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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I always go to my own, you know, our own state, our own Commonwealth Cyber Battalion.
- But when we bring our cyber infrastructure somewhere overseas or elsewhere, we're bringing... ...bring
- our cyber infrastructure somewhere overseas or elsewhere, we're bringing professionals that work within
- industry locally, especially in our technology sector, that bring a capacity that active component cyber
Summary:
The committee held a hybrid public hearing on seven House bills and seven Senate bills related to the Massachusetts National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserves. Opening remarks covered hearing procedures, livestreaming, testimony limits, and expected reporting dates, and chairs noted the committee’s focus on Guard and Reserve issues. Testimony then moved through several bills, including S. 2465 to expand the National Guard welcome-home veterans bonus to all deployed Guard members regardless of residency, H. 3876/S. 2462 to authorize military-style headstones for long-serving or deceased Guard members, and S. 2482/H. 3833 to establish a Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Salem. Supporters of the bonus and headstone bills argued they would correct inequities and better honor service; Senator Lovely described the museum proposal as a way to preserve the Guard’s history in Salem and potentially support federal funding for the project.
A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 3829/S. 2471, the “Defend the Guard” proposal that would bar Massachusetts National Guard deployments into active combat absent a formal congressional declaration of war. Supporters argued the bill would restore constitutional war powers, reduce repeated undeclared deployments, and protect Guard members’ mental health and state readiness. Opponents, including retired Guard leaders and current service members, warned it could conflict with federal law and Title 10 authority, undermine federal funding and training, and harm readiness, force structure, and unique Guard capabilities. Committee members repeatedly questioned the bill’s legal authority, constitutional basis, and practical effects under the Supremacy Clause and Title 10, and several witnesses were asked to submit additional written legal support.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 3831, which would extend Chapter 115 benefits to currently serving Guard and Reserve members who do not meet federal veteran-status thresholds, and on related proposals to clarify Guard command structure and the duties of the Adjutant General. Supporters said these changes would improve access to benefits, reduce confusion in the chain of command, and strengthen discipline and responsiveness. Separately, the National Guard Association of Massachusetts backed H. 3860/S. 2458, the Guard Enlistment Enhancement Program, as a recruiting tool, while opposing the Defend the Guard bills. No votes were taken during the hearing.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JDC, JDC DEFER Public Hearings 03-20-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- think are going to be on the agenda for 2026, and they happen to focus on artificial intelligence, cyber
- 2026 and they happen to focus on uh artificial<00:04:37.040><c> intelligence,</c><00:04:37.840><c> cyber
- </c><00:04:38.240><c> security</c> artificial intelligence, cyber security artificial intelligence, cyber
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee first considered Governor’s Message 574, confirming Michael Tenoi to continue serving on the Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation through June 30, 2028. Several supporters testified, and Tenoi said he valued working with Hawaii and national commissioners and hoped to focus on emerging issues such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and data security. The committee recommended advise and consent and adopted the measure, with a photo taken afterward.
The committee then heard HB 1519 on campaign contributions, which would require disclosure of compensated officers and immediate family members of certain state contractors and grantees. The Campaign Spending Commission and State Procurement Office supported the bill but asked for clarifying amendments; several advocacy groups supported the measure but urged stronger language, including removing branch-of-government limits and narrowing loopholes. The chair proposed amendments to remove monetary thresholds, limit the bill to paid officers, add appropriations for the Campaign Spending Commission and State Procurement Office, define “officer” more broadly, and note that false-name contributions are already felonies. The committee voted to pass HB 1519 with amendments.
