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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/08/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- And on subdivision 7, the data that's collected, um, they are collect not all the data under this language
- Uh, there isn't any data provision in the other bill, and so how this data is kept I think is really
- Uh, there isn't any data provision in the other bill, and so how this data is kept I think is really
- Uh, there isn't any data provision in the other bill, and so how this data is kept I think is really
- </c> answer questions about data privacy. answer questions about data privacy.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 1st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The best data we have, a DOER study commissioned by a Republican governor, found that heat pumps are
- I hope Senator Eldridge's amendment passes, not because this question of data gathering is over.
- And, of course, let's look for more data. This is an objective study.
- And so there's been a lot of discussion here about we need more data, we need more information.
- Howard: data Senate tax printing. Question comes on adoption of the amendment.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's take a minute to consider the data.
- Let's take a minute to consider the data.
- I called AIB and just asked for the data, and we're going to get you more data, as Chris said, in the
- Do you have any data on that?
- Any data you can get...
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions.
A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations.
Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
OK 911 Management Authority Jun 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- June 19th, by end of day, the data must be into the repository.
- ... ...questions, data requests, and other NG911 GIS-related.
- Like Lance said, the very last page has some numbers and some data as far as visitors for the page.
- And that's going to be how vehicle data presents itself to the 911 dispatcher, in essence.
- And that's going to be how does vehicles, how does vehicle data present itself to the 911 dispatcher
Summary:
The Oklahoma 911 Management Authority met with a quorum and approved the April 2 minutes and the February, March, and April 2026 financial reports. Members then adopted the FY 2027 budget, which included a 5% staff increase, a reclassification for the 911-988 liaison/training coordinator role, a new GIS specialist position, increased funding for training, travel, cybersecurity training, recruitment, GIS repository work, and technology roadmap items. The budget also set aside funds for NG911 deployment, grant closeouts, and a $3 million reserve for a one-time PSAP distribution program.
The authority approved the $3 million one-time distribution to the 123 primary PSAPs and separately approved the distribution guidelines and priority list. The program will use the statutory population-and-land-area formula, with eligible uses focused on GIS Version 3 work, technology and equipment, and grant matching; salaries, construction, radio systems, OLETS, and mobile apps were excluded. The board also denied a hardship request from Washington County 911 to waive a 20% match for a radio console grant, finding the county had sufficient carryover and other funding sources.
Members approved an Oklahoma technical school in-person telecommunicator training curriculum and simulator that meets minimum training standards, and authorized a statewide 911 telecommunicator recruitment campaign with ICG Advertising for $249,820. The authority also approved a compliance action plan for PSAPs that had not completed GIS remediation and repository uploads, setting a June 19 deadline before notice and possible escrow proceedings. Several grant requests were approved, including projects for Adair, Grady, Harper, INCOG, McCurtain, Roger Mills, Pauls Valley, and Washington County, covering NG911 fiber, ADA furniture, equipment, feasibility work, recorder upgrades, and radio console improvements.
In committee and staff reports, members heard updates on 911 Day at the Capitol, the POP grant timeline, legislative activity, NG911 and GIS tools, cybersecurity training, operations committee work, 988 integration outreach, and statewide project progress. The coordinator also noted work on standards, NASNA leadership, and the need for PSAPs to obtain EM Grants logins ahead of the upcoming grant cycle. The meeting adjourned after no public comments or new business were offered.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Mar 23rd, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- studies of everything from sleep deprivation, the increase in cyberbullying, passive consumption of data
- They have data scientists who are looking at probability ratings to say, is this person likely a minor
- Whether that be, you know, things like them looking at behind the data to say, is this phone spending
- Whether that be, you know, things like them looking at behind the data to say, is this phone spending
- So I don't want those companies taking that data and then, one, it getting exposed to hackers or them
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on three sets of bills before adjourning: House Bill 1611, House Bill 2032, and House Bills 3393 and 2392. No votes were taken. HB 1611, sponsored by Representative Billington, would combat catalytic converter theft by requiring scrap buyers to record the vehicle identification number of the car the converter came from, in addition to existing seller ID requirements. The sponsor and a representative of the Recycled Materials Association supported the bill as a practical way to trace stolen converters; members asked how the VIN would be used to catch thieves, and the sponsor said it could help law enforcement track the source of a converter. No opposition testified.
