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• in keeping existing nuclear plants online and encouraging investment in next-generation nuclear technologies
• Nuclear Energy, leading over a billion dollars in annual R&D and deployment focused on nuclear technology
• For the last 15 years, I have been working at the intersection of energy technology, policy, and finance
• It is open to other new technologies as well, but when thinking about nuclear, it's what the people coming

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• So, thanks to the magic of technology, I did reach our ranking member on election law, and she said what
• c><00:16:37.360> the<00:16:37.839> magic<00:16:38.240> of<00:16:38.560> technology
• ,<00:16:39.440> I So thanks to the magic of technology, I So thanks to the magic of technology

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 74, which requires agencies to report annually on permits that are significantly delayed. An amendment was offered and adopted to replace the bill’s original permit-by-permit reporting with a summary report by category, including counts of permits taking more than 60, 120, or 180 days and general reasons for delay. The amendment also delayed the first report until April 30, 2027, so agencies would report only on future permitting activity rather than reconstructing past files. Members discussed whether delays caused by incomplete applications or requests for additional information should be included in the reporting categories. The sponsor and others said the bill is intended to measure delays after an application is administratively complete, but that reasons such as waiting on applicant-provided engineering data could still be captured under the summary reasons. Several members praised the amendment as a substantial improvement and said it would produce more useful information with less burden on agencies, while one member said they would support the amendment but not the bill because agencies already face budget constraints. The committee first approved the amendment unanimously by show of hands, then voted 7-1 to report Senate Bill 74 ought to pass as amended, with one member opposed and one absent. Afterward, the committee briefly discussed a separate Senate message on House Bill 67, noting that the Senate version had no additional general-fund cost and that any remaining issues would be handled with the election law committee before concurrence.

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• And that's for new technology, new types of development that was felt that we needed to look at.
• And that's for new, that's for new technology, new types of development that was felt that we needed,
• And so this whole play has been a technology play, and that's what this is doing, too, is helping that
• And so this whole play has been a technology play, and that's what this is doing, too, is helping that

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2014, the budget for the Industrial Commission, with Representative Kempenich walking through the agency’s major components: the administrative office, Bank of North Dakota, housing finance, Department of Mineral Resources, and the State Mill and Elevator. He described mostly special-fund operations, including bond payments, economic development programs, the rail loan program, the Rebuilder’s Loan Program, housing incentive funding, abandoned well reclamation work, lignite research, litigation reserves, and a capacity purchase arrangement for a future natural gas pipeline. He also explained several one-time funding items, such as grid resiliency grants, housing-related transfers from the Strategic Investment Fund, and enhanced oil recovery funding repurposed from a prior salt cavern study. Members asked about the reduction in housing incentive funding from the Senate version, the use of one-time Strategic Investment Fund dollars for ongoing housing programs, and whether a trigger should be added to increase housing funding later. Kempenich said no trigger was discussed and emphasized that housing needs vary widely across the state. Another exchange focused on the enhanced oil recovery grant program, which he said would be driven largely by the Energy and Environmental Research Center and would use repurposed funds. A longer discussion covered the natural gas pipeline capacity purchase, including its purpose, possible routes, and the idea that the state would be buying capacity rather than immediately building a pipeline. The committee adopted Amendment 25.0181.0207 on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. The committee then passed HB 2014 as amended on a 21-1 vote, with one member absent and not voting. Representative Kempenich was designated to carry the bill. The chair then noted this was the final budget hearing for the committee, with one bill remaining to be heard later.

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• Texas Workforce Commission to train students and recent graduates for careers in energy. efficient technologies
• And then, you know, you may be wondering what energy-efficient technologies are.
• gentlemen, I feel efficiency should be looked at in every single direction, and so these are the technologies
• So it's a wide range of energy-saving technologies that we can be incorporating. Using.

Bills: HB446, HB1609, HB4443, HB4464, HB4735, HB5476

Keywords: heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster

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• Many of you know that R&D activities create high-paying jobs, drive technological advancement, and foster
• to compete for advanced manufacturing and life sciences. and energy innovation and the emerging technologies
• For early-stage companies building new software, materials, or health technologies, this can be the difference
• SB1030 will... ...companies like ours to invest in cutting-edge technologies, workforce development,

Bills: SB214, SB935, SB1030, SB1901, SB2018, SB2020, SB2066, SB2206

Keywords: HVAC, tax exemption, energy efficiency, residential heating, installation services, Energy Star, sales tax, residential, installation, sales tax exemption, Environmental Protection Agency, temporary exemption, motor fuel tax, county exemption, diesel fuel, gasoline tax, transportation funding, SB 1030, Texas Tax Code, use tax exemption