HB 2250, the claims against the state bill, drew testimony from the Attorney General and multiple departments in support, but members raised extensive questions about why many claims would be paid from the general fund, how corrective action is being pursued, and the handling of several specific claims, including wrongful imprisonment, a cesspool citation, Department of Corrections deaths, a large special education settlement, a charter school lease dispute, and an outdated check. Because of those outstanding questions, the committee postponed decision-making on HB 2250 until Tuesday, March 24, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 016. Later, the committee also considered Governor’s Message 725, confirming Daniel M. Gluck as an associate judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals; the committee recommended consent and adopted the measure.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Mar 5th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, unexpected occurrences like there have been unpleasant cyber intrusions and things like that or
- expectations of the office have essentially increased, and the FDEs reflect that. we could do the cyber
- There's no current dedicated cyber security personnel for elections, you could add an FTE.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the last year's work with DIR, DPS, and the governor's office to notify public water. systems of a cyber
- National Security Council, and EPA has communicated an imminent and substantial risk of cyber attacks
- We continue to remain thoroughly engaged in ensuring our water cyber infrastructure is prepared.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Commission to Study Stable Tokens (02/10/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- If there's a cyber security incident, can you still make sure that if the audit says the reserves are
- Can cyber incidents happen that make that verification null?
- </c> incidents where there are some cyber incidents where there are some cyber security<00:40:24.960>
- Can cyber incidents happen that make that verification null?
- Can cyber incidents happen that make that verification null?
Summary:
The meeting began with roll call and approval of the prior meeting minutes, which passed unanimously. Members then introduced the day’s presentations, including one on the Canton network and another on tokenizing real-world assets, with a focus on how blockchain systems can support regulated financial institutions and asset tokenization.
Julie, the director of policy and government affairs at Digital Asset, presented on the Canton network, describing it as a privacy-enabled public blockchain designed for regulated finance. She said tokenization should preserve the same legal and economic rights as the underlying asset, and argued that blockchain-based books and records can shorten settlement times, improve 24/7 trading, and reduce friction in capital markets. She identified three main barriers to institutional adoption of public blockchains: lack of privacy, limited throughput/scalability, and lack of control for compliance purposes such as freezing assets, pausing transactions, and meeting AML/sanctions obligations. She explained Canton’s structure as a public, permissionless network with application-level privacy controls, a global synchronizer, and super validators chosen by vote. She also highlighted current ecosystem participants and use cases, including Broadridge, Circle, and the DTCC’s planned tokenization of U.S. Treasuries on the network.
Members and online participants asked about the relationship between tokenized assets and the Clarity Act, tokenized deposits, safeguards for faster settlement, and whether the platform could be used for municipal or property records. Julie said Digital Asset was not taking a position on rewards, but supported clearer statutory definitions because tokenized securities should carry the same rights as the underlying assets and investors need to know whether a token is a true tokenized security or a synthetic/reference token. She said the company is agnostic on whether the cash leg is stablecoins or tokenized deposits, though it expects both to develop. In response to concerns about rapid settlement, she pointed to institution-level permissions and SEC disclosure expectations as safeguards. She also said the technology could be used for other records, including potentially property-related records, if those assets can be tokenized.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These technologies rely on a workforce that understands software, sensors, AI systems, cyber security
- These technologies rely on a workforce that understands software, sensors, AI systems, cyber security
- These technologies rely on a workforce that understands software, sensors, AI systems, cyber security
- security, and advanced systems, cyber security, and advanced diagnostics.<00:57:09.440><c> Minnesota
- , and cyber security and safety<00:57:55.680><c> validation.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 7th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the first step we need to take to ensure that our schools, public and private, are protected from cyber
- We know that our schools can be targeted by cyber criminals.
- And we are already starting to see some cyber attacks on Nebraska schools.
- That's how cyber attacks occur.
- And you can take cyber insurance to be able to get people in to help recover your data and so on, but
Bills:
LB815A , LB838A , LB912A , LB972A , LB1126A , LB962A , LB1114 , LB921 , LB937 , LB803 , LB803A , LB1032 , LB1032A , LB1075 , LB1075A , LB889 , LB878 , LB933 , LB304 , LB304A , LB1096 , LB1096A , LB1165 , LB1165A , LB958 , LB958A , LB762 , LB1187 , LB966 , LB929 , LB962 , LB753 , LB788 , LB913 , LB1055 , LB1195 , LB429 , LB721 , LB722 , LB727 , LB743 , LB745 , LB749 , LB778 , LB787
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- custody plan to be used in all state, county, municipal, school districts that relates to physical and cyber
- ><00:08:33.880><c> for</c><00:08:34.159><c> physical</c><00:08:34.560><c> and</c><00:08:34.719><c> cyber
- </c> will account for physical and cyber will account for physical and cyber security<00:08:35.399><c
- > security</c><01:02:10.079><c> we</c><01:02:10.200><c> call</c><01:02:10.319><c> that</c> that in cyber
- security we call that that in cyber security we call that defense<01:02:10.799><c> in</c><01:02:11.039
Committee:
Senate Elections
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- may still have an emergency for 14 days that gives them the right to respond to floods, tornadoes, cyber
- may still have an emergency for 14 days that gives them the right to respond to floods, tornadoes, cyber
- may still have an emergency for 14 days that gives them the right to respond to floods, tornadoes, cyber
- may still have an emergency for 14 days that gives them the right to respond to floods, tornadoes, cyber
- may still have an emergency for 14 days that gives them the right to respond to floods, tornadoes, cyber
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- > road map to uh a vector of compromise road map to uh a vector of compromise the<00:03:43.040><c> cyber
- :03:44.239><c> is</c><00:03:44.879><c> um</c><00:03:45.120><c> one</c><00:03:45.599><c> of</c> the cyber
- security world is um one of the cyber security world is um one of don't<00:03:46.599><c> allow</c><00
- There's some really good cyber hygiene recommendations in here that are pretty good.
- security um your hardware and cyber security um your hardware and software<01:32:39.080><c> concerns
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
sports facilities, Minnesota, legislative commission, financial oversight, accountability, HF1062, driver and vehicle systems oversight committee, MNLARS, VTRS, vehicle title and registration system, driver's license system, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, MN.IT, legislative oversight, transportation finance, state government, committee repeal, sunset provision, information technology audit, vehicle registration
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- fraud, are just bad actors finding new ways to do that every day that we're sitting here, with the cyber
- information that's out there now. ...sitting here with the cyber information that's out there now, and
Summary:
The House and Senate Legislative Audit committee met to approve prior minutes and review four higher education audit reports. Staff first presented the University of Arkansas System report, which included three findings that had been certified and referred to the Governmental Bonding Board, the attorney general, and the appropriate prosecuting attorney: unauthorized purchases at UAPB totaling about $37,000, a fraud scheme involving falsified FAFSA/transcript records at East Arkansas Community College with about $66,000 in losses, and unallowable charges in the Veterans Upward Bound program at UA Fayetteville totaling $8,500, of which $6,700 was recovered. Committee members praised the institutions’ internal audit and management teams for identifying the issues and asked detailed questions about how the fraud was detected, especially the online student identity-theft scheme at EACC and the safeguards now being used to verify student identity and prevent similar cases.
EACC officials explained that the fraudulent admissions involved online applicants using falsified transcripts and identity-theft tactics, that 39 suspicious students were identified, and that seven slipped through far enough to receive federal aid, resulting in a $2,500 reimbursement obligation to the university. They said the college now uses a cross-departmental student validity team, extensive red-flag protocols, direct outreach to high schools, ID verification, and other checks, and that the issue has been shared across the UA system and with other campuses. UA Fayetteville also clarified that no veterans were harmed by the Veterans Upward Bound finding; the program was closed and students were redirected to other veteran support programs in the state.