HB 2032, the “Guard Act,” sponsored by Representative Schmidt, would require age verification for AI companions, require disclosure that the chatbot is non-human and not a professional, and prohibit AI systems from knowingly or recklessly encouraging minors toward sexually explicit content, suicide, self-injury, or violence. The sponsor cited cases involving harmful AI interactions with children and said the bill was intended to create guardrails, with possible language changes still under discussion. Support came from the Missouri Psychological Association and Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, while the Entertainment Software Association raised concern that the bill’s definitions might unintentionally cover video games and asked for clearer exclusions.
House Bills 3393 and 2392, sponsored by Representatives Mayhew and Murray, would restrict minors’ access to social media and impose parental consent, age verification, and limits on addictive design features, targeted advertising, and adult contact with children. The sponsors argued that social media is harming youth mental health and cited studies, lawsuits, and examples of cyberbullying and self-harm; they also suggested possible amendments on definitions, data handling, severability, and a fund for prevention efforts. Testimony in favor included a 12-year-old student describing bullying and its effects, as well as a pediatric/psychology advocate who recounted the Megan Meier case and supported stronger safeguards. Members questioned age verification, privacy, fake IDs, email accounts, and whether the bills should be broader or more narrowly tailored, but no formal action was taken.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill will short-circuit. users like data centers.
- Some of them are furious about the data center going up.
- From here to that wall, from a house to the data center would be just across the road.
- And we're finding out, you know what, data centers do not belong in neighborhoods.
- This bill is not about data centers. This bill is not about any use of electricity.
Keywords:
AHCCCS, lactation care, breastfeeding, health services, healthcare access, HB2324, fire code, fire marshal, state fire marshal, municipalities, cities and towns, county-owned buildings, county buildings, intergovernmental agreement, IGA, fire inspection, occupancy certificate, building inventory, local government, county government
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And then they showed me some data that 34-plus states have already passed these types of laws, that the
- It's a data-driven state. Declining and lower juvenile crime rates. It's a data-driven solution.
- and causation with how students respond to a moment of silence, but rather where there's empirical data
- That has significant data that it reduces anxiety, reduces behavioral outbursts with students.
- and causation with how students respond to a moment of silence, but rather where there's empirical data
Committee:
House Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 18th, 2026
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- And we've referenced this data at the bottom of our testimony.
- We also brought the data forward. We didn't want to interfere with any other boards.
- But if I go back, you know, we’re seeing, let’s say, with data centers now, large firms are coming in
- “What if a general contractor is building a data center in Springfield, and they have a firm in Ohio,
- and they’ve been designing their data centers?
Summary:
The Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing met in executive session and first approved House Bill 1963 by a 16-0 vote, then later revisited it and again voted do pass by consent, 19-0. The committee also approved a House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3129 by a 14-0 vote with two present, after discussion that the substitute clarified the use of the term “physician assistant” and required practice under Missouri statute.
In public hearing, House Bill 2300 was presented as a workforce bill creating a temporary two-year Missouri licensing path for experienced out-of-state workers whose prior states did not license their occupation. Supporters said it would help workers in fields such as makeup artistry and interior design enter the Missouri workforce without starting over, while still requiring passage of Missouri exams and excluding applicants with disciplinary issues. Some members raised concerns about the bill’s broad reach into Chapter 324 professions and whether it should be narrowed to avoid affecting highly regulated fields.
House Bill 1813 was then heard as a narrower “carve-out” for the Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects. The sponsor and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers said it would correct unintended consequences of a 2020 reciprocity law that had allowed some applicants who did not meet Missouri’s education or experience standards to be licensed; they cited data showing a significant number of reciprocity licenses issued since 2020. Opponents argued the bill would create barriers to work and give the board too much discretion, while supporters said it was needed to protect public safety and restore Missouri’s standards.
Finally, House Bill 2649 was heard to extend reciprocity to licenses from the United Kingdom. The sponsor said it was intended to strengthen Missouri’s relationship with the U.K. and help workers with U.K. credentials, but members and witnesses quickly noted that because the bill used Chapter 324 language, it could affect many professions, including medical fields. The Missouri State Medical Association opposed the bill unless health care professions were carved out, and committee members expressed confusion about the scope before the hearing concluded with no further action on the bill.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This involves data collection. It involves monitoring.
- The statewide IEP, our data analysis, reveals that one in three New Mexico students with...
