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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So if people want to do this, there’s nothing that would keep them from going to the internet and downloading
- The legislative intent is to prevent any public officer from using his or her public office as a platform
- Preventing that is the legislative intent. officer from using her or his public office as a platform
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills.
The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote.
The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0.
The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- environmental reviews and authorizations through the use of interactive digital and cloud-based platforms
- and for the purposes. and authorizations through the use of interactive digital and cloud-based platforms
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation maybe six or maybe as long as eight years ago to form within DHS a data committee and how data platforms
- and how<00:35:36.720><c> uh</c><00:35:36.880><c> data</c><00:35:37.599><c> uh</c><00:35:37.839><c> platforms
- </c><00:35:38.400><c> were</c><00:35:38.880><c> utilized</c> how uh data uh platforms were utilized how
- uh data uh platforms were utilized within<00:35:39.680><c> the</c><00:35:39.920><c> department</c><00
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving.
The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis.
Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 9, February 19, 2026-AM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- At the same time, we get a study going of what our future platforms should look like and how they should
- uh what time, we get a study going of of uh what our<01:01:44.960><c> future</c><01:01:45.280><c> platforms
- </c><01:01:45.760><c> should</c><01:01:46.000><c> look</c><01:01:46.160><c> like</c> our future platforms
- should look like our future platforms should look like and<01:01:46.480><c> how</c><01:01:46.640><c>
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- protective orders are identical, and they are completed on the same forms, on the same electronic platform
- 59:47.440><c> the</c><00:59:47.760><c> same</c><00:59:48.079><c> electronic</c><00:59:48.799><c> platform
- </c><00:59:49.760><c> and</c> on the same electronic platform and on the same electronic platform and
Committee:
House Judiciary
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- But the simpler and then, you know, the more different platforms and venues we can get information to
- the simpler and then and then you know the more<01:34:07.040><c> different</c><01:34:07.920><c> platforms
- </c><01:34:08.320><c> and</c><01:34:08.560><c> venues</c><01:34:08.880><c> we</c> more different platforms
- and venues we more different platforms and venues we can<01:34:09.199><c> get</c><01:34:09.360><c> out
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held an informational briefing on the federal shutdown’s impact on state benefits, with the main focus on SNAP. DHS Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division Administrator Scott Morish explained that SNAP serves about 86,229 households statewide, or 168,947 individuals, and averages roughly $58–60 million in monthly federal benefits. He said USDA directed states to suspend November SNAP benefits effective November 1 if the shutdown continues, while existing October balances on EBT cards remain usable and cash benefits such as TANF, General Assistance, and AABD are not affected. DHS said it has continued processing applications, recertifications, interviews, and required reporting, and has posted public guidance on its website.
Morish also reviewed other SNAP-related changes taking effect November 1 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including expanded able-bodied adult work requirements and tighter non-citizen eligibility rules. He said the work requirements now extend from ages 18–54 to 18–64 and apply to additional groups previously exempt, while only lawful permanent residents, COFA residents, and Cuban or Haitian entrants will remain eligible among non-citizens. He also noted Hawaii’s ongoing SNAP benefit reduction tied to a federal calculation error in the thrifty food plan, which has lowered benefits by about $8 per person per month for the past three years.
On the state response, DHS said it is working with the Hawaii Food Bank and seeking $2 million in state funding to support it, and is also developing a Hawaii Relief Program using TANF reserve funds. The program is intended as a short-term housing and utility assistance program for families with dependent children under 300% of the federal poverty level, with up to four months of assistance. Senators questioned why rainy day funds were not being used and whether the state could directly fund EBT cards; DHS responded that the TANF approach was the fastest available option, that EBT delivery involves significant technical and administrative mechanics, and that the department is still in discussions with the vendor and other stakeholders about additional options.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on SF3045 5/9/25
Transcript Highlights:
- benefits and the management of the benefits, and some other provisions relating to the technology platform
- 34.880><c> technology</c> provisions relating to the technology provisions relating to the technology platform
- </c><00:37:37.400><c> Um</c><00:37:38.400><c> the</c><00:37:38.720><c> next</c> platform provider.
