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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 30th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members, House Resolution 1 by Chairman Boriak approves the annual State Integrated Coastal
  • House Resolution 1 approves the annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for fiscal year 2026
  • With so much AI and everything else. Yeah, I mean, it would... Identities being stolen.
Summary: The committee first heard House Resolution 1, which approves the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for fiscal years 2026-2027. CPRA officials described the plan as about $1.54 billion, with roughly 93% directed to project implementation and construction, funded through state mineral revenue, GOMESA, BP spill dollars, surplus funds, and newly available coastal sediment funds. They outlined projects across the coast, including marsh creation, barrier island restoration, levees, pump stations, freshwater diversions, and nonstructural flood protection, and said the plan had been unanimously approved by the CPRA board after public hearings. Members asked about specific coastal and basin issues, including the Sabine River, the Chafalaya Basin, Bayou Sorrel, and tidal flooding in interior parishes. HR 1 was reported favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Bill 838, as substituted, dealing with vehicle inspection stickers and related OMV modernization. The substitute would repeal inspection requirements for assembled vehicles, keep periodic inspections for commercial and student transportation vehicles, address federal inspection requirements, allow out-of-state inspections in some cases, and create a Louisiana Vehicle Identification Program using QR codes. Members focused on privacy and enforcement questions, and OMV and state IT officials explained that the QR code would contain only the VIN and that the system would support police ticketing applications. The bill also ties implementation to the OMV modernization effort and takes effect January 1, 2027. HB 838 was reported by substitute. The committee next advanced House Bill 888 on temporary dealer plates, adopting a set of amendments that added security features, clarified timing for the new electronic issuance system, and adjusted rules for temporary tags and dealer plates. Testimony from the auto dealers’ association said the bill was intended to reduce fraud, resolve confusion over five-day versus 60-day tags, and extend certain temporary loaner tag periods from five to ten days. HB 888 was reported with amendments. The committee also heard House Bill 885 on electronic titles and lien recordation, which would allow electronic signatures, electronic lien notifications, and electronic titling/recordation for participating commercial entities, with civil immunity for good-faith actions and a severability clause. Members raised questions about fraud prevention and consumer participation, and supporters said the bill would modernize the process and align Louisiana with current industry practice. HB 885 was reported by substitute. Finally, the committee advanced House Bill 723, which allows certain two- and three-wheeled motorcycles and mopeds to proceed through a red light under specified circumstances when sensors fail to detect them. The sponsor said the measure is a safety fix for riders stuck at malfunctioning signals, and the bill was amended to clarify the vehicle types covered. The committee also considered House Bill 882 on outdoor advertising, which would increase billboard spacing on state highways from 150 feet to 1,000 feet and allow certain signs damaged by an act of God after January 1, 2010, to be rebuilt. Supporters said the bill would reduce billboard density and improve aesthetics, while opponents argued it would harm smaller operators and impose a one-size-fits-all rule. After testimony, HB 882 was amended and reported.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members, House Resolution 1 by Chairman Boriak approves the annual State Integrated Coastal
  • Boriak approves the annual state integrated coastal protection plan for fiscal year 2026 and 2027 as
  • With so much AI and everything else. Yeah, I mean, it would... Identity theft would still be fraud.
