Video & Transcript Research : 'Technology'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Feb 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS PRIVILEGES, OR BOTH PRIMARY WILL BE ABOUT IT AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF
- THE NEXT CATEGORY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS PRIVILEGES.
- WE ALSO HAD SIX COLLEGES THAT HAD CONTROL DEFICIENCIES RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS PRIVILEGES
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Education (11-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, technology perhaps not my you.
- Uh this is a program that is technology based, which most kids enjoy.
- <00:21:07.679>
So using it on a techn technology basis. - So using it on a techn technology basis.
- Frankly, it's rarely mention technology.
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:04
Approval of Minutes – 0:03:57
United Way of Southern Kentucky –0:04:30
Preschool Education – 0:36:46
School Safety Updates – 1:01:41
Kentucky Association of School Superintendents – 1:41:47
Educational Cooperatives – 1:55:18
Adjournment – 2:07:37, 958, all
Summary:
The committee opened its sixth meeting of the 2025 Interim Joint Committee on Education, confirmed a quorum, recorded attendance votes, and approved the minutes. Chair Lewis reminded presenters to keep remarks brief because of the full agenda and limited time. The first presentation was from United Way of Southern Kentucky, with Anne Puckett, Craig Browning, and Warren County Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton introducing a regional early childhood initiative.
The presenters argued that kindergarten readiness and early childhood support are critical to later academic and life outcomes. They cited research and statistics about brain development in the first five years, the effects of unprepared kindergarten entry, and links between low literacy, school discipline, dropout rates, and incarceration. They said their region’s readiness scores fell during COVID and after a tornado, and that the most effective response was in-home parent education to help families support children from birth to age five. They described the model as voluntary, community-based, and not requiring new buildings, and said similar programs have been successful in Missouri.
The group said it had already raised more than $1 million in private donations and committed three years of funding for four additional staff, expanding service in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties. They requested $600,000 per year for the next two-year budget cycle to add 12 more educators, serve about 360 families and 660 additional children, and build evidence for a possible statewide model. Members generally expressed support for the concept, with Representative Tipton and Representative Jackson discussing a prior home-based preschool pilot and the importance of starting early. Representative Calloway questioned whether increased family chaos and government involvement justified the approach; presenters responded that the program uses community educators, not a government-run organization, and is aimed at helping overwhelmed families. Representative Stalker asked about eligibility and early intervention, and presenters said the program serves children from birth to age five and can help identify needs early enough to connect families with services such as First Steps.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, that's one thing, but we also have to start looking at the technology that we are not using in
- Well, that's one thing, but we also have to start looking at the technology that we are not using in
- Start looking at the technology that we are not using in New Hampshire at all.
- about using some newer Technologies about using some newer Technologies where<01:29:57.000>
we - Waste, and hopefully we can use the best technology available to minimize the amount of that.
Summary:
The Solid Waste Subcommittee met to discuss proposed amendments to HB 171 and HB 215. For HB 171, Representative Gerna outlined technical changes to a landfill moratorium bill: DES would be allowed to accept applications only to review them for completeness, a notwithstanding clause would override automatic approval timing rules, the word “fully” would be removed, and an unnecessary reference to perennial water bodies would be deleted. Members raised concern about whether applications deemed complete during the moratorium would still have to comply with later changes in law or rule. Director Mike Whap of DES said applicants would likely need to amend applications if policy changes occurred, and suggested the bill could explicitly state that later changes apply to pending applications. The subcommittee generally supported the revised language and agreed the amended bill could go directly to executive session, though one member said the underlying legislation was ill-advised but preferred the amended version over the original.
The committee then turned to HB 215, which would create a two-stage landfill siting review centered on a “net public benefit” determination before full technical review. Representative Gerna explained that the amendment would define net public benefit, require an independent third-party assessment paid for by the applicant, and set up a process for selecting the contractor from a list submitted by the applicant, with DES and the host community involved and the commissioner choosing if no agreement is reached within 60 days. Members asked how “host community” would be defined; DES said it would generally mean the municipal governing body, though that body could appoint others. The amendment also broadened the factors considered in both harms and benefits, including human health, property values, tourism, recreation, wildlife, local economic benefits, and infrastructure improvements.
