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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- The studies have shown, and we can submit those studies to the committee, that in other states, using
- Where the studies have shown, and we can submit those studies to the committee, in other states, using
- Where the studies have shown, and we can submit those studies to the committee, in other states, using
- The Road Safety Foundation of the UK released a study this week saying that vehicle speed is a critical
- Studies showed in that instance that there was a 62% reduction in excess speeding.
Summary:
The hearing focused on a broad package of traffic and roadway safety bills, with repeated emphasis on work zone safety, the Move Over law, automated enforcement, and protections for pedestrians, cyclists, and roadside workers. MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver strongly supported a bill allowing MassDOT vehicles to use blue flashing lights in limited work-zone settings, arguing that blue lights reliably slow drivers and could help address a rise in work-zone crashes and fatalities. District Attorney Marion Ryan, State Police representatives, and police association leaders supported a separate Move Over bill that would raise penalties for repeat violations and add an education component, citing officers and workers killed or injured roadside and saying the goal is deterrence and safer driver behavior rather than revenue.
A major portion of the hearing was devoted to automated enforcement bills for speed and red-light violations, including proposals for school zones, work zones, and broader local options. Senator Brownsberger and Senator Jalen argued that automated enforcement is needed because speeding and red-light running remain common while police traffic enforcement has declined, and they described the bills as civil, opt-in tools that issue tickets to vehicles rather than drivers. Supporters from WalkMass, T4MA, Safe Roads Alliance, MassBike, Medford officials, and other advocates cited fatal pedestrian crashes, neighborhood speeding, and the need to protect vulnerable road users, while also pointing to privacy and equity safeguards in the bills such as limits on photographs, data retention rules, public reporting, and local approval processes.
Several local and advocacy witnesses backed targeted camera programs. Senator Lovely and Representative Cruz supported a Salem school-zone camera bill, describing repeated violations around schools and buses. Medford officials and school-safety advocates supported a similar statewide camera bill, citing recent pedestrian deaths and dangerous cut-through traffic. AAA Northeast and the Massachusetts Aggregate and Asphalt Pavement Association also supported targeted enforcement in work zones and school zones, while urging public education and warning periods. Some witnesses raised concerns about the color of lights for highway workers, with State Police representatives preferring green over blue to avoid confusion with law enforcement, and committee members asked about constitutional issues, surchargeability, and possible targeting concerns. No votes were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education May 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I had mentioned the study about the long-term structure of community schools.
- I had mentioned the study about the long-term structure of community schools.
- So part of that study is also to look into what makes sense in terms of the long-term... ...is also to
- No, to clarify, so it's the $3 million is for a study to be done by an entity that is contracting with
- So they will help inform the study, but the reporting requirements are really, I think, established or
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill directs the committee to study the feasibility of constructing gasoline and petroleum refineries
- I believe we need to study different methods of our gasoline. Our prices.
- We need to study different methods of our gasoline. Our prices last year were very, very high.
- It's just a study committee. Any questions for the sponsor?
- on them, but from the perspective of what we're talking about, savings, it was interesting to see a study
Bills:
HB2099, HB2263, HB2264, HB2330, HB2341, HB2492, HB2757, HB2782, HB2843, HB2889, HB2912, HB2915, HB2918, HB4025, HB4100, HCR2020, HCR2057
Keywords:
water storage, long-term storage credits, groundwater management, drought contingency, Arizona water regulations, Colorado River, replenishment, groundwater savings facility, groundwater storage, underground water storage, active management area, irrigation non-expansion area, Arizona water law, water rights, water replenishment, recharge, water conservation district, multi-county water conservation district, CAP water, Central Arizona Project
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House environment panel considers HF3007 4/3/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Geological Survey has already completed water availability studies and represented the information at
- Geological Survey has already completed water availability studies and represented the information at
- Geological Survey has already completed water availability studies and represented the information at
- Geological Survey has already completed water availability studies and represented the information at
- Geological Survey has already completed water availability studies and represented the information at
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, ladies and gentlemen, I've got a novel here today: Capital Commission Bible Study.
- Today: Capital Commission Bible Study every Tuesday from 11:00 to 11:45.
- Are you having Bible study at 11:00? I want to be there to see who is going to show up.
- For what studies?
- I have not seen a study to show that that's effective, not showing that it's not effective.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm sure the committee may want to study other things, and I would certainly welcome that.
