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• They uploaded into CODIS, our national database, and it hit a match back to mine and multiple others.
• When New Mexico did this, they saw an 83% match rate increase in surges in matches in the database.
• So, it's really important to database.
• Since its inception in 1998, we have never had a breach in the database.
• Since its inception in 1998, we have never had a breach in the database.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:02 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 414 Discussion 00:01:58 HB 414 Vote 00:22:34 HB 43 Discussion 00:24:56 HB 43 Vote 00:26:37 HB 518 Discussion 00:27:37 HB 518 Vote 00:45:20 Adjournment 00:46:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 414, sponsored by the chair, would require collection of DNA at booking for felony arrests. Supporters, including Sen. Julie Rocky Adams, Michelle Kyper, and Ashley Spence, argued that felony-arrest DNA collection is already used in many states and in the federal system, helps solve cold cases, and can exonerate innocent people. Kyper and Spence gave detailed personal testimony about sexual assaults and how delayed DNA collection allowed serial offenders to remain unidentified for years. Members asked about the removal of a $5 fee in the committee substitute and about what happens to DNA if a case is dismissed; the sponsor said the fee was removed to treat DNA collection like other booking procedures, and that dismissed-case language was taken out because of concerns about duplicate samples. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. House Bill 43, sponsored by Rep. Diana Gordon, would create a grace period for deputy coroners to complete required annual training when extenuating circumstances prevent timely completion. Gordon said the bill was a repeat of last session’s HB 403 and was intended to let deputies remain employed rather than lose their license and reapply. After a brief question about how often extensions would be used, she said the grace period would be discretionary and limited to unusual circumstances. The committee then passed the bill favorably by roll call. House Bill 518, also with a committee substitute, addressed local tax collection and payment procedures. The sponsor described it as a compromise between business groups and local governments, aimed at simplifying payment of local occupational license fees and net profits taxes by requiring cities and counties to offer electronic payment options. Testimony from the Kentucky League of Cities, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the County Judge/Executive Association focused on reducing paperwork for businesses while preserving local control and avoiding forced centralization. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote.

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• We can very easily ping some of these other databases.
• Uh it allows us enforcers of the department to actually ping this database, this criminal database, and
• Uh it allows us enforcers of the department to actually ping this database, this criminal database, and
• Uh it allows us enforcers of the department to actually ping this database, this criminal database, and
• Uh it allows us enforcers of the department to actually ping this database, this criminal database, and

Bills: HF3919, HF1335, HF3864, HF3916, HF3728

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, electronic license, driver's license, digital credential, transportation, data privacy, authentication, license plates, vehicle registration, validation stickers, Minnesota statutes, transportation policy, aeronautics, transponder, aircraft safety

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• autobiometric Their database is the autobiometric Their database is the autobiometric identification
• Six, the Department of State database, consular consolidated database, does searches for identity, travel
• of State database, consularor of State database, consularor consolidated<03:14:45.680> database
• different government databases.
• > nine<03:18:32.560> government databases from the nine government databases from the nine

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We've had it for a few sessions, to be honest, but what it does is it creates a database.
• It would require the Texas Workforce Commission to create and sustain a publicly accessible database
• It gives you an ability to pay, so you're not on the database.
• you some background, states that the comptroller shall bar any employee listed in the commission database

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• We'll create the database for everybody to be able to look at where people reside, where they're from
• O'Connor sharing that maybe my office could look at all the recommendees and look at creating that database
• And any other staff that is available to us will pull together a database from the document that we have
• And let's include that in the database that we will produce.
• pull this together so that way we can have our next meeting, send out these letters, and create the database

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission met to continue its work toward making recommendations to the Legislature on establishing a cultural center in Boston. The chair reviewed the commission’s mandate, upcoming monthly meetings, site visits, listening sessions, and the plan to eventually hire a consultant for the feasibility study. Members also discussed the importance of capturing the broader 200-plus-year Cape Verdean history in Massachusetts, especially in light of Boston’s 250th anniversary and Cabo Verde’s recent 50th independence anniversary. A major portion of the meeting focused on reviewing and narrowing a list of potential additional commissioners. Members discussed the need for geographic, sector, and generational diversity, and several commissioners raised concerns about overrepresentation from New Bedford and the need to include people connected to other Cape Verdean communities such as Brockton, Boston, Wareham/Onset, Taunton, the Cape, and Haverhill. Testimony and comments emphasized including people with skills in arts, culture, history, construction, philanthropy, law, education, museum curation, and community organizing. Members also discussed whether to use a slate, an inventory of skills and regions, or individual votes, and whether abstentions should be treated as “reserve your rights” instead. The commission voted to appoint three individuals: John Cruz, former State Senator Vinny deMacedo, and Angelo Lopes Barbosa or a designee from the Center for Cape Verdean Studies at Bridgewater State University. The body then voted to pause the remaining commissioner appointments until the next meeting and directed the chair and staff to create an inventory of candidates by skills, region, and other relevant criteria. Members also agreed to add two newly suggested names—former Brockton City Councilor Tina Cardoso and Maria Gomez-Pena—to the candidate list. The chair said the next meeting would be scheduled for January, and the meeting adjourned after the commission approved the motion to adjourn.