Summary: The committee met on March 30 and first took up House Resolution 1, which approves the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for fiscal years 2026-2027. CPRA leaders described the plan as a roughly $1.54 billion coastal investment, with most funds directed to construction and project implementation. They outlined funding sources including GOMESA, BP settlement dollars, state surplus, and new coastal sediment revenues, and reviewed major work across the coast such as marsh creation, barrier island restoration, levees, pump stations, shoreline protection, and nonstructural flood mitigation. Members asked about specific regional concerns, including the Sabine River area, the Chafalaya Basin, Bayou Sorrel, and tidal flooding in inland parishes. The committee heard public support cards and then reported H.R. 1 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Bill 838, as substituted, dealing with vehicle inspection stickers and related inspection requirements. The bill would repeal inspection requirements for assembled vehicles, adjust inspection rules for commercial and student transportation vehicles, allow out-of-state inspections in some cases, and move toward a QR-code-based system tied to the vehicle identification number. OMV officials said the QR code would contain only the VIN and would be used by law enforcement through existing or upgraded ticketing systems, with the change taking effect January 1, 2027. Members asked about privacy, local law enforcement compatibility, unsafe vehicles, and the annual fee structure. The committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably via substitute. Next, the committee heard House Bill 888, also with amendments, on temporary dealer plates and temporary registration plates. Supporters said the bill cleans up last session’s temporary tag law, increases security features for print-on-demand plates, clarifies placement rules for dealer tags, extends certain temporary tag periods from five to ten days, and delays fee changes until the electronic issuance system is implemented. A question was raised about whether the new plates would be readable by license plate recognition cameras, and the sponsor said that would be checked with State Police. The committee adopted the amendment set and reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also advanced House Bill 885, which authorizes electronic titles, electronic lien recordation, and electronic signatures for motor vehicle transactions. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill is intended to modernize vehicle sales, reduce duplicate paper signatures, and make the process more secure and efficient, while preserving anti-fraud protections and allowing the OMV to set rules. Members asked whether the process would be mandatory, how fraud would be handled, and how identity would be verified; the sponsor said the system would become mandatory for participating commercial entities once implemented, with security standards and good-faith protections. The committee reported the bill favorably via substitute. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 723, as amended, allowing certain two- and three-wheeled motorcycles and mopeds to proceed through a red light when sensors fail to detect them. The sponsor framed it as a safety measure to avoid riders being stranded at malfunctioning signals and to reduce rear-end collision risk. The committee also took up House Bill 882 on outdoor advertising, which would increase spacing between billboards on state highways from 150 feet to 1,000 feet, with an amendment preserving certain nonconforming signs rebuilt after acts of God. Supporters said the change would reduce billboard clutter and improve aesthetics, while opponents argued it would hurt smaller billboard owners, shift power to larger companies, and override local control. The committee adopted the amendments and continued debate on the bill, with testimony focused on its economic and local-government impacts.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • So everybody's trying to figure out what AI is going to mean.
  • So these figures illustrate that undocumented workers are deeply integrated into the regional economy
  • This unit integrates historical data, Department of Finance forecasting, and modeling to project workload
Summary: The Senate Labor and Public Employment Committee held an oversight hearing on federal policy impacts on California’s labor market. In opening remarks, the chair argued that federal actions, including immigration enforcement, tariffs, and cuts to safety-net programs, are harming workers, employers, and communities, and said the committee wanted to document impacts and identify state responses. The first panel featured economist Enrique Lopez Lira of UC Berkeley, who described slow job growth, wage pressures, high housing and care costs, and the large share of California workers in low-wage jobs. He said federal cuts to Medi-Cal and SNAP/CalFresh and increased immigration enforcement would worsen insecurity, especially in health care, retail, hospitality, agriculture, and care work. The chair asked about recession indicators, middle-wage stagnation, and which sectors rely most on safety-net programs, and Lopez Lira said worker organizing and unions were a source of hope. A second panel focused on federal immigration enforcement. UC Merced’s Edward Orozco Flores presented research finding that private-sector employment in enforcement-targeted states fell during escalated enforcement periods, with California experiencing unprecedented declines in 2025. He urged policymakers to consider wage-replacement or stimulus-style support for affected workers, including excluded workers who cannot access unemployment insurance. Shannon Sedgwick of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation said undocumented workers are deeply embedded in the county economy, generating substantial economic activity and supporting over a million jobs. She reported that intensified enforcement in Los Angeles County was associated with business disruptions, reduced sales and customer traffic, workforce instability, lower transit ridership in vulnerable areas, and losses from the downtown curfew. Committee members asked about impacts on small businesses, tax revenue, and recovery, and witnesses pointed to local resiliency funds, business toolkits, and know-your-rights efforts as partial responses. The hearing then heard from worker representatives. Flore Melendres of the Clean Car Wash Worker Center said car washes have been heavily targeted by federal agents, with hundreds of workers taken from workplaces, many businesses disrupted or closed, and workers living in fear; she urged support for AB 2271 to provide financial benefits to families who lost income because of DHS activity. California Nurses Association president Michelle Gutierrez-Vos said H.R. 1’s Medi-Cal and Covered California cuts threaten hospital finances, jobs, and patient care, and she backed CalCare (AB 1900), a hospital closure moratorium, and more support for nursing education. UAW 4811 president Rafael Jaime said federal research cuts are putting UC research funding and postdoctoral jobs at risk and endorsed SB 895, a proposed bond measure for health and scientific research. AFGE representatives Wallace Wade and Kendrick Roberson described the strain on federal workers during shutdowns, unpaid work, staffing losses, and the effects on TSA, Social Security, VA services, and worker housing stability; they supported SB 1155 to protect federal workers from eviction. Committee members thanked the witnesses and said the testimony showed both the human and economic consequences of federal policy. In the final panel, employer groups began responding to the same federal pressures. California Retailers Association president Rachel Michelin said retail is a major private-sector employer and a key entry point for young workers, and that retailers are seeing the effects of rising costs, supply-chain shifts, and consumer pressure at the checkout counter. The hearing continued with additional employer testimony beyond the provided excerpt.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • So everybody's trying to figure out what AI is going to mean.