The discussion also added a provision directing DES to consult with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Business and Economic Affairs, and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as needed when reviewing the third-party assessment. Director Whap said interdepartmental consultation is normal and that DES would likely adopt rules to guide the process. Members questioned whether the new framework would be too vague or burdensome for applicants, but Whap said it would not be designed to stack the deck against applicants and that the process should provide clearer, more balanced criteria. No votes were taken during the meeting, and the subcommittee appeared to continue refining the amendment language before further action.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And so initiative five invests heavily in technology and infrastructure to build that financial stability
- And so initiative five invests heavily in technology and infrastructure to build that financial stability
- And so initiative five invests heavily in technology and infrastructure to build that financial stability
- And so initiative five invests heavily in technology and infrastructure to build that financial stability
- <01:19:16.800>
or <01:19:17.120>techniques if there's new technology or techniques
Bills:
HF1925
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development, February 11, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- >> the technology is working. >> the technology is working. >> Okay.
- And then we'll be off and running with Carbon Geo Capture with this really exciting technology.
- This technology would also apply to natural gas.
- And hopefully that technology bears out. It's a Wyoming company.
- hopefully that technology bears out. hopefully that technology bears out.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The National Weather Service is currently using what's called S-band technology.
- that was uh the the s-band uh technology that was uh the the in<00:21:43.919>
the <00:21:44.919 - These radars, if for some reason some other sensor or technology went offline, because we have a full
- <00:37:14.119>
went <00:37:14.440>offline sensor or technology went offline sensor - This is particularly concerning with their safety and security with the rise of digital technology.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the ranking member on the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, where I've been for this
- Many of our fiscal notes on science, technology, and energy this year have left much to be desired.
- our fiscal notes on science technology our fiscal notes on science technology and<00:21:00.159><
- Those are both technologies for converting the wind and the sunshine into energy.
- mean the Technologies um the Technologies<00:40:19.960>
for <00:40:20.119>converting <00
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years.
Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers.
Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to embrace the new technology.
- We need to embrace the<02:28:02.280>
new <02:28:02.480>technology. - the new technology. the new technology.
- But in addition to that, technologies.
- saying, "Current electric bus technology saying, "Current electric bus technology is<03:33:07.400
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award.
The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting.
Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits.
House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Companies compare states when deciding where to place new equipment, facilities, or technology.
- competitive, predictable, and most importantly, open for investment. equipment, facilities, or technology
- . equipment, facilities, or technology.
- emerging technology, in emerging labor. emerging technology, in emerging labor.
- <01:11:41.440>
and use to develop our new technologies and use to develop our new technologies
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I love privacy and uh started doing some research and what I found out is that there is a technological
- There you are. this technology um to inspect fiber this technology um to inspect fiber optic<00:44:24.160
- So, you know, how would you be requiring— >> I'm no technological master.
- <01:07:45.039>
I <01:07:45.200>just >> I'm no technological master. - I just >> I'm no technological master.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/04/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to be upfront with you on our technology.
- piece of fishing game is one technology piece of fishing game is one of<01:03:14.000>
my <01:03 - <01:03:22.920>
however with you on our technology however with you on our technology however - >
so <01:03:25.400>I'm technology costs money and so I'm technology costs money and so - You need pretty extensive stormwater controls and sometimes special technology.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Status of Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't use any technology such as implants or hearing aids.
- I don't use any technology such as implants or hearing aids.