- Next up, we'll have Aaron Dome from LC cover the background memorandum regarding our study. Erin?
- It was amazing listening to those women who already have done studies on this.
- It was amazing listening to those women who already have done studies on this.
- They have a number of case studies that come out.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- legislators against all of our standing policy committees and to assemble them in one committee to study
- I'm sure the committee may want to study other things, and I would certainly welcome that.
- Next up, we'll have Aaron Dome from LC cover the background memorandum regarding our study. Erin?
- The chairman of the Legislative Management may assign additional studies and responsibilities to the
- It was amazing listening to those women who already have done studies on this.
Summary:
The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue.
Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches.
The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.
MN
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence Task Force 2025 (10-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- They've been well validated in legitimate scientific studies where the evidence shows that they can be
- studies mean.
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dopamine studies are indicating that dopamine studies are indicating that dopamine levels<00 - Um, and some studies indicate as many as 400 times per day.
- And we know that because of the studies that are coming out.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then heard testimony on the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and mental health settings. Representative Lisa Willner and Brenda Rosen of NASW Kentucky argued for “guard rails” on AI chatbots so they cannot present themselves as licensed therapists or replace school counselors, psychologists, or social workers. They said AI can support licensed professionals, but warned that chatbots cannot reliably recognize nonverbal cues, escalate crises, or provide accountable care, and they cited examples of harmful chatbot interactions, including a suicide case and a chatbot telling a user to “Please die.”
The witnesses also raised concerns about data privacy, commercialization of sensitive mental health conversations, and the use of personal clinical content to train AI models. They said minors should require parental consent and suggested transparency about how a chatbot is trained and who created it. They distinguished between unvetted consumer chatbots and AI tools that have been scientifically validated or approved as digital therapeutics, noting that some evidence-based tools may be useful for specific conditions such as depression, anxiety, or eating disorders.
Committee members asked whether regulation should be handled by the legislature or by professional boards, and whether a multi-state model would be preferable to 50 different state approaches. The witnesses generally favored expert-led standards and said a board or panel of experts could review and approve mental health chatbots, but members cautioned that boards can become too restrictive and that legislation should preserve flexibility and avoid discouraging children from seeking help. The discussion ended with a request for the witnesses to restate their proposed policy ideas, including privacy protections, bans on commercialization, limits on training AI with clinical content, transparency requirements, and informed consent.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Tue Jan 28, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- recommend conducting an in-depth study recommend conducting an in-depth study to<00:54:42.799>
- Rather than delaying a year to conduct a new study, we just recommend updating and standardizing the
- delaying a year to conduct a new study delaying a year to conduct a new study we<00:58:17.079>
- But if we did propose, if we did do a study, what would it entail?
- Would that do for the recommendation to look at it as a study?
Summary:
The Committee on Education heard several Department of Education-related bills and received extensive testimony on school meals and veteran diplomas. HB 628 would restore authority for the Department of Education to issue high school diplomas to veterans whose schooling was interrupted by World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The superintendent testified in support, explaining the authority had sunset in 2020 and describing the measure as a way to recognize veterans. No opposition or questions were raised, and the bill was left without further action in the excerpt.
The committee also heard HB 1074 and HB 110, both supported by the Department of Education and the School Facilities Authority. HB 1074 was described as a cleanup measure to clarify land-related language and make the statute more consistent across state agencies and DOE. HB 110 concerned benchmarking and the farm-to-school/local food effort; DOE and several supporters, including county councils, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the Hawaii Farmers Union, said the bill would help align metrics and support the 30% local food goal by 2030. Members questioned DOE about progress, and DOE said it was working on menus, procurement, and coordination with distributors and farmers. A Farm to School representative said the current bottleneck was poor communication with farmers and the need to bring them into planning earlier; DOE said it was still figuring out the process and that island-based procurement and separate RFPs were being explored.
HB 328, relating to school meals and local resource food and plant-based options, drew the most testimony. DOE testified with comments, and the Attorney General’s office suggested revisions to clarify that the bill would apply to both DOE and charter schools, to separate public and private funds if donations or grants are accepted, and to add standards if nonprofit or private entities receive public money. Supporters included HSTA, the Hawaii Public Health Institute/Farm to School Network, Climate Protection Hawaii, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, and numerous individuals and organizations. Supporters emphasized healthier school meals, student-requested plant-based options, support for local farms, and the 30% by 2030 goal. Some testimony urged more local purchasing and raised concerns about decentralization, while DOE said it was considering island-based procurement and separate contracts to better support local producers. No votes were taken in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The intent of the study, as I understand it, was to study the relationship between water and power usage
- Bad data, bad study, and everything, right?