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• I guess my question: the state doesn't keep a statewide database for notaries, do they, or do they?
• Yeah, because, you know, I guess when I ask about it, you know, if there's a statewide database, the
• And so is there a way to have a, on this database, that if you record a deed, the recorder records it
• assigned a number, an identifying number, that they're a notary, and then that's run through the database
• It wouldn't take that much time. ...database, which could happen very quickly.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We created a database that is substantially complete and active.
• So, our goal was to convert that into a singular database so we could utilize the data model through
• So between the worksheets and the master database, that's what we're working towards: to make sure all
• of the outside documents that are moved into the database all match.
• creating a platform for us online that will actually standardize and move all of these items—the database

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• This includes improving FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database, or NCCDB, which OIDA has advocated
• group of agencies and law enforcement groups in order to address these issues. in order to create a database
• issued by the Government Accountability Office. to strengthen FMCSA's National Consumer Complaint Database
• get it across the finish line a couple other things is then this whole national consumer complaint database
• realize that this is a place for them to go file a complaint because National Consumer Complaint Database

Keywords: Committee, Transportation, aviation safety, confirmation, Lieutenant Commander, Deputy Secretary, Bradbury, Hafensteiner, aircraft incidents

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened to consider the promotion of Coast Guard Lieutenant Samuel Hafensteiner to Lieutenant Commander and the nomination of Stephen Bradbury as Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The meeting highlighted ongoing concerns regarding aviation safety, especially in light of recent aircraft incidents. Members discussed the critical need for knowledgeable leadership within the Department of Transportation to address these safety challenges effectively. Mr. Bradbury's background as a former General Counsel of the Department was presented as a strong asset for the role he seeks.

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• That means millions of law-abiding Californians are being swept into massive government databases that
• That means millions of law-abiding Californians are being swept into massive government databases that
• A series of media reports have demonstrated local AI-enabled ALPR databases feeding a federal surveillance
• Those people were overwhelmingly innocent, and yet their data is now stored in a law enforcement database
• Those people were overwhelmingly innocent, and yet their data is now stored in a law enforcement database

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That means millions of law-abiding Californians are being swept into massive government databases that
• A series of media reports have demonstrated local AI-enabled ALPR databases feeding a federal surveillance
• A series of media reports have demonstrated local AI-enabled ALPR databases feeding a federal surveillance
• Those people were overwhelmingly innocent, and yet their data is now stored in a law enforcement database
• Those people were overwhelmingly innocent, and yet their data is now stored in a law enforcement database

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met first as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later obtained a quorum and took up several bills. The committee heard SB 1064, which would reduce the frequency of Clean Truck Check testing for low-use heavy-duty vehicles; supporters said it would ease burdens on rural agricultural businesses, while clean air advocates opposed it as weakening an important emissions program. The bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1174, which would give Caltrans bid preferences to construction firms with employee stock ownership plans; supporters argued it would build worker wealth and improve project quality, while contractor groups opposed it as likely to raise costs and reduce competition. That bill was approved and sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The consent calendar items SB 607, SB 962, and SB 990 were also approved. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would allow Long Beach to place additional speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway. Long Beach officials and several safety and advocacy groups supported the bill, citing high fatality rates and repeated pedestrian crashes on that corridor, while some members raised concerns about fines, affordability, and whether cameras would address pedestrian-related collisions. The bill passed as amended to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transportation Act, would require more price transparency for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck incentives and direct agencies to explore alternative financing tools; supporters said it would improve affordability and competition, while one manufacturer and the trucking association raised implementation concerns. It passed to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader use by limiting retention to 30 days, requiring audits and training, and restricting access and hot list use. Privacy advocates supported the bill as overdue accountability, while law enforcement groups argued the retention limit would hinder investigations and that some technical definitions needed work. The bill passed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. SB 1315, dealing with advanced driver assistance systems, would prevent automakers from disabling a consumer’s ability to drive their own vehicle through software updates and would encourage DMV testing questions about ADAS responsibilities; after amendments, industry opposition softened and the bill passed to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Finally, SB 1246, on autonomous vehicle emergency response, would require U.S.-based remote drivers, quicker on-scene response, and better coordination with local agencies; first responders and labor groups supported it, while AV industry groups remained opposed unless amended. The bill passed to the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee. The transcript ended as the committee began hearing SB 1250, a planning bill to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation asset management, with the sponsor and supporters explaining it would improve safety and habitat planning without mandating specific projects.