- Because I know that the PIT program, the Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology, I do believe
Summary:
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities subcommittee on Disability Employment approved the prior meeting minutes, welcomed new commission member Victoria Gill, and heard an opening quote on leadership before moving to presentations and planning. The main presentation was from Kristen Grip and Katie McCarthy of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Disability Alliance employee-led group, which described its mission to build an inclusive workplace through education, community-building, and advocacy. They discussed monthly disability-awareness programming, intersectional events, accommodation and accessibility efforts, internal ableism, universal design, and BCH’s recognition in the 2025 Disability Equality Index. They also described their own lived experience and emphasized that employees with disabilities should lead disability-related workplace efforts.
Committee members asked how to start a disability employee resource group and what external partnerships might help. The presenters said BCH’s HR diversity team helped launch the group over about a year, and members noted related resources, including a Work Without Limits guide and possible connections with Spalding Rehabilitation and other hospitals. The committee also discussed BCH’s continued support for disability inclusion work despite broader political pressure, and members praised the hospital’s efforts and offered to share additional contacts and resources.
The subcommittee then turned to possible collaboration with SEED, the State Exchange on Employment and Disability, on Massachusetts as a model employer and benefit cliff analysis work. Members agreed SEED could help with policy framing, comparative data, stakeholder education, and youth disability employment efforts, and they approved inviting SEED to brief the subcommittee in January or February. The group also discussed possible links to CAPE-Youth, Commonwealth HR and DEI offices, and a future partnership with the Office of the Veterans Advocate. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and approved.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- If confirmed, I'm eager to bring the operational and technology expertise I have built over my career
- So I see you have extensive experience in the technology side, different areas within state government
- Because of my background in technology and transportation and project management, those are skills that
Summary:
The Senate Executive Committee first considered several gubernatorial appointments. Heidi Gilmore was nominated to the Marijuana Appeals Commission and said her real estate and administrative-law background would help her support implementation of Delaware’s new marijuana framework. Lee Wynne Lynn and Ruth Tucker were both nominated to the Delaware River and Bay Authority Board; both emphasized long Delaware ties, public service, and experience in technology, transportation, and executive leadership, with committee members asking about modernization, cashless tolling, and potential conflicts of interest. Lindsay Alexic and Dr. Jennifer Hallman were nominated to the Professional Standards Board and described their classroom and administrative experience in Delaware public education, with discussion focused on supporting teachers, improving educator effectiveness, and helping schools address post-COVID classroom and student-support challenges. Jason Munion and F. Todd Collada were nominated to the Environmental Appeals Board; Munion cited his engineering and environmental background, while Collada noted his work as Milford’s mayor and a contractor. No votes on the nominations are reflected in the transcript excerpt.
The committee then moved to legislation. House Bill 364 would create a Delaware Entertainment Production Tax Credit for film, television, e-sports, and video game production, with a $10 million annual cap, audit and reporting requirements, a 2031 sunset, and a focus on verified in-state spending and Delaware hiring; the bill was circulated after no public comment. House Bill 437 was described as a technical corrections bill affecting certain municipal charters and requiring a three-quarters vote; it also drew no public comment. The committee approved the previously circulated minutes by motion and second.
House Bill 446 would reorganize the Delaware Forest Service chapter, consolidate authority in one section, and add definitions related to forests and urban forestry without creating new authority; House Amendment 1 was noted as clarifying existing authority for the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 180, the first leg of a constitutional amendment on voting, would limit felony-related voting loss to actual imprisonment or pardon, remove outdated residency and literacy provisions, update the voting age to 18, and eliminate a post-sentence voting ban; members raised a question about whether the change would apply retroactively, which was left for later clarification. No public comments were offered on the bills, and the committee adjourned after announcing written comments would be accepted for 24 hours.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- If you don't know, EAST is an acronym for Education Accelerated by Service and Technology.
- Don't know, EAST is Education Accelerated by Service and Technology is what it stands for.