  • So these figures illustrate that undocumented workers are deeply integrated into the regional economy
  • This unit integrates historical data, Department of Finance forecasting, and modeling to project workload
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 16th, 2026

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's respectful, she's hardworking, and she has integrity, and she's honest.
  • with our federal House Resolution 1 requirements, to strengthen our SNAP security and our program's integrity
  • If you picture the letter J, we are at the start of the bottom of the J on AI and technology.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayers and pledges, and several procedural announcements, including permission for cameras, a relaxed dress code for guests, and excusing a few senators. Members also recognized numerous guests and honorary lieutenant governors, and discussed a planned bolo tie contest tied to New Mexico tradition and state history. The chamber then moved to business, including the confirmation of Anna Silva as Secretary of the General Services Department. The confirmation drew broad support from senators on both sides, who praised Silva’s long career in state government, her management experience, and her work on major projects such as the executive office building, procurement reforms, and facilities management. After debate, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm her appointment. Silva’s family and guests were recognized from the floor after the vote. The Senate then took up House Bill 2 and 3, the state budget. Senator Muñoz presented the Senate Finance version as a balanced budget with about $11.1 billion in spending, 27% reserves, recurring investments in health care, early childhood, public safety, education, roads, housing, and economic development, and targeted nonrecurring spending for items such as water, universities, and innovation sectors. Supporters emphasized affordability, teacher health insurance parity, medical residency funding, rural and community investments, and public safety funding. Critics raised concerns about the size of the budget, the late availability and complexity of the bill, the removal of a proposed 1% pay raise for state employees, and whether spending priorities and education dollars were being allocated effectively. No final vote on the budget was shown in the transcript excerpt.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Network, $3 million for STEAM initiatives, $700,000 for outdoor classrooms, and then $1 million for AI
  • program was called TECLA: Teaching Teacher Education Collaborative in Language Diversity and Arts Integration
  • any other communities that would like to involve multicultural peoples in arts education and arts integration
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 26th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Another point I want to raise is that there's more and more usage of AI-based models and other big data
  • Vision Benefit Managers, or VBMs, are large, vertically integrated organizations.
  • The vision care market is going through rapid consolidation and vertical integration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill also expands identity theft to include AI or technology-based duplication of someone's likeness
  • wasn't in Minnesota, but it was at a recent meeting where an individual was enterprising, utilized AI
  • for a job, they were hired by a job, and then they committed workers' compensation fraud all through AI
  • </c> incidents that involve people using AI incidents that involve people using AI or<00:14:26.840><c
  • I understand that AI might help people generate the image.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/24/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Do I have to give information to AI. Do I have to give information to AI.
  • I Yeah, I don't think AI would I Yeah.
  • And that's a major concern of myself, my chief, through AI.
  • You won't necessarily know if it's AI or not without making somebody verify themselves in some way.