- One data point that I'd like to point out is the tragically low workforce participation rate of people
- So, as in any management role, I oversee the data teams, our monitoring teams, our finance teams, as
- Every student in New Mexico already has multiple years of Lexile data.
Committee:
House House Education
Keywords:
teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:35 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- My concern is data protection, and how are we looking to have that enforced through this legislation,
- We follow existing data protection regulation governed by legislation that you all passed last year as
- And so we use the strongest protections around shareability of that data, including protections that
- The statewide IEP—we’ve learned through data analysis that students with disabilities have a slightly
- The data analysis reveals that one in three New Mexico high school students with disabilities change
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:05 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Sounds like we don't have good data on the Innovation Zones. Mr.
- It's a thicker piece of glossy paper that distinguishes that data reference section.
- The basic data and statistics and things, and it's nice that it shows increases in four-year graduation
- But questions about the data book?
- A table of contents for the data section.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jan 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It sounds like we don't have good data on the innovation. Mr. Chair, Representative, yes and...
- And you all have heard the data, but students who are in CTE programs graduated over 90% and we...
- It's a thicker piece of paper, glossy, that distinguishes that data reference. Section.
- But questions about the data book?
- Um, so I just noticed that you actually do have a table of contents for the data section.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I think when you went through the budget, I heard the word data repository.
- And I just wondered, is that the money that you mentioned in the budget for the creation of a new data
- Are we expanding the data?
- Because when we're collecting student data, my interest has peaked, or is it?
- The $3 million is to maintain and continue providing a centralized integrated data repository that I
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget and the Department of Education on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 education budget. Shelby Salmons outlined the overall budget framework, and Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsis highlighted major education investments, including $486 million for VPK, $30.6 billion for K-12 education, a $761.1 million increase in FEFP funding, the highest per-student funding level to date, and $201 million more for teacher pay flexibility. The presentation also emphasized school safety, mental health, civics education, and the Guardian Program, along with continued funding for TEACH, HIPPY, Help Me Grow, and civics debate and literacy initiatives.
Members asked about how the mental health allocation would be used, counselor staffing ratios, school closures and whether the department intervenes, oversight of school choice and voucher-funded schools, and the Guardian Program’s pay structure and effectiveness. Senators also raised concerns about the FISH school capacity report, data collection, teacher pay, professional development, AI and tutoring technology, and whether the budget adequately supports mental health services and school safety. The Commissioner said many funding decisions are left to districts, that the department stands ready to assist, and that the Guardian Program has been successful and expanded over time.
During public testimony, Pinellas County School Board member Laura Hine said her district spends far more on safety and mental health than it receives in state categorical funding, and urged the committee to consider full-day VPK funding, arguing it has improved third-grade reading outcomes in Pinellas. Senators followed up on district flexibility and local spending choices. The committee took no substantive vote on the budget presentation and adjourned after thanking the department for its recommendations and partnership.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, we get data from DHSMV that goes back to the 90s from motor voter.
- Every claim we make is backed by hard data from the state's own systems.
- Every claim we make is backed by hard data from the state's own systems.
- We are simply asking you to look at the data.
- We are simply asking you to look at the data.
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 62 by Senator Errington, which would create an enforceable requirement that partisan candidates meet the 365-day party affiliation or no-party registration requirement before qualifying. The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective date to upon becoming law, heard no opposition, and then approved the bill. The committee also approved a slate of 15 gubernatorial nominees en bloc and recommended them to the floor.
The Florida Supervisors of Elections presented their 2026 legislative priorities. Their requests included automatically updating voter records when DHSMV changes driver license numbers, treating verified petition signing by inactive voters as voter activity that restores active status, adding election equipment and ballots to the state’s critical infrastructure protections, clarifying public-records treatment of election worker names and addresses, allowing more flexibility for early voting sites when a supervisor’s office is not suitable, eliminating the need for provisional-ballot envelopes when polling hours are extended by emergency order, and allowing vote-by-mail voters to remain on the list for the next general election unless they opt out. Senators asked questions about inactive voter status, security implications, early voting site requirements, and vote-by-mail renewal, and several members expressed support or interest in the supervisors’ proposals.