- 235 Arkansas schools that empower students to solve real-world problems in their community using technology
Summary:
The committee first heard a Special Language Committee report from Senator McKee, who reported that the subcommittee adopted nine amendments related to Governor’s Letter 7 and 30, including amendments to HB 1005 and one sponsored by Senator Dismang. The committee then adopted the report and approved several items on the special language agenda, including HB 101 (Department of Corrections), HB 1017 (Department of Agriculture promotion boards), HB 1009 (Department of Public Safety), and SB 10 (Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Services). During discussion of SB 10, members questioned a $10 million unemployment insurance modernization item, and Commerce/DFA explained it was a continuation of existing funding rather than a new increase.
The meeting then turned to the Treasurer’s budget, where members raised concerns about prior and proposed salary increases in the office, especially the size of raises for senior staff compared with lower-paid employees. Committee members repeatedly asked whether the new appropriation would be directed to the investment team rather than top administrators, and whether special language could cap raises or otherwise limit how the money could be used. The Treasurer’s representative said the office was willing to discuss caps and that no final decisions on raises had been made, but several members remained dissatisfied and emphasized the need for the Treasurer himself to appear. Representative Lundstrum moved to hold the Treasurer’s budget, and the committee approved the hold.
After that, the committee referred items with special language to the special language process and then batch-approved a series of supplemental and reappropriation bills, followed by individual due-pass actions on multiple bills, including HB 1006, HB 1013, HB 1016, HB 1033, HB 1048, HB 1050, HB 1053, HB 1065, HB 1078, and several Senate bills such as SB 2, SB 14, SB 19, SB 26, SB 32, SB 42, SB 52, SB 53, and SB 74. Near the end, members discussed filing deadlines and the need to suspend rules for late special-language items, and Senator Irvin released a hold on HB 1064 before the meeting adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , by Representative Howard, relating to methods to improve health-profession-related career and technology
- Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission to review health profession-related career and technology
- .districts high-quality instructional materials for use in health profession-related career and technology
Bills:
HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381, HB178
Keywords:
Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise, religious literature, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament, ninth grade
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Aside from book and other media rentals, libraries are technologically capable, energy efficient, equipped
- old, that many require frequent expensive maintenance or lack the infrastructure to support new technology
- Texans deserve library facilities that are technologically capable, energy efficient, equipped with adequate
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- probation on governmental contracts with the Chinese companies for certain information, communications technology
- prohibition on government contracts with Chinese companies for certain information and communication technology
- relating to prohibited manufacture and sale of motor vehicles equipped with a remote vehicle disabling technology
IA
Transcript Highlights:
- bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, Technology
- for regional sports authority districts and Department of Health and Human Services information technology
Summary:
The House briefly convened for introduction of bills. Three appropriations measures were read for the first time: House File 2792, which would appropriate funds for the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, Technology Reinvestment Fund, and Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Fund and address related assistance and IT system matters; House File 2793, concerning the railway tracks, overpasses, and underpass fund; and House File 2794, establishing a grant fund for a nonprofit organization that provides sexual assault forensic examination centers. The bills were placed on the appropriations calendar and noted as ready for commitment and amendment where applicable.
No substantive debate or testimony occurred. Representative Stone moved that the House adjourn until Thursday, April 30 at 8:30 a.m. The motion carried by voice vote, and the House adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 1057 supports the recruitment and fair compensation of top talent in career and technology education
- Career and Technology Education, or CTE.
Bills:
HB1057
Keywords:
teacher salary, retirement benefits, career education, work experience credit, Texas Education Code
Summary:
The Senate committee met, established a quorum, and took up House Bill 1057, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Adam Hinojosa. Hinojosa explained that the bill would expand the amount of prior industry experience that can count toward TRS and salary step credit for career and technology education teachers, increasing the cap from two years to five years. He said the change is intended to help recruit and fairly compensate skilled professionals such as electricians, nurses, welders, and programmers, and to address teacher shortages beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
No members asked questions, and no one signed up to testify. The committee then voted to report HB 1057 favorably to the full Senate. The motion passed unanimously, 13 ayes and 0 nays, and the chair announced the committee would stand recessed subject to call.