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• I mean, it's very easy now with modern technology to send out notifications at no cost.
• with<00:06:44.199> modern it's very easy now with modern it's very easy now with modern technology
• c> send<00:06:45.280> out<00:06:45.440> notifications<00:06:46.160> at technology
• to send out notifications at technology to send out notifications at no<00:06:46.560> cost<00

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• As technology has changed, aspects of hunting have changed quite dramatically.
• visiting with some sports shops in the last day or two, I asked about their sales regarding the technology
• This is a simplification of technology that's already been out there, and many people are already using
• It requires best available water conservation technologies and practices.

Bills: HF647, HF2824, HF1249, HF623, HF820

Keywords: water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition

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• And that would include critical public health information technology.
• We talked quite a bit about the vaccine... public health information technology.
• Right now, California is experiencing unprecedented challenges, environmental disaster, new technologies
• Commenting on a few items related to public health information technology systems, we express support
• Item two on the agenda is a of the initiative and information technology enhancements to implement and

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held a May Revision hearing covering several health-related budget proposals and broader concerns about the state’s budget structure. The Chair opened by praising some May Revision changes, such as added health IT funding, county administration support tied to Medi-Cal changes, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some lawfully present immigrants, and additional support for Covered California subsidies, while criticizing proposed increases in Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other reductions affecting counties, mobile crisis units, workforce incentives, and physician shortages. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state’s budget condition remains weak despite progress on the structural deficit, and the Department of Finance said the May Revision uses a mix of reductions, reforms, revenue proposals, and fund shifts to cut out-year deficits. The committee first heard Department of State Hospitals proposals, including adjustments to county bed billing authority, contract exemption language for online clinical/pharmacy subscriptions, reversion of unspent funds, a revised Metro Central Utility Plant replacement project, electronic health record implementation, and workforce development funded partly through Behavioral Health Services Act resources. DSH also described savings and realignments in incompetent-to-stand-trial and conditional release programs, including extending the independent placement panel program and shifting funds to support additional bed capacity and a mental health rehab center. Members asked about the use of BHSA funds for workforce programs, and the department said the proposal would replace General Fund support with BHSA reimbursements. The Emergency Medical Services Authority proposed funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for enterprise system development, and the Department of Managed Health Care proposed modernization of its complaint system and claims-settlement data system to improve oversight and comply with AB 3275. The largest discussion centered on the administration’s BHSA spending plan under Proposition 1, including state-directed prevention, workforce, and other uses, plus General Fund offsets for existing programs. The LAO questioned whether some proposed offsets fit Proposition 1’s non-supplant and eligible-use requirements, while the administration argued the uses were consistent with the measure and that the state-directed share can be adjusted annually. The Commission for Behavioral Health’s proposals drew the most public and member concern. The administration proposed cutting the commission’s Innovation Partnership Fund from $20 million to $10 million and reducing the Community Advocacy Program by $6.7 million, while redirecting BHSA dollars to other state purposes and direct services. Commissioners, advocates, and several members argued the cuts would weaken community voice, reduce support for underserved populations, and disrupt grants already in process; they also objected to using BHSA funds to backfill General Fund commitments. Public commenters, including youth, disability, behavioral health, LGBTQ, tribal, veteran, immigrant, and community-based organization representatives, overwhelmingly opposed the cuts and urged preservation of prevention, advocacy, mobile crisis, and innovation funding. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• The House will now proceed to vote. ...relating to information technology.
• What we need is the personnel and the technology to help make that work.
• And now for the Science and Technology amendment. Mr.
• Chairman, I move that the Science and Technology Committee amendment, as amended, be adopted.
• And now for that science and technology amendment. Mr.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• places that are critical, from notary services, homebound delivery services, passport services, technology
• Louis County and how were we going to convert from a card system to modern technology using computers
• And for people my age coming in that didn't have computer technology growing up in school, they are very