  • And that's a major concern of myself, my chief, through AI.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 60 Mar 12th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • when we did the amendments, if you can look on the amending page, there is an amendment that says that AI
  • will look at the framework, and they will create a policy that fits their local school district around AI
  • talks about standards and teacher development, so they can have an understanding of appropriate uses of AI
  • I think this is a good bill to help us get a start on a framework of how AI should be used or not used
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the journal, then received messages from the Governor and Senate, including notice that the Governor had signed House Bills 512, 518, and 551, and that several Senate measures were transmitted for first reading. Committee reports moved a number of bills and resolutions through the process, including appropriations, business, resources, and judiciary measures, with several bills sent to second reading, general orders, or committee referral. The House also introduced a large batch of new bills covering budget, education, taxation, nicotine products, county law, and other topics. On the floor, the House passed a series of bills, many by wide margins, including code-cleanup and deregulation measures such as House Bills 773, 798, 799, and 1275, as well as policy bills on bankruptcy exemptions (HB 775), podiatry board consolidation (HB 787), interior designer certification (HB 790), daycare licensing cleanup (HB 758), polling place use at schools (HB 831), Medicaid and RESHAB budget reductions and reporting (HB 863), and a rules resolution (HR 26). The House also passed Senate bills dealing with appointed officials (SB 1261), crime-related restitution and publicity rights (SB 1232 as amended), DNA collection for certain misdemeanors (SB 1226), daycare distance rules for sex offenders (SB 1239), a major guardianship and conservatorship rewrite (SB 1240), retirement return-to-work provisions (SB 1276), and a natural resources maintenance budget (SB 1363). The most extended debate came on Senate Concurrent Resolutions 117 and 118 concerning water projects and cloud seeding. Supporters argued the resolutions recognized the importance of managed aquifer recharge, snowpack, and agricultural water supply, while opponents raised concerns about cloud seeding’s health, environmental, and transparency issues and called for more third-party data. Despite that opposition, both resolutions passed. The House also passed SCR 116 on statewide water concerns. The day ended with announcements, committee meeting notices, and a recess, followed by additional committee reports after reconvening.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we have law enforcement, we have administration, we have just the top-to-top, and then AIS, which
  • AIS is about 30%.
  • we have, we have law enforcement, we have an administration, we have just the top-to-top, and then AIS
  • AIS is about 30% administration is about 45 every year, and then there's some other percentages in that
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think I heard you just—you kind of just said data sets, but is there going to be any AI, any technology
  • I think it could well be using AI.
  • I think it could well be using AI.
  • And I like the idea of thinking about AI and all of this.
Bills: HB2053, HB2116, HB2148
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Judiciary. (1-21-26)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • yes, we have possession, viewing, manner portraying a sexual performance by a minor, and then we have AI
  • 39:57.280><c> have</c> we have that's actual and then we have we have that's actual and then we have AI
  • 00:40:00.000><c> or</c><00:40:00.320><c> some</c><00:40:00.480><c> kind</c><00:40:00.640><c> of</c> AI
  • or computerenerated or some kind of AI or computerenerated or some kind of digital<00:40:01.920><c>
Keywords: 958, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (10/23/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Ais will take it up. >> Sure. >> Consent. in another direction, but because in the in another
  • Senator Ais<00:44:01.920><c> will</c><00:44:02.400><c> take</c><00:44:02.560><c> it</c><00:44:02.720>
  • </c> Ais will take it up. Ais will take it up. &gt;&gt; Sure. &gt;&gt; Sure. &gt;&gt; Sure.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • of this issue, but I don't think there's sufficient safeguards for things like the proliferation of AI
  • 00:29:59.080><c> the</c><00:29:59.200><c> proliferation</c><00:29:59.799><c> of</c><00:30:00.200><c> AI
  • </c><00:30:01.200><c> or</c> things like the proliferation of AI or things like the proliferation of
  • AI or um<00:30:02.279><c> um</c><00:30:03.120><c> data</c><00:30:03.480><c> breaches</c><00:30:04.480
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 27, as amended by committee substitute, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry. The sponsor said the substitute was developed with UK, U of L, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Parkinson’s in Motion to better define a movement disorder center, add Parkinson’s experts from both universities to the advisory committee, require automated reporting, and delay implementation until 2027. Testimony emphasized the need to track diagnoses and testing while protecting confidentiality and allowing people to opt out. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted unanimously to pass SB 27 with a favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 93, dealing with hearing aid coverage for children. A parent described the high cost of hearing aids for her son and the financial burden created by insurance limits, while a pediatric audiologist explained that early identification and treatment improve language outcomes and that families can spend about $30,000 on hearing aids from birth to age 18. The committee substitute removed adults from the bill and added an in-network requirement for pediatric audiologists, along with a replacement interval consistent with Medicaid guidelines and repair/loss coverage provisions. After questions about costs, replacement timing, and insurer practices, the committee voted unanimously to pass SB 93 with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 153, a transparency and due-process bill concerning Medicaid prepayment review. The sponsor and witnesses from Addiction Recovery Care and Frontier Behavioral Health said prepayment reviews can be imposed with little notice or explanation, disrupt cash flow, and burden rural and smaller providers; they argued the bill would require clearer notice, reasons, and timelines without stopping legitimate reviews. Members asked about managed care organizations, contract issues, and whether the bill would conflict with existing agreements, and the sponsor said it would not. After discussion and an explanation of vote from Senator Douglas, the committee voted to pass SB 153 with a favorable expression.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to integrate current federal regulations into Massachusetts law.