- Um the next platform provider.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We would like to reposition those units to a housing choice voucher platform, where the amount HUD pays
- housing reposition those units to a housing Choice<00:37:36.960><c> voucher</c><00:37:37.400><c> platform
- </c><00:37:38.359><c> uh</c><00:37:38.520><c> where</c><00:37:38.680><c> the</c> Choice voucher platform
- uh where the Choice voucher platform uh where the amount<00:37:39.200><c> HUD</c><00:37:39.480><c> pays
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We've also added to our ranks of cleaners for light rail vehicles at platforms and are currently set
- for light rail ranks of cleaners for light rail vehicles<01:10:45.040><c> at</c><01:10:45.360><c> platforms
- /c><01:10:46.000><c> and</c><01:10:46.159><c> are</c><01:10:46.400><c> currently</c> vehicles at platforms
- and are currently vehicles at platforms and are currently set<01:10:46.800><c> up</c><01:10:46.960><
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, it's kind of built on an old platform that really needs to be updated. really since I've was
- 22:23.159><c> old</c> you know it's kind of built on an old you know it's kind of built on an old platform
- 24.840><c> needs</c><00:22:25.120><c> to</c><00:22:25.240><c> be</c><00:22:25.440><c> updated</c> platform
- that really needs to be updated platform that really needs to be updated and<00:22:26.080><c> so</c>
Keywords:
mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 1
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Women can achieve greatness if we continue to push the needle forward and provide a platform and opportunities
- Women can achieve greatness if we continue to push the needle forward and provide a platform and opportunities
- Women can achieve greatness if we continue to push the needle forward and provide a platform and opportunities
- Women can achieve greatness if we continue to push the needle forward and provide a platform and opportunities
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a policy platform, uh, that is in the last couple of pages of the, uh, abridged version of
- c><00:30:56.039><c> have</c><00:30:56.120><c> a</c><00:30:56.320><c> policy</c><00:30:56.840><c> platform
- </c><00:30:58.080><c> uh</c> with we do have a policy platform uh with we do have a policy platform uh
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- near-end periods of time, we start hitting the true costs of capital maintenance, train replacements, platform
- c> capital maintenance train uh uh capital maintenance train uh uh Replacements<00:13:25.880><c> platform
- </c><00:13:26.480><c> Investments</c><00:13:27.480><c> the</c> Replacements platform Investments the
- Replacements platform Investments the state<00:13:27.800><c> of</c><00:13:27.959><c> good</c><00:13:28.160
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They're literally giving classes on how to do this on the internet.
- </c><00:30:56.920><c> this</c><00:30:57.920><c> on</c><00:30:57.960><c> the</c><00:30:58.080><c> internet
- </c><00:30:59.160><c> And</c><00:30:59.280><c> we're</c> to do this on the internet.
- And we're to do this on the internet.
Committee:
Senate Finance
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Because if we get hijacked and we don't have access to our internet or anything, we can't run the state
- Because if we get hijacked and we don't have access to our Internet or anything, we can't run the state
- I just Googled, because I'm not—well, Googled is its own issue—but I searched on the Internet, because
- Because, like I said, if we show up here one day and we can't access any internets and do any work, or
Bills:
SB1041 , SB1088 , SB1118 , SB1128 , SB1168 , SB1176 , SB1189 , SB1207 , SB1250 , SB1272 , SB1274 , SB1286 , SB1428 , SB1457 , SB1461 , SB1503 , SB1519 , SB1537 , SB1582 , SB1618 , SB1654 , SB1713 , SB1827 , SCR1012 , SCR1020
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- discussion on CNN outlining how, you know, Iowa attorney general suing Coin Flip and Bitcoin, the internet
- 00:51:50.480><c> and</c><00:51:50.640><c> Bitcoin,</c><00:51:52.079><c> the</c><00:51:52.640><c> internet
- </c><00:51:52.960><c> is</c><00:51:53.119><c> just</c> Flip and Bitcoin, the internet is just Flip and
- Bitcoin, the internet is just replete<00:51:53.680><c> with</c><00:51:54.000><c> examples</c><00:51:
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
virtual currency, kiosks, prohibition, customer payouts, cryptocurrency regulation, consumer privacy, data privacy, health data, sensitive data, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, personal data, data broker, targeted advertising, geofencing, location tracking, health care privacy, patient privacy, consent, minor privacy, children's privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/25/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Mortgage payments, electric bills, gas, insurance, internet, and car payments all continued to add up
- <01:08:56.480><c> insurance,</c> electric bills, gas, insurance, electric bills, gas, insurance, internet
- c> car</c><01:08:58.319><c> payments</c><01:08:58.880><c> all</c><01:08:59.120><c> continued</c> internet
- , and car payments all continued internet, and car payments all continued to<01:08:59.759><c> add</c>
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, the internet and a lot of things have helped homes move more quickly.
- Uh<01:02:57.480><c> you</c><01:02:57.560><c> know,</c><01:02:57.680><c> the</c><01:02:57.800><c> internet
- </c><01:02:58.280><c> and</c><01:02:58.920><c> uh</c> Uh you know, the internet and uh Uh you know, the
- internet and uh a<01:03:00.080><c> lot</c><01:03:00.280><c> of</c><01:03:00.360><c> things</c><01:03
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/17/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Reportedly, 75% of the world's internet traffic goes through Northern Virginia data centers.
- ><00:47:05.280><c> of</c><00:47:05.520><c> the</c><00:47:05.680><c> world's</c><00:47:06.079><c> internet
- </c> >> Reportedly, 75% of the world's internet >> Reportedly, 75% of the world's internet
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Data on prevailing rents in the vicinity is easily available without a fee or subscription on the internet
- 15:58.000><c> subscription</c><00:15:58.959><c> on</c><00:15:59.199><c> the</c><00:15:59.440><c> internet
- </c> a fee or or subscription on the internet a fee or or subscription on the internet from<00:16:00.000
Bills:
HB2611 , HB2102 , HB1710 , HB1868 , HB1920 , HB1812 , HB1733 , HB1715 , HB1723 , HB1724 , HB1727 , HB1711
Committee:
House Housing
Keywords:
HB2611, Hawaii antitrust, rental housing, rent price-fixing, algorithmic pricing, algorithmic rent-setting, property management software, pricing algorithms, rent coordination, price-fixing, collusion, cartel, multifamily housing, landlord software, occupancy levels, lease terms, Attorney General, public education program, consumer protection, housing affordability
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent.
The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.