Video & Transcript Research : 'consumer technology'

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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • who determines that this product is eligible to be purchased with SNAP dollars, and then you have consumers
  • The the group home is designed to care for the individual consumer.
  • the violation of abuse and exploitation we would investigate if the individual is Um, a particular consumer
  • In terms of technology, live stream equipment can be handled by Facebook Live or some other free available
  • While these reports are important, they are time consuming and often don't change significantly from
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then you have consumers not understanding...
  • The group home is designed to care... ...for the individual consumer who's a recipient of the waiver.
  • In terms of technology...
  • They are time-consuming and often don't change significantly from year to year.
  • While these reports are important, they are time-consuming and often don't change significantly from
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/09/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • He had already consumed 18 in the last couple of hours since he had gotten them.
  • Take that into consumer. There you know. Take that into consumer. There you go. Thank you, Mr.
  • They look nationally around technology. It is the April and March 2025 edition.
  • Just as musketss gave way to technology.
  • <04:19:51.359> power widening the tech technological power widening the tech technological
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 16th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • in significant contributions in agriculture,<00:22:57.320> information<00:22:57.840> technology
  • , agriculture, information technology, agriculture, information technology, small<00:22:59.040>
  • ,<00:23:04.720> and<00:23:04.920> many<00:23:05.320> other politics, technology
  • , and many other politics, technology, and many other industries.<00:23:06.720> And<00:23:07.400
  • In this way, it balances consumer<01:51:41.360> protection consumer protection consumer protection
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and then spent much of the early portion of the meeting on recognitions and announcements. Members welcomed the Sikh community of Colorado for Baisakhi and Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month, noted a langar lunch at the Capitol, and announced a governor’s proclamation later in the day. Other tributes highlighted Jackie Robinson Day, Golf Day at the Capitol, an upcoming Colorado Religious Freedom Day event, and an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority legislative day and youth leadership program. After announcements, the chamber moved to business and adopted a motion making Senate Bill 109, Senate Bill 104, House Bill 1245, and Senate Bill 121 special orders for April 15. The House then began consideration of Senate Bill 109, concerning building code standards for accessible housing supported by public money. The committee report was adopted, and debate focused on an amendment offered by Representative Soper to exempt counties that have not adopted international building codes. Supporters argued the amendment would protect rural counties, preserve local control, and avoid higher housing costs and budget strain; opponents said it would undermine uniformity. Several members spoke in favor, and the amendment was still under discussion when the transcript ended. Committee announcements also noted that Judiciary would hear Senate Bill 1283 and Senate Bill 85, Education would hear Senate Bill 153, and Health and Human Services would hear Senate Bill 60, House Bill 1347, and House Bill 1314 for action only. The House also heard that House Bill 1250 would be pushed to the following week.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And I hope we'll make again here today that we do not want people to use technology to create images
  • I guess you make a question, you gave an answer, a question, so these are typically technology related
  • I think as we mature in this technology. conversations.
  • When we looked, we looked specifically for deepfake technology to be able to say that it is deepfake.
  • What do you say to critics of workers, consumers, and communities?
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Jul 17th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's difficult For the grandparents, they're not accessing technology.
  • It has a Technology, I guess, public access.
  • The technology was Not there. We want to say, well, this is not about taking this away.
  • One, it's not an issue of taking away the technology, but to I believe set the rules of standards or
  • done and water's being consumed.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • retail sales of tangible personal property manufactured and sold in the Enterprise Zone to the final consumer
  • <01:43:34.400> ability<01:43:34.800> to<01:43:35.000> use<01:43:35.280> technology
  • <01:43:35.800> in the ability to use technology in the ability to use technology in different
  • We also have with us the Economic Development and Technology Committee chair, Ilon, to get started.
  • Chair: Are there any questions for the Committee on Economic Development and Technology?
Keywords: 910, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Elections Apr 3rd, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've had technology to make things. Invent images and invent video for quite some time.
  • Every 5 years there's some new technology that comes out.
  • Yes, I'm not an expert in any kind of technology.
  • I don't know what new emerging technology is going to come out.
  • So we're already moving towards that direction with this emerging technology.
