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• With the implication that this has, is it protects individuals. It protects their rights.
• protects individuals it protects their protects individuals it protects their rights<00:34:32.879>
• I mean, we've all been through civics class, right?
• I mean, we've all been through civics class, right?
• responsibility to step in and protect responsibility to step in and protect its<00:58:11.839>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Teaching some of the Sunday school classes, as I was teaching kids, I really had an interest in being
• change, if we truly want stability in our schools, then the position of the superintendent must have protections—protections
• from political retaliation, protections that allow leaders to do what's right for kids, even when it's
• It took that knowledge and what I had learned in my college classes at that moment to realize that I
• And most of them say, "I really hope I can pass this class. I've heard this is difficult."

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• During the pandemic, we also partnered with DreamSpring to provide Paycheck Protection Program loans.
• The final thing that it does is it still protects the ratepayer, so that you and I are not going to be
• And I'm not just talking about asset class; I'm talking about your diversification. of your consultants
• So that they can help protect, defend, and take care of our pension funds and our sovereign wealth fund
• . growth to strengthen the middle class.

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• Military protective orders, also called MPOs, are similar to civil restraining orders and provide protection
• This bill does not create a new protected class.
• AGSC seeks targeted amendments that preserve safety protections while protecting consumer choice and
• He's our class for an I vote. Thank you.
• These tools protect a limited class of affordable housing projects and the cities that approve them from

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call. The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.

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• protecting from a harm being done. protecting from a harm being done.
• , but there is also data is protected, but there is also this<00:15:53.680> other<00:15:53.920
• <00:16:12.240> things it in with privacy protections things it in with privacy protections
• nobody was going through the the classes nobody was going through the the classes because<01:25:
• I just want to know if we can also take that Tech 100 class.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Intelligence Task Force met with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the August 14 meeting. The first presentation was from the National Retail Federation on artificial intelligence in the retail sector. NRF described AI use cases in three areas: consumer-facing tools such as chatbots, product descriptions, and marketing; employee-facing tools such as company-specific apps trained on employee manuals; and internal uses such as supply chain forecasting, inventory planning, fraud detection, cybersecurity, and coding support. The presenters said retail has been among the top deployers of AI and emphasized that the goal is to improve both customer and employee experience. NRF also outlined its principles for responsible AI use, organized around governance and risk management, customer engagement and trust, workforce applications, and business partner accountability. The group said retailers should maintain strong internal oversight, be transparent with customers, ensure compliance with existing laws, closely review workforce-related uses because they can be high-risk, and clearly define responsibilities between retailers and third-party developers. In policy discussion, NRF urged a tiered approach focused first on high-risk uses such as hiring, health care, financial, mortgage, and rental decisions, warned against fragmented rules that could favor only the largest firms, and encouraged voluntary standards and worker upskilling incentives. In response to a question about dynamic pricing, NRF said its members do not target consumers based on pricing and offered to follow up with more information. The committee then moved to a follow-up discussion on energy policy and data centers, hearing from Bartley Cleland of NetChoice. He explained that AI runs largely in data centers and that cloud computing shifts processing and storage away from individual devices, which he argued improves efficiency and can reduce costs. He said electricity demand has been rising over time and that AI will increase compute-related electricity use, but framed electricity as a normal input to economic growth. No votes or formal actions were taken after these presentations.

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• It also contains protections for low-income folks that are not participating in the program.
• <00:43:19.960> for it also contains protections for it also contains protections for low-income
• Working-class people participate in this stuff.
• for kind of different customer classes for kind of different customer classes providing<01:12:12.800
• <01:13:21.760> your depending on your customer class your depending on your customer class

Bills: HF2103, HF2793

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, community solar, energy policy, sustainability, solar garden program, regulation sunset, 1183, house

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• First is to ensure environmental review to protect our natural resources.
• The goals of House File 2928 include the protection of water and sewage systems.
• We need protection in this David and Goliath situation.
• Minnesota does treasure and protect clean water. It's very important.
• So the question should be: do we have sufficient regulation to do the protection?

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability

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• It would be our place to put controls in place to ensure that we protect the state funds as best as possible
• Anything over $1,000 becomes a felony, a Class D felony? Oh, okay. Very good.
• Anything over 1,000 becomes a felony, a class D felony? becomes a felony? It'd be 1,000.
• Anything over 1,000 becomes a felony, a Class D felony. Oh, okay. Very good.