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• regulation called Billy's Law that requires law enforcement to enter data into two missing persons databases
• us and our loved ones who have missing persons, it reaches out across state lines in a national database
• Clerk, please call the roll. missing persons databases. One NCIC missing persons databases.
• c><00:13:39.760> for<00:13:40.079> those<00:13:40.399> unfortunate national database
• for those unfortunate national database for those unfortunate times times times when<00:13:43.200>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and approved the journal from February 17, 2026. The House communicated passage of several bills and requested concurrence, and committee reports were received, including favorable reports on Senate Bills 70, 74, 80, 127, and 154. Senate Bill 191 was also reported and then recommitted to the Appropriations and Revenue Committee. Senate Bill 104 was passed over and retained its place on the calendar. The chamber then took up and passed Senate Bill 47, which provides line-of-duty death benefits for search and rescue volunteers, with supporters emphasizing the dangerous emergency work these teams perform and the need to treat them like other first responders. Senate Bill 159, concerning missing and unidentified persons and aligning Kentucky with federal “Billy’s Law” database requirements, also passed unanimously after testimony about its value in helping families and law enforcement. Senate Bill 85, allowing state retirement beneficiaries to establish special needs trusts, passed unanimously as well, with members describing it as a way to provide long-term security for dependents with special needs. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 78 honoring the CSX Santa Train and Senate Resolution 76 honoring Frank Ryard and the Ryard’s Scoreboard for its long-standing role in Kentucky high school athletics. Members spoke about the scoreboard’s importance to athletes, families, and sports coverage statewide. Later, new bills and a concurrent resolution were introduced, including measures on state government, duty-related disability benefits, arrest-related deaths, detainee fatality review, carbon dioxide sequestration, and a mental health alternative response task force. The Senate received notice that Senate Bill 172 had been delivered to the Governor, then recessed for committee meetings and adjourned until February 19, 2026.

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• Really, there's a lot of power in having a database full of product standards.
• And they can be grabbed out of a database. They're pre-approved.
• Also, I think as we drive towards those databases of pre-approved standards, we actually have some solid
• The idea would be that we would have some databases already established of drawings like these.
• You know, you want to go put things into a database; you can then go perform structured queries against

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• As part of this bill, we do create a statewide voluntary exclusion database because the way it works
• because the way it exclusion database because the way it works<00:29:11.559> now<00:29:11.840
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.
• So I think a self-exclusion database is a nice idea.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So what entities have access to the database?
• What if the database is hacked? What information would be available?
• there is an additional upload into the system, but it's not, if we're looking at it, it's not a database
• And if the database is hacked... ...no bulk queries built into the application or to the process.
• And if the database is hacked, the only thing they have access to is what?

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several budget and policy items, beginning with the DMV’s proposal for the federal state-to-state verification system and the Digital Experience Platform (DXP). DMV officials said the state-to-state system is required for Real ID compliance and functions as a pointer system that shares only limited identifying information to help states verify whether an applicant has records in another jurisdiction. Members pressed hard on privacy, access, hacking, notification, and misuse concerns, including whether other states or federal actors could use the system to target Californians. DMV said access is limited to member jurisdictions, requests are transaction-based, records are encrypted, California can see when its data is requested, and legal remedies would include working through AAMVA and the Attorney General if misuse occurred. On DXP, DMV said the project has been reset, is on its revised schedule and budget, occupational licensing is complete, vehicle registration is targeted for completion by the end of the calendar year, and the full modernization is expected by fiscal year 2028-29. The committee then took up the High-Speed Rail Office of Inspector General trailer bill and AB 1608. The Inspector General said current law does not clearly authorize public reports or establish a work-paper retention and disclosure framework, and that the trailer bill and AB 1608 would codify those powers, add access to needed job classifications and purchasing authority, and require public reporting with temporary confidentiality only in limited circumstances such as pending litigation, security vulnerabilities, or fraud-detection weaknesses. Members debated how broad the confidentiality language should be, whether reports could remain confidential too long, and whether the bill should define “proposed agreements” and require notice to the Inspector General when agreements are being reviewed. The Inspector General said he had already found at least one procurement-related state law violation involving an amendment that added services not in the original contract, and members discussed the project’s large cost growth and the need for stronger oversight. No vote was taken on the item in the portion provided. Finally, Caltrans began presenting a trailer bill proposal related to workforce development under SB 150, explaining that it would amend Government Code 14017, which governs use of federal highway formula funds and related workforce development efforts. The transcript cuts off as Caltrans starts its overview, so no further discussion, vote, or action on that item is shown in the provided text.

Transcript Highlights:

• You lay out in this kind of a database, and a database that could be ongoing that, hey, you're in the
• database, go to work.
• We need that database.
• Because I once heard that he had tens of thousands of people in that database.
• To reaffirm, we will have some way of initiating volunteers into a database.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• second section of Representative Ray Rrower's House File 1622 related to MDB's access to the Maxis database
• 24.480> the 1622 related to MDB's access to the 1622 related to MDB's access to the Maxis database
• On page 14, sections 7 through database.
• burial eligibility, Maxis database burial eligibility, Maxis database access<00:21:34.799> for
• that we were pursuing this session, including the federal alignment of burial eligibility, Maxis database

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We need a new database. We have Excel, that's our database.
• So, it would be great if we were able to get a new database that would help just organize and be up to

Keywords: 914, all

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• Since the passage of the p database.
• or want to build out such a database with my rate dollars.
• or want to build out such a database with my rate dollars.
• And those uses could be determined over time, as is true with many databases.
• true with many databases. true with many databases.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We're simply checking a database.
• We're simply checking a database.
• We're simply checking a database.
• We're simply checking a database.
• We're simply checking a database.

Keywords: 1183, house