- Our engineers are actively studying multiple technologies for future integration.
- Until we can get a third-party study on the effects of our water and our environment.
- We must make more restrictions and time to study the existing...
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HLT/HSH Joint Public Hearing - Fri Feb 7, 2025 @ 8:30 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill ignores scientific concerns surrounding mRNA injections, which studies have linked to heart
- This bill ignores scientific concerns surrounding mRNA injections, which studies have linked to heart
- the Mulla Foundation five studies the Mulla Foundation five studies including<02:49:38.760>
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by cdc's own and fda's and CDC Studies by cdc's own and fda's and CDC Studies - repeatable evidence-based studies repeatable evidence-based studies showing<03:03:46.680>
the
Summary:
The joint hearing opened with House Bill 1462 on crisis services. Testimony from the Department of Law Enforcement, the Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Department of Health supported expanding behavioral health crisis services as an alternative to arrest or incarceration. Witnesses said additional crisis sites would help divert people in mental health crisis to appropriate care, and the Department of Health described its current crisis center in Ewa, including the need for renovations such as a padded room and the time required to get the facility operational. In response to questions, the department estimated the Ewa center’s budgeted cost at about $4.3 million, not including rent or startup repairs, and said a second site’s cost would depend on whether it was freestanding or attached to an existing facility.
The committee then heard House Bill 700 on cognitive assessments. The Executive Office on Aging supported the bill’s intent but asked that it be amended to make assessments optional rather than mandated, to pilot the program first, and to allow flexibility in handling HIPAA-protected data. SHPDA also supported the measure but said it should not be mandatory and suggested that payers reimburse for assessments when requested by patients, families, or physicians. The Alzheimer’s Association and caregivers strongly supported standardizing cognitive assessments to improve early detection and access to newer treatments, while noting the existing opt-out provision. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the bill but asked that the age 65 threshold be removed because cognitive decline can begin much earlier for people with Down syndrome, autism, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and related conditions. In response to a question, the Office on Aging said a pilot project could likely be done for about $150,000, with data security being the main added cost.
The final bill discussed was House Bill 237 on peer support programs. Testimony from Family Hui Hawaii, Early Childhood Action Strategy, peer support workers, and families described peer-to-peer programs as a cost-effective way to reduce isolation, strengthen families, and provide long-term community support. Speakers said these programs help parents and caregivers navigate crises, child welfare involvement, addiction recovery, and other challenges, and can have lasting benefits for children’s development and family stability. Several witnesses tied the bill to broader state goals, including infant and early childhood mental health, trauma-informed care, and child welfare reform. Written testimony from about a dozen organizations and individuals was also noted in support.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- If we're asking DFS to do a study here, I would also like them to do a study on the risks.
- If we're asking DFS to do a study here, I would also like them to do a study on the risks.
- So at the same time that we're doing this study, I would love that same feedback from DFS saying, hey
Summary:
The Senate Banking Committee met with Chair James Sanders Jr. and reviewed a full agenda of banking-related bills. Early action included approval of a bill requiring licensed check cashers to file suspicious activity reports, and a bill on civil penalties for fraud or misrepresentation in financial products or services, though several members objected to removing the intentionality standard and warned it could broaden enforcement too far and discourage lending in New York. The committee also advanced a bill prohibiting fees for periodic paper statements, a bill on asset-based lending transactions, and a bill requiring reporting of suspected financial exploitation.
Members spent substantial time on a bill regulating automated lending decision tools. The sponsor and chair said the measure would allow AI use but require a human review or appeal if a borrower is denied, while some senators raised concerns about competitiveness for state-chartered banks and possible overlap with existing human oversight. The bill was reported out and referred to the Internet and Technology Committee for further review. The committee also approved a DFS study bill on the financial stability and licensing of the check-cashing industry, with a suggestion that the study also examine risks of expanding the industry.