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• rates that have been approved and are appropriate for the acquired utility area okay are those cloak class
• I believe class A and B are eligible okay and in that class As a, when they raise rates, you have the
• statute just because it's much harder to do that, but Do you have tools in your toolbox to be able to protect

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Do it to protect kids and teens. Thank you, Mr. Smith. Appreciate the conversation.
• design, lower speeds, protective design, lower speeds, protective infrastructure.<00:40:22.079><
• I hold a class B commercial license.
• whether it's a CDL license or what class whether it's a CDL license or what class of<01:14:40.480
• 32.400> making that uh workers are protected and making that uh workers are protected and making

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee took up House File 5313, a bipartisan bill to create a statewide framework for autonomous vehicles in Minnesota. The author said the bill is intended to improve safety, provide regulatory clarity, avoid a patchwork of local rules, and support economic development and mobility for seniors and people with disabilities. The bill was described as a work in progress, and the committee adopted three author amendments: A12, a technical correction; A15, which states MDOT and Public Safety can absorb the bill’s incidental costs within existing resources; and A14, which added clarifying airport-related language requested by the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport/MAC. The Minnesota Department of Transportation testified in support of continued discussion but said the bill needs more work in several areas, including an annual MDOT permitting process for AV operators, defining operational design domains, adding stronger enforcement authority, clarifying remote assistance roles, and requiring fully automated vehicles to be registered with Public Safety. MDOT said it has worked with the governor’s connected and automated vehicles council and more than 70 stakeholders on recommendations. Industry and transit witnesses strongly supported the bill, citing existing AV deployments and safety benefits. Southwest Transit’s CEO said its Eden Prairie AV service has carried 27,000 riders over 112,000 miles with no accidents, strong customer satisfaction, and increased ridership. A Whimo representative said the bill would create regulatory certainty and help expand AV deployment. Several public witnesses emphasized accessibility and safety. A disability advocate described how autonomous vehicles could improve independence for people who cannot drive, including those with epilepsy and other disabilities, and urged passage of the bill. A former 911 dispatcher and state patrol employee said AVs could reduce crashes and protect drivers, pedestrians, and officers, contrasting a dangerous human ride-share experience with a safer autonomous ride. Another disability advocate and blind Minnesotan testified that AVs could help address transportation barriers, though he also noted ongoing discrimination problems with ride-hailing services for blind riders with guide dogs. After the amendments were adopted, the bill was moved to the Commerce Committee.

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• were full and my card all the classes were full and while<00:30:22.519> a<00:30:22.720> class
• finding a way to always have a class finding a way to always have a class open<00:31:10.000>
• necessarily it's to always have a class necessarily it's to always have a class open<00:31:23.880
• It's a once-in-a-lifetime class? It's a once-in-a-lifetime class.
• Are there classes that could come there and take just a wildlife class as part of their curriculum, which

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found. Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program. The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.

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• And number five, protecting consumers of insurance in areas such as increased transparency for patients
• We protect and ensure the fair treatment of consumers, and TDI ensures fair competition in the insurance
• TDI's Fraud Unit protects Texans from insurance fraud and enforces the Texas insurance laws.
• and fireworks industry in helping communities with the public protection classification, ratings, and
• We represent. consumers as a class and we don't, for the most part, get involved in litigation.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Privacy protections, civil rights, and community consent.
• These amendments do make an important balance to guardrails protecting workers while protecting the California
• These amendments do make an important balance to guardrails protecting workers while protecting the California
• Don't tell me this is about protecting a vulnerable community.
• I want to make sure that we continue to protect that.