  • unemployment, as younger generations must obtain jobs that are not in jeopardy of being replaced by AI
  • They threaten to replace cooperation with division, integrity with fear, and inclusion with exclusion
  • It's about protecting the integrity of girls' sports, so every young woman can compete with confidence
  • So if these bills are about safety, integrity, autonomy, and yet they hold no enforcement or assessment
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a very full public hearing on the first Education Committee hearing of the session, with testimony taken on a large slate of bills, especially H. 650/S. 436 and related measures. The chairs explained the hearing rules, including two-minute testimony limits, live streaming, written testimony, and accommodations for interpreters and disabilities. The committee first heard extensive testimony on H. 460/S. 436 and later H. 650/S. 436, bills to affirm and maintain equal access to public education for all children, including immigrant students, English learners, and students with disabilities. Witnesses included parents, advocates, educators, attorneys, and state officials, many of whom described fears caused by federal policy changes and argued that Massachusetts should codify protections for school enrollment, special education, interpreter services, and due process in discipline cases. The Attorney General’s office, Mass Advocates for Children, Lawyers for Civil Rights, MIRA, the Children’s Law Center, the Disability Law/advocacy community, and others all urged favorable action, while committee members asked questions about Plyler v. Doe, manifestation determinations, interpreter qualifications, and how the bill would mirror or preserve existing federal protections at the state level. The committee also heard testimony on H. 702/S. 460, establishing an elementary and secondary school robotics grant program, which was supported as a way to expand STEM opportunities and help schools fund robotics programs. Representative Sweeney also testified on H. 713, a bill to support student participation in 4-H programming by allowing excused absences similar to those for athletics and other sanctioned activities; members noted bipartisan support and the bill’s long history. The hearing then moved to H. 543/S. 417, a recess bill requiring at least 30 minutes of free-play recess for K-8 students. Supporters included the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the League of Women Voters, educators, and parents, who emphasized recess as important for physical health, social-emotional development, attention, and academic performance, and noted that unequal local policies create disparities across districts. Several witnesses also tied recess to broader concerns about student well-being and screen time. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee simply received testimony and closed testimony on the bills as it moved through the agenda.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Elections May 14th, 2026

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The integrity of the ballot box depends on it.
  • I've been involved in election integrity since 2015.
  • This requires funding and integrated systems as well.
  • Transparency is not the enemy of election integrity; it is how election integrity is preserved.
  • Integrity and herself.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - PM

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • of $9 million, and that's with companies and donors who, for example, want to know how do they use AI
  • </c><00:15:14.320><c> programs</c> legislature $2.5 million for AI programs legislature $2.5 million
  • for AI programs and<00:15:15.440><c> under</c><00:15:15.680><c> the</c><00:15:15.920><c> condition</c
  • how</c><00:15:26.480><c> do</c><00:15:26.560><c> they</c><00:15:26.720><c> use</c><00:15:26.880><c> AI
  • </c><00:15:27.360><c> to</c> want to know how do they use AI to want to know how do they use AI to advance
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • With AI and all the things, and to the point of the First Amendment, what will happen if it's a First
  • to be a constant issue solely because somebody could look one way and another way, unless we imply AI
  • So we have, you know, things in place from age screenings to using AI and investing in AI to try to understand
  • So we have, you know, things in place from age screenings to using AI and investing in AI to try to understand
  • someone's age, Screenings to using AI and investing in AI to try to understand someone's age, and again
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance (01/20/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • understanding around AI and how to protect ourselves, how to educate our students on appropriate use
  • c> in</c><01:26:22.080><c> an</c><01:26:22.239><c> age</c><01:26:22.400><c> of</c><01:26:22.560><c> AI
  • </c><01:26:22.880><c> where</c><01:26:23.120><c> we're</c> we're in an age of AI where we're we're in
  • an age of AI where we're working<01:26:24.400><c> quickly</c><01:26:24.800><c> as</c><01:26:25.040><
  • adjust and develop<01:26:29.280><c> understanding</c><01:26:29.760><c> around</c><01:26:30.239><c> AI
Keywords: 1191, senate, all