Summary: The Committee on Local Government held a public hearing on Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1023, sponsored by Senator Justin Brown. Brown explained that the bill would expand existing authority for certain public library districts to seek voter approval for a sales tax, with property tax reductions tied to the sales tax in some cases. He noted special provisions for Cass and Johnson counties, where the sales tax rate would be capped at 0.33% and would replace real and personal property taxes, and also described a separate provision allowing circuit courts to collect a civil case filing surcharge of up to $15 for law library maintenance. Library representatives and supporters testified in favor. They argued that libraries rely heavily on property tax revenue, that the bill would let local voters choose a more diversified funding mix, and that it would help libraries respond to growth and facility needs. Witnesses from Scenic Regional Library, St. Charles City-County Library, Marshall Public Library, the Missouri Library Association, and the Kansas City Public Library described local circumstances, including St. Charles County’s three-year phase-out and rollback requirement, Marshall’s voter-approved sales tax and concerns about county reclassification, and Kansas City’s request for fiscal-year flexibility. Committee members raised questions about the fairness of shifting library funding to sales tax, especially for nonresidents, and one member objected to the tone of the senator’s questioning during the hearing. No one testified in opposition, and the chair closed the public hearing. The committee announced it planned to executive the bill on Monday, with notice to follow. The meeting then adjourned.

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• He founded Luna Saund in 2017 to pioneer subsurface imagery mapping, or technology utilizing the low-frequency
• His technology is being deployed across the world and has been featured in Forbes and the History Channel
• With your permission, the Science and Technology Committee will be meeting in 10 minutes in Hearing Room

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• <00:02:08.239> as<00:02:09.039> uh<00:02:09.200> the know as technology evolves
• as uh the know as technology evolves as uh the business<00:02:09.840> evolves<00:02:10.479>

Bills: SB95, HB322, SB95, HB322

Keywords: underground facilities, excavation safety, One-Call Notification System, utility protection, public safety, underground damage prevention, notification system, construction safety, pipeline protection, utility management, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, director compensation, municipality, electricity supply, board of directors, postpartum depression, postnatal care, maternal mental health, perinatal depression, postpartum screening

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• part of what we're heading towards in terms of our educational pedagogy is understanding how this technology
• intelligence, which is already here, we're discussing all these pieces that are so important to technology
• We just want to bridge it so that we embrace the technology and the piece that says, "I need you to be

Bills: SB92, HB9, HB9

Keywords: K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, three-cueing system, reading instruction, structured literacy, scientific strategies, elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy

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• We've added different technology to do that.
• <00:19:20.240> piece were flying it and the technology piece were flying it and the technology
• The slide as you can see: technology, caring professions, trades, manufacturing, and education.
• The slide as you can see: technology, caring professions, trades, manufacturing, and education.
• <01:31:44.320> uh the slide as you can see technology uh the slide as you can see technology

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Crookston specializes in career-focused, technology-driven education programs that emphasize experiential
• Crookston specializes in career-focused, technology-driven education programs that emphasize experiential
• Crookston specializes in career-focused, technology-driven education programs that emphasize experiential
• us in planning for the future by leaning into technology.
• They don't know all of the other functions, like health information technology.

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• Um, I feel like this exemption proposed in this bill is extremely premature for the technology, which
• Um perhaps we do need to establish a new regulatory structure for these types of emerging technology
• Um, I feel like this exemption proposed in this bill is extremely premature for the technology, which
• These crafts fly about 30 to technology.
• , residents in film, media, technology, residents in film, media, technology, trades,<04:38:26.240

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Clearly, these are proven technologies.
• <08:28:39.680> we replacing them with the technologies we replacing them with the technologies
• technologies has also dropped technologies has also dropped dramatically.<08:30:34.000> And
• ,<08:30:39.840> longer technologies have less overhead, longer technologies have less overhead
• Number nine, the true cost technologies.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It would just be a simple mandate that the technology exist.
• It would just be a simple mandate that the technology exist.
• simple mandate the technology exist. simple mandate the technology exist.
• <02:21:01.800> that Uh, there there are technologies that Uh, there there are technologies
• Technology fee, essentially.

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• We had an information session on assistive technology, accessing assistive technology through UNH.
• We had an information session on assistive technology, accessing assistive technology through UNH.
• :18:37.520> uh<01:18:37.760> some with that technology limitation, uh some with that technology
• information because of the technological information because of the technological um<01:23:33.199
• talking about is the ch technology talking about is the ch technology challenge<01:30:17.040>

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• As any parent knows, our children have access to unlimited amounts of technology, and a lot of that technology
• We are learning, unfortunately, the hard way, the harms that this technology can expose our children
• . ...and ensuring our kids are safe and that the future is one where they get to explore technology in
• Assembly Bill 2392 by Assembly Member Fong and others, an act relating to education and technology.
• Especially in high-need fields like healthcare, applied technology, and public service.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.