Summary: The committee began as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum and heard several privacy- and technology-related measures. The first item was H.R. 117, a resolution urging Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The author and supporters argued the law is outdated and shields platforms from accountability for harms such as harassment, exploitation, scams, and other online abuse. Witnesses, including a survivor parent and a gender justice advocate, described harms to children, women, and LGBTQ people and urged a two-year sunset to force federal reform. Some members supported the resolution as a call for federal action, while one member said he could not support it because the resolution was too general and lacked specificity about the reforms being sought. No vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The committee then heard SB 898, which would require manufacturers of connected consumer products to disclose how long they will support the software and to notify consumers when products approach end of life. The author said consumers deserve transparency about security updates and continued functionality, and supporters from Consumer Reports and PIRG emphasized cybersecurity risks, consumer confusion, and electronic waste from unsupported devices. Opponents, including business and industry groups, raised concerns about enforcement through the unfair competition law, notice burdens, labeling issues, and compliance challenges, especially for products with long support windows or third-party dependencies. One member expressed support, noting the cybersecurity risks of end-of-life devices, but again no vote was taken because there was no quorum. The committee also heard SB 435, which would narrow the CCPA definition of publicly available information to limit how businesses classify data as public. The author and supporters said the bill would close a loophole that allows data brokers and others to monetize personal information without meaningful consent and could help prevent surveillance and misuse of data, including by government agencies. Opponents argued the bill would upset the balance between privacy and the free flow of information, create compliance uncertainty, and retroactively reclassify information that businesses reasonably believed was public. Some members said they supported the goal of stronger privacy protections, while others said the bill was too broad. The committee again could not vote due to the lack of a quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 923, which would expand Californians’ right to delete personal information to cover data obtained from third parties and require online businesses to offer a web form or similar method for deletion requests. Supporters, including the California Privacy Protection Agency and consumer advocates, said the bill would make deletion rights meaningful and better address data broker practices. Opponents sought an opt-out-of-processing alternative and raised operational and legal concerns, but supporters said deletion is not the same as retention or processing limits. Members largely spoke in favor of the bill’s privacy goals, but no action was taken. The committee also heard SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” which would require human review for certain automated employment decisions and limit predictive analysis in workplace discipline and termination. Labor groups supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or erroneous AI-driven decisions, while business, public employer, and local government groups opposed it as overbroad and burdensome. Members voiced support for human oversight in employment decisions, but the item was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1114, the SOGI Data Privacy Act, which would restrict disclosure of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex data to federal agencies absent a court order or legal requirement; the author and witness framed it as a response to federal efforts to obtain sensitive LGBTQ-related data.

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• employee, so an independent contractor or even off the books entirely, and not receiving those protections
• that the state and that the law is intended to protect.
• that the state and that the law is intended to protect.
• So I went to my class just a few weeks ago, and this was the topic.
• pathway guaranteeing me uh a protected pathway guaranteeing me uh a protected wage<01:48:17.320>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• class Americans. class Americans.
• ability to protect themselves. ability to protect themselves.
• Speaker, is about protecting these workers. Protecting these workers.
• We must protect the Department of Education, and we must protect IDEA.
• We must protect the Department of Education, and we must protect IDEA. We must protect IDEA.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• history, from our land, our identity as a people who value liberty, the dignity of human life, the protection
• Bless their families, their loved ones, of these members with your special grace, surround them, protect
• not only ready to help people, but was ready to help people with smiling face, irrespective of their class
• Bumgardner, and Representative Cassandra Garcia to recognize the fantastic Metro Crest leadership class
• Urban League exemplifies their mission to defend democracy, demand diversity, and defeat poverty by protecting

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• They pretend it's consumer protection.
• They want to protect their children.
• And what's amazing is that we, as lawmakers, have a priority to protect the citizens and protect the
• That is what we're valiantly fighting to protect.
• Of course, this bill is actually protecting kids.

Bills: HB2963, HB3005, HB3287, HB3288, HB3289, HB3290, HB3344, HB3712, HB3862, HB3874, HB4196, HB4308, HB4901, HB4984

Keywords: digital equipment, repair rights, manufacturers, maintenance, consumer rights, construction contracts, payment regulations, public works, dispute resolution, audit procedures, construction, trust funds, mechanic's lien, contractor, subcontractor, residential properties, disputes, payment obligations, accountability, payment disputes

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• To protect taxpayers, to enhance efficiency, and to reduce fraud.
• First, that the bill protects consumers from financial harm.
• s went to the first-class train car as they headed back toward South Carolina.
• We must defend the courts, protect the power of justices before it metastasizes.
• He was also a staunch defender Act to empower people to protect their communities.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 31, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• the wildland and to protect the wildland from the structure.
• 13, Chapter 23, to the Fitness Center Services Protection Act.
• is providing network transportation services. ...injury protection coverage.
• These protections. Insurance Commissioner's Model Law on Public Adjusters.
• So what we're doing today is best in class, and we should be proud of that.

Keywords: 985, all

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• It doesn't add new consumer protections.
• This is an artificial intelligence abuse protection act.
• A four-hour class should be considerably less than that.
• A four-hour class should be considerably less than that.
• It doesn't create new protections.

Keywords: 988, house, all