Bills: HB304
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-27 - 2:30PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Convenience stores, items consumed on site, clearance or limited time sale items, mixed bin items, items
  • Convenience<00:37:52.079> stores,<00:37:53.040> items<00:37:53.520> consumed<00:
  • 37:54.079> on Convenience stores, items consumed on Convenience stores, items consumed on site
  • agriculture and dairy, followed by outdoor recreation, value-added food and forest products, farm technology
  • agriculture and dairy, followed by outdoor recreation, value-added food and forest products, farm technology
Keywords: 927, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you think there'll ever be, where I'm in Jefferson County, there'll be the technology that if I'm
  • Well, with the technology, you think you'd be able to? You'd be able to?
  • Three of which we've held for a number of years: the PPO, the consumer-driven health plan, the basic
  • health plan, uh the consumer-driven health plan, uh the basic<00:53:04.319> version<00:53:04.559
  • began, Chair Petrie and he met with cabinet heads, and they said they are always building better technology
Summary: The Interim Committee on State Government met on July 29, established a quorum, approved the June 24 minutes unanimously, and heard an update from the State Board of Elections on voter list maintenance. Taylor Brown, the board’s general counsel, explained the federal NVRA requirements and Kentucky’s statutory process for maintaining voter rolls, including use of USPS change-of-address data, ERIC reports, and agreements with non-ERIC states. He said Kentucky has entered or discussed agreements with several states, and that the board sends postcards to voters believed to have moved; if a voter does not respond to an 8D2 postcard and does not vote over two federal election cycles, the registration may be removed. He also described other removal categories such as death, felony conviction, incompetency, duplicate registrations, and self-requested cancellations. Brown reported that between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the board removed 284,381 registrations from the rolls, including 42,675 for death, 5,940 for felony conviction, 5,527 for registration in another state, 578 for incompetency, 223 based on jury questionnaires indicating non-citizenship, 746 self-removals, and 3,381 duplicates, along with 225,311 removals through the address-maintenance program. He said Kentucky’s total registrations decreased by roughly 169,000 over the year and are now below the Census Bureau’s estimate of the state’s voting-age population. Brown emphasized that receiving a postcard does not mean a voter has been purged and that failure to vote alone does not trigger removal. Members asked about the 223 non-citizen-related removals, the availability and effectiveness of alternatives to ERIC, the partisan criticism of ERIC, and how duplicate registrations are identified. Brown said the non-citizen jury questionnaire cases had been referred to the Attorney General for further review, that Kentucky currently has no organized alternative to ERIC but is pursuing reciprocal agreements with states such as Florida, and that ERIC recently changed bylaws to remove a postcard requirement that had been costly for member states. On duplicates, he said the board uses multiple data points, not just name and address, and noted that fuller Social Security data could improve accuracy. Committee leaders praised the board’s work and said they wanted to meet before session to discuss possible statutory changes to improve voter list maintenance.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Labor - 03/13/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • This harms contractors, workers, building owners, and consumers alike.
  • This harms contractors, workers, building owners, and consumers alike.
  • On Class 4 circuits, also known as fault-managed power systems, they are an emerging technology in the
  • this new technology through its adoption<00:39:19.240> into<00:39:19.480> the<00:39:19.560
  • recruit uh signatory tracking technology recruit uh signatory school<01:30:51.480> districts<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (02/03/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • I consider it more of a consumer protection bill.
  • I consider it more of a consumer protection bill.
  • Um, I think that consumers want to know wherever it's from, whether it's from an ally or China.
  • I consider it more of a consumer protection bill.
  • That's all. consider it more of a consumer consider it more of a consumer protection<00:50:21.599>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/14/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • , we don't we sensitivity with consumers, we don't we can't<00:29:01.360> raise<00:29:01.600><
  • I also see that as a changing landscape with AI and new technology, so that platforms are getting more
  • so that um platforms and new technology so that um platforms are<00:50:14.960> getting<00:50:
  • Um, in 2025, consumer interest in boating was at an all-time high during the pandemic.
  • Um in 2025, consumer<01:18:46.320> interest<01:18:46.560> in<01:18:46.800> boating
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 3rd, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Where can we keep up with technology as it continues to evolve?