A major discussion centered on the “Deep Protection Act,” aimed at preventing foreclosures tied to deed theft. The sponsor described cases involving elderly homeowners and fraudulent transfers, while opponents argued the bill was vague, could create unintended consequences or private litigation, and might affect only a small share of mortgages because it applies to state-chartered institutions. The sponsor said the bill would be amended and noted interest in related county clerk reforms. The committee ultimately sent the bill to Judiciary. The final bills addressed mortgage payment schedule fees and unsolicited mail loan checks; both were approved. The meeting ended after the chair emphasized open debate and committee review as part of improving legislation.
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Transcript Highlights:
- , those variables that, yeah, and that's just from what we found in each state, the 2025 Sor asset study
- Yes, and the study that we, the economic study from Doctor Jane Ven Noor, was brought over by former
- I have a binder folder of her huge review here of her study. That's the last. OK, welcome to this.
- So, she just brought over the study, saying that it was time to properly review the guidelines.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 28, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is extraordinary to think that I am the 19th in our line of sovereigns, to study with daily attention
- more than 2,300 scholarships have been awarded, opening doors for Americans from all walks of life to study
- more than 2,300 scholarships have been awarded, opening doors for Americans from all walks of life to study
- more than 2,300 scholarships have been awarded, opening doors for Americans from all walks of life to study
- more than 2,300 scholarships have been awarded, opening doors for Americans from all walks of life to study
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Feb 20th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- Mental Disabilities Study Subcommittee. Hang on, we're still on Game and Fish.
- The Hospital, Medicaid, and Developmental Disability Study Committee met Thursday to hear testimony on
- There is no other new business, no other interim study proposals. No business carried over.
- There is no other new business, no other interim study proposal. Member, seeing no questions.
- There is no other new business, no other interim study proposals. No business carried over.
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a monthly revenue report from the Bureau of Legislative Research. The report showed gross general revenue collections up year to date and net general revenue above forecast, with the increase attributed in part to income tax growth, a fiscal-year shift, and lottery-related collections. Members asked no questions, and no action was required on the revenue report.
Several subcommittee reports were then presented and adopted, including executive, administrative rules, game and fish/state police, hospital/Medicaid/developmental disability, occupational licensing, PEER, revenue, state insurance programs, and personnel. The executive report noted a waiver request for Jackson County School District construction services and an audit with no findings. The administrative rules report covered agency directives, rulemaking updates, and a few rules pulled for later consideration. The revenue subcommittee held one District 4 tire removal contract until its next meeting, while the state insurance subcommittee reviewed the EBD contract with Boston Consulting Group and approved pharmacy formulary and drug recommendations.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the State Insurance Department’s examination of pharmacy benefit managers, especially Navitus Health Solutions. Commissioners and staff explained that Navitus objected to producing certain claims data for self-funded plans, raising an ERISA preemption argument, and that the matter was being set for an administrative hearing, likely in April. Members questioned compliance, due process, and the implications of the objection, while the department said the state initiated the examination and was continuing to seek resolution. The committee also reviewed an Arkansas Teacher Retirement System agreement, with one member noting a potential conflict and abstaining. The meeting ended after members reviewed additional reports with no further action and adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- as I said, we're collaborating with the other agencies that work on water, and we ourselves are studying
- Um, your study from, I think it was November.
- The, um, I believe the prior requirement that you referenced is uh, a part of that same allocation study
- OK, so we're still studying the question.
- I mean, so what is the, what is your plan for, um, completing the study on the single market clearing
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THERE ARE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE A FAIL FIRST POLICY
- OUR CLIENT HAS TAKEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS STEPS TO CONDUCT CONFERENCES STUDY RANGING FROM 2017
- WE HAVE THAT STUDY, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE IT AND WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT TO MEMBERS THAT HAVE
- THE STUDY PENDING ACCEPTANCE INTO A MEDICAL JOURNAL WITH ANTICIPATED PUBLICATION IN THE FALL OF 2025
- THE STUDY SHOWS OVERALL EXPENDITURES WERE LOWER IN FLORIDA DUE TO LESS RESOURCE USE.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2021, a study costs are not trivial.
- <00:41:06.400>
Cervical throughout the study period. - Cervical throughout the study period.
- Studies show that when insurance covers IVF, health outcomes improve for mothers and babies.
- Studies show that when insurance covers IVF, health outcomes improve for mothers and babies.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Social Studies and creates a full semester economics course option.
- In social studies.
- I don't believe it is when you get to social studies in and you know social studies isn't important subject
- Social studies requires three credits.
- The student was studying police response times to campuses.
Bills:
HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222
Keywords:
mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention