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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chamber of Progress is the tech industry coalition working to advance the future of technology and
- In another five to ten years, we might be going to sodium-ion technology, so they might be taking them
- This bill will also facilitate the responsible growth of a dispatchable energy technology that is incredibly
- agreement, we think this is a good bill that will allow a lot of Texans to take advantage of these new technologies
- My name is Zach Dell, and I'm the co-founder and CEO of BASE Power, which is an energy technology company
Bills:
HB346, HB1360, HB1510, HB1606, HB1804, HB1805, HB2156, HB2391, HB2767, HB3022, HB3044, HB3272, HB3293, HB3493, HB3809, HB3824, HJR110, HB2463
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Mar 24th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- They've done a great job putting this together and managing. the technology as well.
- We just require skills in technology, skills as maintenance mechanics, electricians, etc.
- maintenance mechanic. program and how many of you can work on your cars today with all the computer technology
- Industry is now driven by technology.
- They're going to be replaced by highly skilled... jobs that require, really STEM jobs that require technology
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But we also have incredible potential to grow, whether it's embracing new technology or strengthening
- disease traceability, communications, financial services and purchasing, human resources. information technology
- Also, we have a new technology that is starting to show up on Texas farms that is going to give us the
- So that's a lot of the new technology that is happening. across the state so as I mentioned Texas Dairy
- impact of water shortages such as low interest loans or grants. for on-farm water conservation technology
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are very leading forward in technology and DNA. And I just want to put that out there.
- And then I think for probably all of us, but for a court system certainly, technology has been transformative
- And the challenge is being able to keep up with technology and manage cases that are now electronically
- Technology has been transformative, and the challenge is being able to keep up with technology and manage
Summary:
The Justice Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the justice budget and the major agencies within it. Chair Maney explained that the committee would hear broad presentations rather than detailed budget questions, and the first panel included the Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections, Commission on Offender Review, Department of Law Enforcement, Office of the State Courts Administrator, and the Attorney General’s Office. Each agency described its mission, staffing, budget, and major responsibilities, with repeated emphasis on public safety, rehabilitation, staffing shortages, technology needs, and the importance of mental health services and education in reducing recidivism.
Secretary Hall described DJJ’s prevention-to-aftercare continuum, including civil citation, detention, probation, and residential commitment programs, and highlighted reductions in juvenile arrests and commitments. Secretary Dixon said DOC’s biggest issues are staffing, overtime, and inflation, while noting progress in education, reentry, and a low recidivism rate. FDLE Commissioner Glass outlined the agency’s investigative, forensic, intelligence, and protective functions, including work on fentanyl enforcement and crime reporting systems. The State Courts Administrator emphasized the judiciary’s constitutional role, case volume, and challenges in providing interpreters, experts, and technology support. Chief Deputy Attorney General Guard described the office’s litigation, criminal appeals, consumer protection, and opioid recovery work, especially defending state laws and recovering opioid settlement funds.
Members then asked questions about prison conditions, immigration enforcement, court filing fees, crime reporting, staffing ratios, and transnational gangs. Agency leaders responded that they were not aware of ICE contracts in some cases, that FDLE works with immigration authorities and detention facilities under existing authority, and that filing fees are a legislative policy decision. The committee also heard from the Justice Administrative Commission, prosecutors, public defenders, guardian ad litem, regional conflict counsel, and capital collateral regional counsel, who focused on indigent representation, dependency and death penalty cases, and persistent staffing and retention problems. No votes were taken, and the meeting concluded after the presentations and questions.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This is our Labor and Technology Committee hearing. It's 3:00.
- Labor and Technology agenda. We have one item. We do now have a quorum.
Summary:
The Senate Labor and Technology Committee met on April 17, 2026, and considered HCR 112, which asks the Department of Human Resources Development to work with state departments, agencies, and labor organizations to complete a comprehensive review of classification and compensation systems for civil service positions. DHRD, represented by Malia Donlon on behalf of Director Chiba, testified in support, and HGEA also supported the measure. No opposition was noted.
