Video & Transcript Research : 'software'
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MO
Transcript Highlights:
- But if it's on top, autonomous, right, it's driving via software.
- Some of the roads are not always updated on mapping software, on AI software.
- On mapping software, on AI software, I can tell you from what I've seen of how this operates, they would
- I can't sue software. I can't sue hardware. So there's no recovery there.
- You cannot sue the software itself. You cannot sue the hardware itself.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- the resources, normal growth, information. resources, normal growth, refresh, laptops, desktops, software
- Insurance companies obviously have the technical wherewithal to handle, you know, large-scale software
- Was that the software update you just referenced in your testimony?
- Turning to item four on the same page, Legacy Software Enhancement.
- After 30 years in operation, the current RTS software. has far outlived its functionality in addition
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 12, 2026 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- So I just want to say, if the CFO's office or in working on this bill can identify a portal or a software
- , or, you know, ...office or in working on this bill can identify a portal or a software or some way
- many of the issues that a lot of us were running into because I was concerned about the cost of software
Summary:
The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered three bills. HB 1221, the Department of Financial Services agency package, was presented as a streamlining and modernization bill covering the My Safe Florida Home Program, unclaimed property, and the state’s new PALM accounting system. Two amendments were adopted: one restoring the current $15 million cap DFS may retain in the unclaimed property trust fund and another making conforming changes to replace references to FLAIR with PALM. The bill was supported by public witnesses and was reported favorably after a unanimous roll call vote.
The committee then heard HB 1291, dealing with the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA). The sponsor explained that the bill was intended to address concerns that NICA could fall below actuarially sound funding in the 2027-2028 fiscal year and that current law lacks clear triggers for funding remedies. An amendment was adopted that removed the bill’s fiscal impact and preserved a $20 million reserve. NICA representatives spoke in support, and the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote.
Finally, the committee took up CSHB 1329, which would modernize local government budget transparency by requiring budgets to be posted 14 days before hearings, retained online for five years, and made searchable and accessible, while also requiring a 10% budget-cutting exercise before adoption. Local government groups and the CFO’s office discussed costs and suggested that the EDR portal may be a better centralized way to present the data, especially for smaller jurisdictions. Members generally supported the transparency goal but raised concerns about implementation costs; the sponsor said the bill was still being refined. The bill was reported favorably on a mostly party-line vote, with one member voting no for now. The meeting then adjourned after the chair noted submission of the FY 2026-27 budget recommendation.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES Feb 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES
Transcript Highlights:
- department conducted a test of its disaster recovery plan in August 2022 for its offender management software
- department conducted a test of its disaster recovery plan in August of 2022 for its offender management software
- However, testing scheduled for the fall of 2024 did not occur management software.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- , the definition of an app store includes a website that facilitates the download of third-party software
- But software is a lot of things. A web font is software.
- , the definition of an app store includes a website that facilitates the download of third-party software
- But software is a lot of things. A web font is software.
- So actually, most websites are app stores because they facilitate the download of third-party software
Bills:
SB1206, SB1254, SB1290, SB1421, SB1432, SB1515, SB1563, SB1641, SB1649, SB1670, SB1671, SB1747
Keywords:
storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention, storm chaser, residential construction contract, workers' compensation, joint check, claim solicitation
Summary:
The Commerce Committee heard and acted on a long series of bills, with several strike-everything amendments. SB 1421, dealing with restrictions on financial institutions, check cashers, and remittances involving undocumented immigrants, drew strong opposition on constitutional and economic grounds and support from the sponsor as a sovereignty measure; the committee rejected a Villegas affordable-housing striker and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. SB 1254, a continuation/cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona and its divisions, was explained as mostly renaming and administrative changes and passed unanimously after adopting the chairman’s striker. SB 1515 created a Public Safety Parity Fund for DPS and corrections retention bonuses funded by investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a needed retention tool, while some members objected to using rainy-day fund interest, and it passed on a split vote. SB 1206 updated homeowner protection rules for adjusters and contractors after disasters, limiting certain conduct during loss events and emergency responses, and passed unanimously after amendment.
The committee also approved SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers some fee caps, after testimony that the board protects public health and sanitation. SB 1649 established a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund; a Ripple Labs witness discussed self-custody options for unclaimed crypto, while an Aguilar striker would have required reporting on employers whose workers receive public assistance, but that amendment failed and the underlying bill passed. SB 1290, originally about HOA closed meetings, became a major debate over transparency versus privacy; opponents warned the Carter striker would force disclosure of sensitive member and employee matters, supporters argued HOAs should not take secret action, and the committee adopted both the Aguilar consumer-protection striker and the Carter HOA transparency striker before passing the bill. SB 1670, preempting local contractor licensing and allowing certain journeyman licenses, was amended with a Villegas striker aimed at landlord algorithmic pricing and passed unanimously.
