labor, elections, and several measures related to abortion, firearms, and tribal affairs. Second reading of bills was also announced for another extensive set of measures. During announcements, members promoted a blood drive, a Veterans Caucus coffee-and-donuts event and lunch with a Department of Defense speaker, and several committee meetings or cancellations. No substantive debate or votes on legislation occurred beyond the procedural motions and the final motion to adjourn. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

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• School in Chandler, and the project that she was working on that she won an award for was utilizing AI
• The project that she was working on that she won an award for was utilizing AI for drug discovery, developing

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Aquatic invasive species, or AIS, surcharge increases are necessary.
• The AIS surcharge was last increased in 2019 for the first time in 25 years.

Bills: HF2439

Keywords: environmental protection, pollution reduction, waste management, climate change, funding allocations

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• You can also buy an AI guidance module from a different seller for $325.
• AI going on to our properties for both of them, what other states are doing this?
• While AI offers many exciting opportunities, it also presents significant risks of fraud, abuse, and.
• This bill provides crucial AI guardrails to protect individuals from having their image or voice used
• The AI as it is today.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.

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• Since the other body had already passed the companion, we're going to proceed using the House file.
• Since the other body had already passed the companion, we're going to proceed using the House file.
• Since the other body had already passed<00:55:59.200><c> the</c><00:55:59.440><c> companion,</c><00:56
• :00.079><c> we're</c><00:56:00.319><c> going</c><00:56:00.400><c> to</c> passed the companion, we're
• going to passed the companion, we're going to proceed<00:56:00.880><c> using</c><00:56:01.200><c> the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I believe he deferred it for these reasons because the companion bill is HB 1552.
• 35:37.720><c> reasons</c><00:35:38.280><c> because</c><00:35:38.560><c> the</c><00:35:38.640><c> companion
• </c><00:35:39.160><c> bill</c> very reasons because the companion bill very reasons because the companion
• You know, HB 2132, which is the companion bill there, were two reservations and two opposing last week

Bills: SB2041

Keywords: land court, real property, legal documents, bureau of conveyances, judicial confirmation, property registration, working group, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reform, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard SB 2041, which would repeal the Land Court, transfer its functions to the Bureau of Conveyances, and create a working group to recommend implementation. DLNR and Judiciary stood on their written testimony, while Realtors supported the bill and one testifier raised concerns about the loss of judicial authority, title disputes, adverse possession, and possible effects on Kuleana lands. Members questioned whether property could be deregistered and what the legal consequences would be, and the Bureau of Conveyances said deregistration is already available but burdensome. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted by both committees. The Judiciary Committee then heard SB 2247, which restricts certain governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed executive branch employees from participating in campaign fundraising. The State Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission supported the bill as a way to curb pay-to-play concerns and the appearance of undue influence, and several advocacy and civic groups also testified in support, with one person opposing. The committee agreed to amend the bill so the restrictions apply only after confirmation and continue until the person leaves the covered position. The committee voted to pass SB 2247 with amendments. Finally, the Judiciary Committee heard SB 2143, which would make the Attorney General the interim Chief Election Officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. Supporters argued the bill would provide continuity, prevent delays in certifying election results, and protect election integrity; opponents argued it would politicize the office, create a conflict of interest, and was unnecessary because current law already provides a process for filling vacancies. Testimony was extensive and sharply divided, with many speakers on both sides. The transcript provided does not include a final vote or action on SB 2143.