The committee initially recessed to obtain a quorum before taking action. After reconvening, the chair recommended passing HCR 112 unamended. The committee voted to adopt the recommendation, with the chair, Vice Chair Lamosao, and Senator Fevella voting aye; Senators Ihara and Moriwaki were excused. The meeting then adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And there are a number of short-term engineering technology programs as well.
- And there are a number of short-term engineering technology programs as well.
- You see a lot in the technology areas that we're not providing.
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areas You see a lot in the technology areas You see a lot in the technology - technology? technology?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/9/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- our committee that really opened up the eyes of where should that salary cap be, where should the technology
- worked, uh, in sales and you don't know how the formula or the algorithm or the methods or the technology
- worked, uh, in sales and you don't know how the formula or the algorithm or the methods or the technology
- worked, uh, in sales and you don't know how the formula or the algorithm or the methods or the technology
- Technology non-competes are actually underinclusive because if there is information that they're worried
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2026-04-15
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
- Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
- Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
- Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
- technology changes that need to come up. technology changes that need to come up.
Keywords:
child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- We also need to consider advancement technology funding.
- We also need to consider advancement technology funding.
- . the governor had technology funding. the governor had provided<00:18:54.320>
a <00:18:54.559> - Speaker, this is the advancement technology appropriation, again, $1 billion that was appropriated by
- Well, only when we do the ENT advancement technology allocation?
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you know, technology in 20 years has come a long way.
- I think maybe we're not there in the department, but I think technology is there.
- The technology is there.
- But I also see that evolving with technology, and I'm guilty of it.
- So to answer your question, I think you have to evolve and you have to move with technology.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (11-12-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- How do we use technology and innovation to fill some gaps?
- How do we use technology and look like?
- All those technology telehealth?
- Langford didn't touch on, that showed five things, is all the technology stuff.
- Langford didn't touch on, that showed five things, is all the technology stuff.
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board received a presentation from Dr. Stack and Commissioner Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for a federal Medicaid-related funding opportunity tied to House Resolution 1. They described a compressed six-week stakeholder process that produced more than 50 responses and letters of support, and said the application was organized around five broad priorities: maternal health, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, EMS/trauma response, and chronic disease. They emphasized that the proposal was designed to align with CMS goals, use allowable funding categories, and focus on sustainability rather than a short-term grant.
Commissioner Langfeld outlined five core initiatives: rural community hubs for chronic care innovation, beginning with obesity and diabetes; a maternal and infant health effort called POWER; a behavioral health and substance use model called IMPATH; an oral health initiative called Rooted in Health; and an integrated crisis-to-care EMS and trauma response effort. He said the chronic disease work would include prevention, food-as-medicine concepts, and technology tools, while the maternal health effort would expand team-based care around mothers and infants using community health workers and doulas. The behavioral health proposal would build on existing crisis intervention models, oral health would address workforce and access gaps through training, mobile vans, and telehealth, and the EMS proposal would better connect emergency response with home-based and community care.
Several senators questioned whether the proposal would meaningfully address rural hospital closures or the broader rural health care crisis. Senator Meredith said the plan was not transformational and would not save rural hospitals, while Senator Berg asked how success would be measured. In response, the presenters said they would use both lagging and leading indicators, with an emphasis on rapid-cycle feedback and data use that is more actionable in real time. They also said the work could help existing models that already show promise, such as behavioral health units and dental workforce expansion, even if it would not solve the larger funding gap created by HR1.
Senator Douglas asked how the proposals would motivate patients to participate in their own health care. The presenters responded that the chronic disease prevention work would focus on obesity, diabetes prevention, nutrition, and consumer-facing technology tools to help people engage in their own care, and that EMS-community health worker partnerships could identify unmet needs in the home and reduce preventable problems. The board then moved on to its next agenda item, Medicaid managed care delivery models, with Tom Stevens, Katherine North, and Dr. Patel scheduled to present.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and new programs in training for agricultural technology.
- Read the next bill: Senate Bill 7026, a bill to be entitled: An act relating to information technology
- Senator of the 31st District, Senator Harrell, you're recognized. ...into information technology.
- ASSET will also house the state chief technology procurement officer with an entire division dedicated
- Senate Bill 7026, a bill to be entitled: An act relating to information technology.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding.
Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
SPEED Task Force (STF) - Tue Jan 6, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We also value the recommendations to fund a study to look at new technologies, as this could be a key
- We also value the recommendations to fund a study to look at new technologies, as this could be a key
- at new technologies at new technologies um<01:36:58.480>
as <01:36:58.800>this <01: - To me, innovative wastewater technology is very revolutionary and moving the needle in this topic.
- emerging technologies. emerging technologies.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 19th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As technological capacity continues to grow and new tools are introduced into the mental health space
- Clinicians across the nation have raised alarm bells about the risks of these technologies, prompting
- Modern vehicle glass now includes advanced technologies and components that require specialized installation
- Thanks to my team for working the last two years to work with industry as the technology continues to
- Technology, including AI, has a role, but there are currently no real guardrails on how it can be used
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill requiring safeguards for underage social media users - Pt. 1 5/12/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We feel like um we felt like because technology is constantly changing, there may be better and better
- We feel like um we felt<00:04:31.720>
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is felt like because technology is felt like because technology is constantly - This is a subject, AI, social media, the technology that we're using, and the way it's reshaping what
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that AI, social media, the technology that AI, social media, the technology
Summary:
The House took up House File 4138, a bill establishing requirements for social media platforms regarding accounts for minors. Rep. Scott explained the bill and an A10 amendment that made several changes, including aligning with Senate language, adding transparency about age-estimation processes, changing the covered-platform revenue threshold, tightening privacy settings for child accounts, and strengthening limits on the sale or disclosure of data collected for age estimation. The A10 amendment was adopted by voice vote.
Rep. Bonner then offered A11 to raise the bill’s age threshold from under 16 to under 18 and to replace references to “child” with “minor,” arguing that 18 is the clearer legal age of consent and would better protect 16- and 17-year-olds. Rep. Scott and others opposed the change, saying the bill was designed around First Amendment concerns and that 16 was a more workable cutoff; the amendment failed on a roll call, 15 yeas to 111 nays. A subsequent A13 amendment by Rep. Smith, as amended by A17 from Rep. Myers, added a requirement that platforms review publicly available user-generated content and report potential mass-violence threats to the state fusion center with immediate reporting language. Scott objected that the new language had not had hearings, but the Myers amendment to the amendment was adopted, 83 yeas to 47 nays. Rep. Greenman then offered A18 to tie the discussion to broader gun violence prevention and assault weapons, arguing social media measures alone were insufficient; Rep. Finke spoke in support of broader harm-reduction efforts and the amendment’s intent. The transcript ends while discussion of A18 is still underway, with no final vote shown on that amendment or on final passage of the bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- so several years ago, by statute, we created an IT council within the Department of Information Technology
- , and it has a variety of responsibilities relating to technology in the state.
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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- It would make it a misdemeanor based upon the technological changes that we clearly see going on in society
- The challenge is not the technology itself, but the lack of oversight.
- We're an electronic monitoring manufacturer and provider of services and technologies across the country
- We're an electronic monitoring manufacturer and provider of services and technologies across the country
- At that time, based on the technology that we had, after I called my supervisor and law enforcement,
Summary:
The committee first handled several housekeeping items, voluntarily deferring HB 123, HB 255, and HB 994 without objection. It then took up SCR 3 by Senator Brock Myers, which would delay and revise implementation of a state police rule affecting criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and certain health care workers. After adopting Amendment Set 434 to remove a provision involving parish and local law enforcement checks, the committee reported SCR 3 as amended favorably. The committee also heard HB 978 by Rep. Lecombe, which as amended raises the population threshold for municipalities required to remit certain special costs to the District Indigent Defender Fund from under 5,000 to under 9,000; with support from the town of Addis and related stakeholders, the bill was reported favorably as amended.
The committee then considered HB 967 by Rep. Moore, which sought to remove language limiting parole eligibility for certain pre-July 2, 1973 life-sentenced offenders to those who had pleaded guilty, thereby allowing a small group of elderly inmates convicted at trial to seek parole consideration. Supporters argued the bill would only create an opportunity for review, not release, and cited rehabilitation and fairness concerns; opponents, including district attorneys and corrections officials, argued the 2022 law already addressed the intended group and that the current bill would reopen cases involving serious violent crimes. After extended debate, the motion to report HB 967 favorably failed on an 8-3 vote.
Finally, the committee took up HB 1107 by Rep. Melerine, a bill on determining intellectual disability in capital cases. The bill, as amended, raised the burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence, set an IQ threshold framework, required expert reports and Daubert-type reliability review, and limited the article to post-conviction capital cases. The Attorney General’s office and district attorneys supported the bill as a way to create clearer procedures and speed resolution of Atkins claims, while criminal defense lawyers, disability advocates, clergy, and medical experts opposed it as inconsistent with current clinical standards and potentially unconstitutional, warning that rigid IQ cutoffs and presumptions could wrongly expose people with intellectual disabilities to execution. The transcript ends during closing remarks on HB 1107, with no final committee vote shown.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As a technology trade association, we strongly believe in the power of technology to expand opportunity
- We strongly believe in the power of technology to expand opportunity and enhance learning in meaningful
- This approach is not about limiting technology. It's about using it thoughtfully.
- And that is where TechNet and our member companies believe that technology, when used thoughtfully, should
- This bill ensures that technology remains a tool to support education rather than compete with it.
Summary:
The committee heard several education-related bills, with the most extensive discussion focused on AB 2189, AB 2615, AB 2496, AB 1750, and AB 1644. AB 2189 would create an $800,000 grant program through the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to support a statewide parent network for special education advocacy and training. Supporters said families need stronger coordination and information to navigate special education, while an opponent argued the bill could duplicate existing family-led organizations. The bill passed 6-0 and was sent to Appropriations, held on call for add-on votes.
AB 2615, a cleanup bill to AB 715 on antisemitism and instructional materials, drew the most controversy. The authors said it was intended to clarify prior commitments by removing references to professional responsibility standards, refining the “factually accurate” language, and clarifying how discriminatory materials are handled. Supporters said it would help protect students from discrimination, while many educators, civil rights groups, and other organizations opposed it unless amended, warning that the factual-accuracy language could chill teaching and be applied too broadly. The committee chair and members raised concerns about implementation but ultimately supported moving the bill forward; it passed 5-0 and was held on call.
AB 2496 would streamline school accountability reporting by making the California School Dashboard the primary transparency tool, phasing out the School Accountability Report Card over time, and making mid-year LCAP reporting optional. Supporters said this would reduce duplication and administrative burden while preserving access to key data; opponents worried families could lose the simplicity and accessibility of the current SARC and that the mid-year update still serves an important purpose. The bill was approved 3-0 and held on call. AB 1750, which would extend full salary for an additional five months for school employees who exhaust sick leave due to illness or injury, was supported as a dignity and retention measure but opposed by administrators over staffing and cost concerns; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. AB 1644 would require a bell-to-bell smartphone ban in TK-8 and recommend it for high school, with exceptions for instructional and safety needs; supporters said phones are harming attention and learning, while opponents argued districts had just adopted local policies and needed more flexibility. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of the things that come forth from these things, when you marry all the technological advances
- And I can tell you that over time our technology will only continue to advance.
- And so there could be slam-dunk evidence as technology advances that will allow many of these bad guys
- When you think about the evolution of DNA technology, that type of evidence has come leaps and bounds
- To think about how those things are going to come into play now as technology continues to advance.
Keywords:
sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:35 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- He said there are nearly 20 customers waiting for the security technology, and on average it takes about
- Businesses need certainty around installation of systems and technology like this.
- In order to operate businesses need certainty around the installation of systems and technology like
- The world's foremost experts have tested this technology and determined it is safe.
- This security technology prevents property crime at no cost to taxpayers, cities, or the state.