During public testimony, several speakers urged stronger election-integrity measures, including proof of citizenship, tighter chain-of-custody controls, more hand-counting or manual audits, quarterly list maintenance, and reduced reliance on vote-by-mail and voting machines. They also criticized current audit systems and cited outside reports and research they said showed vulnerabilities in Florida’s election process. No additional committee action was taken after public testimony, and the meeting adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 11:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- THIS PROCESS USES BIOLOGICAL DATA ABOUT A SPECIES ALONG WITH SPECIFIC HABITAT AND CLIMATE PARAMETERS
- THE RESPONSE IS REQUIRED STAFF CONTRACTORS PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS USE THE DATA FROM THE REPORT TO REMOVE
- DATA COLLECTION FOR POPULATION MONITORING INCLUDES MORTALITY DATA, GENETIC SAMPLING, PHOTO ID, AND AERIAL
- ROBUST DATA ALLOWS FOR TARGETED MANATEE MANAGEMENT.
- STAFF ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH DP, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, AND THE COUNTY TO SUPPLY NECESSARY DATA
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Further, the council would need access to the data, the reporting of which may not be currently required
- As I look at the data, it's a fraud; it's an excuse for people to get subsidies to do various things
- If you look at the data on...
- Utilizing the data that the Commission has and determining different types of strategies that some of
- And once it starts, and the data starts coming in, the same startup is going to do one in Starr County
Committee:
House Energy Resources
Keywords:
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- with NAEP data.
- So we have preliminary outcomes data from a host of the pilot adoption districts, and the outcomes data
- But then by July, they will have uploaded their actual attendance data, their actual enrollment data,
- We haven't seen their claims data yet to know exactly how it will impact... of just census data, just
- Even if not, the data is compiled by our TPAs.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs May 5th, 2026
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- by MDAR through the new municipal data reporting requirements.
- And that's pretty much all we have from that data that we received. So if you have any questions.
- “So, those data—currently, the injury reports are only required to be going to the municipality.
- I do believe that having data is always helpful. I agree.
- I just want a central body for the data, not an additional responsibility for them.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Every data point on that screen is a successful survey.
- This data on the screen is what Lunisand collected with our GRT technology.
- We can calculate how much ore volume is within a... ...from our data set.
- Travis Hardy is our data scientist, and then Katrina is our director of marketing.
- So we can actually—it's a data science problem versus a physics one.
Bills:
SB1046
Keywords:
telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And I actually have the data, so I need you to understand that.
- And all I'm asking you is give me some data. Okay. I can email it to you.
- I'm just making sure that the next time you come up, that you have the data in front of you.
- That's the only one the data I could find through DOJ, ATF, and all the different states.
- I want to give some factual data. Okay?
Committee:
House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several Senate bills and one House bill. SB 1039 would allow attorneys prevailing in disciplinary matters to recover lost earnings and seek reputational harm damages from the State Bar; SB 1148 would require the Arizona Supreme Court to directly license attorneys rather than delegate that function; both received due pass recommendations. SB 1061, lowering the fentanyl enhanced-penalty threshold from 200 grams to 9 grams, also passed after opposition from the ACLU and defense counsel argued it would sweep in personal-use cases and increase incarceration, while supporters said it targets trafficking. SB 1068, which limits campus firearm restrictions for concealed-carry permit holders, passed over strong opposition from gun-safety advocates and university faculty, and SB 1069, removing suppressors from the definition of prohibited weapons, also passed despite concerns about public safety and prohibited possessors.
The committee then approved SB 1099, which sets statutory elements for defamation claims based on whether the plaintiff is a private or public figure and whether the matter is of public or private concern. The ACLU opposed it, warning that codifying defamation law could chill speech and conflict with evolving First Amendment precedent; supporters said it largely codifies existing case law and adds an internet-related limitation period. SB 1271, barring municipalities from penalizing businesses for legitimate emergency calls unless there is a pattern of false or frivolous reports, passed unanimously after testimony that some cities were discouraging 911 calls for theft and other incidents.
The committee also passed SB 1127, requiring mandatory reporters with direct knowledge of child abuse or neglect to report immediately and personally to DCS. Phoenix Children’s Hospital and DCS supported the bill but asked for clarification so medical emergencies would not be disrupted, and members discussed possible amendments. SB 1426, changing forcible detainer procedures by removing the written demand-to-vacate requirement and expediting claims, passed despite landlord-group concerns that it could affect holdover tenant cases. Finally, SB 1448, as amended, passed to expand aggravated assault protections to utility, telecommunications, video service, and related workers; supporters cited rising threats and assaults, while opponents argued existing assault laws already cover the conduct and the bill is overly broad.