The committee continued the Arizona Department of Gaming, Racing, and Boxing/MMA commissions in SB 1671, with the chairman’s amendment narrowing reporting requirements and adding aggregate complaint reporting; the department said it had worked with auditors and supported the bill, which passed. The meeting then moved into SB 1747, beginning discussion of social media application requirements for developers and covered companies, including age verification and parental consent, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action on that bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Surveillance-based price and wage discrimination prohibited 3/4/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Any software that helps inform a price qualifies as an automated decision system.
- Any software that surveillance data.
- Any software that helps<00:26:20.720>
inform <00:26:21.200>a <00:26:21.440>price - And the bill's definition captures any software that assists a pricing decision.
- And the bill's definition captures any software that assists a pricing decision.
Summary:
House File 3794, as amended by the A4 amendment, was heard in committee. Representative Greenman described the bill as a ban on surveillance-based pricing and wage discrimination, with a disclosure requirement for companies using automated data to set individualized prices or wages. The A4 amendment was adopted; Greenman said it updated language based on attorney general and stakeholder feedback and added a burden-shifting provision that would let consumers or workers establish a presumption, which companies could then rebut with data. Greenman and supporters argued the bill would stop companies from using personal data and AI tools to charge different prices to different people, while still allowing ordinary market-based discounts and clearly offered group discounts such as those for veterans, students, or teachers.
Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Farmers Union, a neighborhood bookstore owner, Consumer Reports, and a small business owner. They said surveillance pricing undermines fairness, transparency, and competition, and cited examples such as different online prices based on location, browser history, or loyalty-program data. Testifiers also warned that AI-driven pricing and discounting can be opaque and discriminatory, and that small businesses cannot compete with large firms that control more data. Consumer Reports said consumers should not have to use workarounds like VPNs to compare prices and noted that some discounts based on personal data may also need sunlight and guardrails.
Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Progress. They argued the bill’s definitions are too broad and could sweep in ordinary business analytics, loyalty programs, targeted promotions, inventory tools, and even spreadsheets, creating compliance risk and discouraging innovation and investment. They also warned the bill could burden small businesses and interfere with workplace management and compensation decisions. During member discussion, several legislators voiced support for the bill as a transparency and fairness measure, while one member noted that the most egregious examples appear to be in e-commerce and said the committee was laying the bill over for further consideration.
UT
Utah 2025 2nd Special Session
Government Operations Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Government Operations Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- My understanding is if we moved to, when we move to the new system at vote.utah.gov and the new software
- My understanding is if we moved to, when we move to the new system at vote. utah.gov and the new software
- With the new software that we'll be going through, there's been some changes there that I think will
- With the new software that we'll be going through, there's been some changes there that I think will
- initiative or something kind of in that opening window, but it gives us a chance to get into that software
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Aug 13th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Bitcoin, first and foremost, is software. That's all it is. Very simple.
- It's just a software program. It's been released in. a while. It's also a financial protocol.
- So the beauty of Bitcoin is that its software is digital, it's a network, and it's decentralized.
- The key thing here is that this software was written in 2008 by a guy by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto
- No one would say Facebook is just not valuable; it's just a software piece, but it has value.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Aug 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I think as we move into better software systems that the state hopefully builds, and a better grasp of
- from NHTSA that is really going to improve our ability to have more people on tracks, which is our software
- other thing is we can't always just rely on what humans are doing, so we need to be bringing in software
- , our AI software, in order to look at the narratives of our data, but also things like near-miss reporting
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House energy panel considers bill to boost green ammonia industry 3/27/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the software this bill would help create could generate and track credits that could be traded worldwide
- If we're going to help to fund the development of the software, Minnesota companies who utilize the system
- state House File 2103 is a prudent and one-time appropriation to Emergy for development of the software
- supports Senator Anderson's bill, House File 2301, appropriating funds that we will use to hire software
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- governor's office and what that software governor's office and what that software did was go through
- yeah I had asked that it was a software yeah I had asked that it was a software yeah I had asked that
- question and it was simply a software question and it was simply a software program well I'm glad this
- I'm glad software uh malfunction and I'm glad software uh malfunction and I'm glad that in the Cooperative
- what comes up with this but the software what comes up with this but the software what comes up with
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it was modernizing our software, the permitting software system and ongoing investment and maintenance
- budgets tied up with uh with software budgets tied up with uh with software and<01:39:16.880>
- software um the the permitting software software um the the permitting software system<01:40:11.280
- <01:40:38.080>
enhancements <01:40:38.800>that specific software enhancements that - specific software enhancements that would<01:40:39.600>
help <01:40:39.840>enable <01:40
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:02:21.640>
uh fund the development of the software uh fund the development of the software - We've had to build custom software products.