The committee then deferred the Northwest Arkansas Community College report. Staff next summarized two additional reports, from Southeast Arkansas College and Southern Arkansas University Tech, which contained only financial statement misstatements corrected during audit fieldwork; SAU Tech also had a finding involving unauthorized withdrawals that the college discovered and recovered. With no further questions, the committee voted without objection to file the reviewed reports and adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- fraud, are just bad actors finding new ways to do that every day that we're sitting here, with the cyber
- information that's out there now. ...sitting here with the cyber information that's out there now, and
Summary:
The House and Senate Legislative Joint Auditing Committee met to adopt the minutes from its December 11 meeting and then reviewed four higher education audit reports. Staff summarized the University of Arkansas System report, which included three findings that were reported to the Governmental Bonding Board, the prosecuting attorney, and the attorney general: unauthorized purchases at UA Pine Bluff totaling about $37,000, a fraud scheme involving falsified FAFSA/transcripts at East Arkansas Community College with a reported loss of about $66,000, and unallowable charges to the Veterans Upward Bound Program at UA Fayetteville totaling $8,500, of which $6,700 was recovered. University representatives said the issues were identified through internal audit or management review, and they described corrective actions already taken.
Committee members focused most of their questions on the East Arkansas Community College fraud, which involved 39 suspected fraudulent online students using falsified transcripts and identity-theft tactics. EACC officials said all but seven were removed before federal aid was disbursed, that the college had to reimburse about $2,500 for aid that went out, and that the school created a student validity team, added red-flag protocols, and shared the information with other UA campuses. Members also asked about whether the problem was tied to FAFSA changes, how the fraud was detected, whether IP addresses and other indicators were checked, and whether similar issues were being shared across institutions. Staff said campuses are required to report suspected fraud within five business days and that the issue is now being discussed more broadly because it has become a national problem.
Representative Painter also asked about the Veterans Upward Bound finding, and UA Fayetteville officials said no veterans were harmed; the program was closed and students were redirected to other Veterans Upward Bound programs in the state and to the campus veterans center. The committee then deferred the Northwest Arkansas Community College report, and staff summarized two additional reports from Southeast Arkansas College and Southern Arkansas University Tech involving financial statement misstatements corrected during audit fieldwork, plus unauthorized withdrawals at SAU Tech that were discovered and recovered. With no further questions, the committee filed the reports as reviewed and adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- offerings to public safety organizations through our Center for Intelligence and Crime Analysis. and our Cyber
- allow for expanded training of analysts, and expansion of our Security Operations Center to monitor cyber
Committee:
House Appropriations - S/C on Article III
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- next bill: Committee substitute for Senate Bill 1084, a bill to be entitled an act relating to sexual cyber
- that sexually explicit images include a digitally forged intimate image so that the crime of sexual cyber
- The House bill amends the definition of sexually cyber harass.
- The House bill amends the definition of sexually cyber harass to include the requirement that an image
- Committee substitute for House Bill 1451, a bill to be entitled an act relating to sexual cyber harassment
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions before taking up the special order calendar. The chamber first postponed CS/SB 80 on state land management, then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions when identical or nearly identical. Early actions included unanimous passage of HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a recycling and waste-diversion roadmap, and passage of CS/CS/SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking after amendments addressing out-of-service credits and former phosphate mine lands; that bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional concerns. The Senate also passed HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, adding a sentencing multiplier and a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, and HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, with $190,000 in nonrecurring implementation funds and a July 1, 2026 implementation date.
The chamber then approved HB 1089 to add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, and HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects, lower the approval threshold, and clarify ownership and reimbursement issues. Members discussed funding levels and whether insurance premium credits would be required, but the bill passed unanimously. The Senate also passed HB 1145 on workforce education, HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, and HB 181 on parole guidelines, all without recorded opposition. CS/CS/SB 976 on court-appointed psychologists also passed unanimously, as did HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, which broadened protections against non-consensual and digitally forged intimate images.