  • Technology that comes out. That Mr. Moore, is that right? Yes. Yeah.
  • I don't know what new emerging technology is going to come out.
  • We're already moving towards that direction with this emerging technology.
  • Yes, I will be here to defend it because this kind of technology is what evens us with you.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Judiciary (04/09/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • > adjusted<04:33:25.760> to This technology can be adjusted to This technology can be adjusted
  • Um it is one where I am not technology.
  • technology in New Hampshire.<04:55:50.638> Meanwhile,<04:55:51.120> consumers<04:55:51.520
  • Meanwhile, consumers would Hampshire.
  • This is a technology of their lives.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 146, which would remove the requirement that a medical examiner physically view a body before issuing a cremation certificate. The prime sponsor, Sen. Suprentice, and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jenny Duval explained that the bill would not change the death certificate process or the existing waiting period before cremation; it would only eliminate the in-person viewing step. They said the current review of death certificates already catches the vast majority of cases that should be reported to the medical examiner, and that the physical view changes outcomes in less than 1% of cremation cases. The witnesses emphasized that the bill is intended to improve efficiency and reduce delays for families and funeral homes, while freeing deputy medical examiners to focus on homicides, suicides, accidents, and unexpected natural deaths. Dr. Duval cited an example where review of a death certificate, not the body, uncovered a long-ago strangulation-related homicide, arguing that the key safeguard is review of records and cause of death, not the physical view. She also said the change would save travel time and some costs for the department. Committee members asked about how death certificates list primary and contributing causes of death, whether the low percentage of findings means the current process has a deterrent effect, why cremation is treated differently from burial, and whether identification concerns are adequately addressed. The sponsors responded that identification is handled earlier by hospitals, families, and funeral directors, and that any questionable identification would already fall under medical examiner jurisdiction. They also said the bill would not alter the two-day cremation delay or other existing safeguards. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-26 - 6:35PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These categories of data are not being used in the best interest of consumers.
  • In used the best interest of consumers.
  • of the consumers of Vermont. of the consumers of Vermont.
  • , consumers, consumers, people<00:25:50.040> who<00:25:50.240> live<00:25:50.880> in
  • consumers. They're a much bigger state. consumers. They're a much bigger state.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House first returned to Senate Bill 71, a consumer data privacy and online surveillance bill. Members debated a proposed amendment that would have removed language allowing companies to rely on consumer consent to sell certain sensitive data. Supporters argued consent pop-ups and terms-of-service notices are not meaningful consent and that sensitive data should be categorically protected, citing Maryland and other states. Opponents, including the committee presenter, said the bill was a carefully negotiated compromise needed to establish Vermont’s first data privacy framework and warned that adopting the amendment could jeopardize passage in the Senate or with the governor. The committee reported the amendment unfavorable on a 9-0 straw poll, the House rejected the amendment, and then approved the committee’s recommended proposal of amendment by roll call vote, 129-3. During questioning on S. 71, members discussed the bill’s applicability thresholds, with the presenter explaining that the 35,000-consumer threshold was modeled on Connecticut, while lower 3,000 thresholds for sensitive data and data sales were based on business testimony and intended to capture smaller entities such as accountants, lawyers, nonprofits, and trade associations that share or sell lists. Members also asked about the bill’s many exemptions, which were described as covering entities already regulated by state or federal law, including health care entities under HIPAA and banking and insurance sectors. The presenter and supporters emphasized that the bill still requires clear privacy notices, limits data collection to what is reasonable and disclosed, and gives consumers rights to opt out, correct, and delete data. After the roll call vote, the House ordered third reading, suspended rules to place S. 71 in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and suspended rules to message the action to the Senate forthwith. The House then moved to Senate Bill 193, relating to establishing a forensic facility for certain criminal justice-involved persons. The committee presenter from South Burlington previewed that the bill would create a permanent forensic facility, with a separate amendment expected to address interim arrangements while the facility is being developed. The transcript ends as the House begins second reading of S. 193 and the committee reports are introduced, with further debate not shown.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 27th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • named one of the top 40 young women in computing by the National Center for Women & Information Technology
  • Bourriaque and Muscarello, relative to the office of state public defender, provides for consistent technology
  • And so I think that may be why there's some costs to do it in a way that is a little more technology
  • Representative Knox, you're attempting to help consumers recover overages, or what?