- We had to revamp those custom software products for the new provisions in the program.
- We've had to build custom software products.
- We've had to build custom software products.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This budget provides critical staffing and software to enhance our legal capacities to support the more
- The final component is around software that we'll need for the OIG so the Office of Inspector General
- can conduct in-depth investigations and use advanced software to combat fraud, waste, and abuse, and
- that we'll need uh for the uh software that we'll need uh for the oig<00:31:32.200>
so <00:31: - to combat fraud waste and abuse software to combat fraud waste and abuse um<00:31:41.399>
and
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Their collection software vendor disconnected from the county.
- companies. that sell sales tax compliance software suites and solutions to the the variety of small
- You're either going to have to go buy software, which could be prohibitively expensive, or invest in
- When I was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, I implemented software for sales and use tax.
- Cheap software implementation, if you're gonna use that.
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, local tax, municipal tax, county tax, tax sourcing, place of business, principal business location, small business, retailer, marketplace seller, economic development agreement, Chapter 321, Chapter 323, Tax Code, Texas Comptroller, local sales and use tax, tax jurisdiction, order consummation, ship-to location
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So on those projects, the general contractors will require subs to use project software to submit the
- invoices, but then they set the software up to block invoices.
- to submit the invoices, project software to submit the invoices, but<01:35:25.000>
then <01:35 - :25.160>
they <01:35:25.280>set <01:35:25.600>the <01:35:25.880>software < - the software up to block<01:35:27.320>
invoices.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Topics Meeting, March 3, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I think at this point some states have developed software that is helpful in rooting out fraud.
- I mean, this goes back to the 2024 legislative session when we made a request for that software, and
- some states have developed software some states have developed software that<01:24:09.040>
is - and uh, the appropriations software and uh, the appropriations committee<01:24:34.280>
just <01 - I'm wondering if, you know, if we had the software upgrade, would that be a potential way of, you know
Summary:
The chairman opened by explaining that the committee would hear proposed interim topics and then rank them by written submissions rather than debating them one by one. The Public Service Commission presented two topics: an educational session on small water utilities, citing maintenance needs, water-quality compliance, and difficulty accessing capital, and a review of civil penalties for pipeline safety violations because Wyoming’s statutory penalties are far below federal levels and could affect compliance and funding.
Members and outside presenters then outlined a range of additional topics. Representative Campbell proposed work on fire protection districts and EMS districts, focusing on financial stability, mill levies, and possible county authority to combine districts and levies. He also raised public records at meetings, corporate filing fees, and fraudulent corporate filings. The Community College Commission proposed updating annexation statutes so communities can join community college districts more easily, especially where current mill-levy rules create funding issues. Senator Crago supported the fraudulent corporate filings topic and noted related technology-based solutions and overlap with blockchain issues.
Other proposals included CPA “Pathways” licensing changes to address a shortage of accountants, a review of public meetings and public records laws, continuation of the electricity study with emphasis on grid reliability and large-load capacity constraints, and a broader review of the public meetings and records act. Ashley Harpstreith of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities supported extending municipal audit deadlines and described a statewide shortage of auditors and CPAs. Healthy Wyoming proposed studying health coverage options for low-income working adults, including state-sponsored or cooperative models. Representative Chestek proposed making most nonpartisan county offices elected on a nonpartisan basis. No votes or final selections were taken in the portion provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and discussed whether topics should be assigned to this committee or another one.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have in place a lot of, you know, our Fast or our GenTax, which is our software that generates
- We also have in place a lot of, you know, our Fast or our GenTax, which is our software that generates
- <01:07:03.040>
called actually developed the software called actually developed the software - We also have our FAST, which is our software, and there's a system called FIVES.
- , and there's a which is our software, and there's a system<01:11:05.240>
called <01:11:05.640>
Bills:
HF1338
Keywords:
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, state oversight, government accountability, fraud, waste, abuse, audit, investigation, subpoena, whistleblower, public integrity, transparency, state agencies, executive branch, public funds, taxpayer funds, law enforcement oversight, public safety programs, advisory council
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- For software applications on handheld electronic devices, and I wanted to know what that meant.
- So first off, I do want to go software applications on handheld electronic devices.
- That refers to the app store, point blank, really like software application app store.
- Software application app store.
- Are they software?
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721.
The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more.
Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- The existing software was developed in 2002. It's not just past its useful life.
- The existing software was developed in 2002. It's not just past its useful life.
- system that the develop a new software system that the state<00:23:08.240>
will <00:23:08.480> - . um that software you're as far<00:24:02.640>
as <00:24:02.799>prudency <00:24:03.360>< - The existing software was developed use.