Later, the Senate approved HB 1156 creating the Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program, after clarifying training requirements and hearing support that the measure would help families keep medically fragile children at home while compensating trained parents. The chamber also passed HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care, with an amendment allowing designated facilities to retain stabilized patients who still meet involuntary examination criteria. Throughout the day, senators used questions and debate to probe charter school governance in CS/CS/SB 822, which was substituted with HB 443 and amended to expand charter autonomy over conduct codes, enrollment, reporting, and facility use while maintaining sponsor oversight; that bill was placed on the calendar for third reading rather than voted on in the excerpt. Several other measures, including SB 716, SB 76, and the final SB 1252 item, were postponed or not reached before the transcript ended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/10/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- purposes first to for three primary purposes first to support<00:35:33.400><c> the</c><00:35:33.560><c> cyber
- </c><00:35:33.920><c> security</c> support the cyber security support the cyber security infrastructure
- c><00:47:17.200><c> uh</c> anything like that it's used for uh anything like that it's used for uh cyber
- security</c><00:47:18.280><c> software</c><00:47:19.280><c> um</c><00:47:19.520><c> technical</c> cyber
- security software um technical cyber security software um technical improvements<00:47:20.319><c> to
Keywords:
HF1345, statutory city, public utility commission, municipal utilities, city council, local government, utility governance, commission membership, staggered terms, vacancy appointment, ordinance, Minnesota Statutes 412.341, municipal ordinance, city commission, public utilities, HF71, Minnesota, public safety, peace officers, correctional officers
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 2
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 17.119><c> and</c><00:42:17.359><c> in</c><00:42:17.800><c> that</c><00:42:18.240><c> time</c> to a Cyber
- attack um and in that time to a Cyber attack um and in that time frame<00:42:20.359><c> critical</c>
- In order to, first of all, if something were to happen, a critical emergency, a flood, a tornado, a cyber
- In order to, first of all, if something were to happen, a critical emergency, a flood, a tornado, a cyber
- Something were to happen, a critical emergency, a flood, a tornado, a cyber emergency, a cyberattack,
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- This effort is underway as a result. of an attempted cyber attack.
- user-friendly, more easy to navigate. more easy to update by our staff, and most importantly, more cyber
- The first is cyber security.
- In the last year alone, major cyber attacks in the have affected health care systems in our state including
- We believe that the rider is necessary to prepare for future cyber attacks, especially if the number.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/20/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- eliminating the requirement to prove monetary injuries, and I think of this in terms of more like privacy or cyber
- eliminating the requirement to prove monetary injuries, and I think of this in terms of more like privacy or cyber
- like<00:12:40.880><c> privacy</c><00:12:41.399><c> or</c><00:12:41.600><c> or</c><00:12:41.760><c> cyber
- </c><00:12:42.160><c> security</c><00:12:42.519><c> where</c> like privacy or or cyber security where
- like privacy or or cyber security where there<00:12:42.880><c> might</c><00:12:43.040><c> not</c><00
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Working Group 1/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- wishing to utilize that $200,000 to access the million dollars in federal grant funding for physical or cyber
- wishing to utilize that $200,000 to access the million dollars in federal grant funding for physical or cyber
- funding uh for dollars in Federal grant funding uh for physical<00:08:56.880><c> or</c><00:08:57.399><c> cyber
- c><00:08:57.760><c> security</c><00:08:58.200><c> purposes</c><00:08:58.920><c> is</c> physical or cyber
- security purposes is physical or cyber security purposes is that<00:08:59.200><c> all</c><00:08:59.440
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Apr 23rd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Internally in our office due to the unfortunate proliferation of cyber attacks on our safety net hospitals
- ambulances to other facilities if a hospital's capacity is significantly diminished due to, for example, a cyber
- guys a lot talking about telemedicine, talking about medical records privacy. but we also work on cyber
Bills:
SB128 , SB640 , SB672 , SB904 , SB1141 , SB1263 , SB1525 , SB1528 , SB2041 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2357 , SB2446 , SB2695 , SB2857 , SB2891 , SB2583
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services