  • innovation and competition, allowing Louisiana to keep pace with the rapidly evolving financial technology
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, adopted the journal, and then spent much of the day on recognitions and resolutions. Members recognized NAMI and proclaimed Mental Health Awareness Month, honored fourth graders from Alpine Christian School, Hunter Nation supporters, Vermilion Parish visitors, and Louisiana Young Heroes. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for Martha Odom, a Lafayette student killed in the Mall of Louisiana tragedy, and heard remarks condemning political violence and social-media harassment. Several resolutions were adopted or advanced, including measures on rural mental health day, domestic violence prevention, nurses’ day, wildlife studies, child abuse reporter training, privacy/FISA reform, and Law Institute studies on property, foreign-entity terminology, and carbon sequestration issues. The House then moved through a long series of committee reports and floor actions on bills covering criminal justice, education, health, insurance, transportation, alcohol regulation, wildlife, elections, retirement, and public benefits. Many bills were advanced unanimously or near-unanimously, including measures on school emergency plans, impaired driving, victims’ compensation, sexual assault response, Medicaid dental coverage tied to other procedures, TOPS Tech eligibility, early childhood student IDs, highway priority program deadlines, CDL rules, and toll dispute procedures. Some bills were recommitted to Appropriations or returned to the calendar, and several were amended before being sent onward. On final passage, the House approved H.R. 1 adopting the annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for FY 2026-2027 by 101 yeas, and also passed H.R. 17 on TOPS return-on-investment study, H.C.R. 4 suspending certain feeding and baiting restrictions in chronic wasting disease areas by 63-30, H.C.R. 47 on child abuse reporter training, H.R. 30 on FISA reform, H.B. 12 expanding death benefits for reserve auxiliary law enforcement officers, H.B. 205 allowing parish supplementation of election commissioner pay, H.B. 224 on Medicaid dental coverage for related procedures, H.B. 324 on judicial salaries, H.B. 325 on TOPS Tech eligibility, H.B. 350 expanding a charter school’s grade levels, H.B. 745 extending special vehicle permit sunsets, H.B. 797 creating the Bayou Gold Program, H.B. 807 creating a workforce instructor capacity investment program, H.B. 821 moving the Center for Safe Schools, H.B. 896 on toll signage and customer service, H.B. 979 increasing first responder survivor benefits to $404,000 via amendment, H.B. 992 assigning early childhood student IDs, H.B. 1000 on highway priority program administration, H.B. 1024 creating a Democratic Party license plate, H.B. 1050 on CDL age and hazmat rules, and H.B. 1173 on installment agreements for OMV fines and late fees. Several other bills were reported favorably, amended, or recommitted, with no recorded opposition on most of the final votes.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Oct 15th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So as we're going direct-to-consumer, we're also now working in the B2B space, the business-to-business
  • We show them how to access different kinds of assistive technology.
  • So that allows them to use technology devices so that they can live independently.
  • Kelly Burma, our Technology for Children Coordinator.
  • We use that to provide assistive technology in homes.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

GIRLS STATE May 28th, 2026

GIRLS STATE

Transcript Highlights:
  • We know that they are a little more susceptible; they're not as new to technology.
  • They're not as new to technology. They don't really know how to weed out scams.
  • Because presently, my mom, she's a technology teacher, and so she doesn't have an actual teaching license
  • But the expenses to pay a local, like even at a farmer's market, it is expensive as a consumer to buy
Summary: The meeting was a Girl State House session in which members received procedural guidance on chamber rules, recognition, voting, and decorum, then moved through a series of bills. The first bill, House Bill 1001, would have prohibited over-the-counter diet pills from being sold or transferred to minors; supporters argued it would protect teens from eating disorders and misuse, while opponents raised concerns about medical exceptions and the age cutoff. It failed 42-55. House Bill 1002, allowing lottery winners to keep their identities confidential for a period of time, was amended during discussion to a three-year confidentiality period and passed 79-17 after a motion for immediate consideration. House Bill 1003, requiring schools to provide resources and courses on child labor/workplace laws and readiness, drew debate over whether it should be mandatory, what age group it should cover, and whether schools could support it; it failed 22-73. House Bill 1004, the Arkansas Head Injury Act requiring helmets and protective gear for motorized cycle riders, passed 94-4 after testimony focused on safety for riders, other drivers, and first responders. Members then considered House Bill 1005, which would require a year-long personal finance course before graduation to teach budgeting, taxes, credit, and related life skills. Supporters said it would better prepare students for adulthood, while opponents argued the material is already covered in existing classes and raised concerns about scheduling and implementation; it failed 35-60. House Bill 1006 increased the teacher classroom investment income tax deduction from $500 to $1,000, with supporters emphasizing teachers’ out-of-pocket spending on classroom supplies and student needs; it passed 97-0. House Bill 1008 sought to limit the number of national franchise businesses in an economic zone to encourage local entrepreneurship and protect small businesses, but opponents argued it could hurt jobs, limit consumer options, and was unclear in scope; it failed 23-69. The House then passed House Bill 1009, creating a voluntary blue envelope program for people with intellectual disabilities to help law enforcement interactions, after supporters said it could reduce confusion and improve safety; it passed 87-5. The final bill introduced before the transcript ended was House Bill 2010, which would increase the income tax credit for Arkansas families supporting a child with special needs; the sponsor began by sharing a personal story about her brother with Down syndrome and the costs families face, but the discussion was cut off before debate or a vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is actually a Lemon law, not a consumer lemon law. This is a Don Lemon law.
  • And actually, red light cameras are a great technological solution.
  • And actually, red light cameras are a great technological solution to that, while not risking civil liberties
  • been an amendment here that does allow for a vote, but it's adding barriers to a public safety technology
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. HB 2749, as amended, would allow certain nonviolent class 4, 5, or 6 felonies to be redesignated as class 1 misdemeanors after five years and after completion of sentence terms, with exclusions for crimes such as cruelty to animals, weapons misconduct, and failure to register as a sex offender. Supporters framed it as a redemption and reintegration measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote with one not voting. HB 2870 would prohibit certain level 2 and level 3 sex offenders from living together in the same single-family dwelling, with exceptions for relatives, community reentry centers, and certain existing supervised facilities. The sponsor and neighborhood residents described a real-life situation in Chandler involving multiple offenders in one house and argued the bill would protect families; opponents warned it could push people into homelessness and undermine supervision. After testimony from residents, housing operators, and a structured-housing provider, the committee approved the bill 3-2 with two not voting. HB 2862, which increases penalties for offenses committed while wearing a mask to conceal identity, drew support from the City of Scottsdale and opposition from the ACLU over First Amendment concerns; it passed 3-2 with two not voting. HB 2364 would create criminal penalties for mailing or delivering abortion-inducing drugs, including felony penalties for providers and a misdemeanor for ordering such drugs by mail. Supporters said it would enforce existing law and protect women; opponents argued it conflicts with Proposition 139 and constitutional protections for abortion access. The committee gave it a 4-3 due pass recommendation. HB 2244, supported by Phoenix Vice Mayor Keisha Hodge Washington, would streamline satisfaction of eviction judgments when tenants have paid and allow sealing of eviction records in some cases; it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2573, which removes the 45-day waiting period before some repeat DUI offenders can apply for an ignition interlock restricted license, also passed unanimously 7-0. The committee also considered HB 4117, a strike-everything amendment creating a new offense for interfering with a religious service or worship by obstructing access or engaging in disorderly conduct intended to disrupt the service. Supporters, including ADL and Jewish community representatives, said it would protect worshippers from obstruction and intimidation; opponents argued it was vague, unnecessary, and could chill protest speech. After extensive debate, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. Finally, HCR 2004, a mirror resolution to SCR 1004, would require voter approval for local photo enforcement systems and periodic reauthorization; it was discussed with support from city and league representatives, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that measure.