Transcript Highlights:

• So where AI is, it's the first technology that drives the cost of intelligence to zero.
• And AI actually replaces intelligence.
• But we keep on doing pilots, and AI is reasonably intelligent, but we think it'll get there.
• So in my role at WATEC, I get to see different uses of artificial intelligence and different ideas.
• At about the same time, coworkers started mentioning using this new great new resource; threat intelligence

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on technology use in government, AI policy and oversight, and federal broadband funding. The first panel featured Seattle CTO Rob Lloyd, who described the city’s AI approach as centered on public trust, responsible use, privacy, security, and community partnership. He said Seattle is using small pilots and a data strategy to test AI for tasks such as public records processing, infrastructure inspection, and housing/permitting improvements, while keeping human decision-makers responsible. Members asked about permit review, training on best practices, labor engagement, and public records risks; Lloyd emphasized that AI should assist rather than replace human judgment and that the city is still testing solutions for records redaction and search. Washington Technology Solutions CTO Nick Stow and Deputy Director Mark Quimby then outlined the state’s AI policy work, noting that the state’s guidance now covers more than generative AI and is built into existing privacy and security review processes. They described a statewide AI community of practice, a sandbox used by more than 15 agencies, and use cases including a resident portal with opt-in consent features, cybersecurity screening, and wildfire detection. Committee members raised questions about labor, data privacy, and the status and effectiveness of wildfire detection tools. The AI Task Force update from the Attorney General’s office reported progress through eight subcommittees on topics including governance, consumer protection, labor, health care, public safety, education, government efficiency, and climate/energy, with an interim report due December 1 and a final report due July 1, 2026. The presenter also warned that a pending federal budget reconciliation provision could bar state AI regulation for 10 years, and a member noted ongoing work on prior AI bills for the 2026 session. The broadband portion of the meeting began with Commerce’s Dave Pringle, who said the BEAD broadband program is being reshaped by new NTIA guidance issued June 6. He explained that Washington’s original multi-round application process has been compressed into an expedited roughly 30-day application window, with a September 4 state submission deadline, and that earlier rounds are effectively being replaced under the new federal rules. He noted that no projects have been built yet, that four counties did not receive round-two applications, and that the state is working with applicants, the Governor’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office while also managing a leadership transition in the broadband office. The Office of Equity then reported on the Digital Equity Forum’s growth, membership expansion, outreach, and draft recommendations, including better interagency coordination, improved data for underserved communities, and elevating digital equity as a statewide priority; members discussed the loss of federal digital equity operating funds and the forum’s transition back to Commerce. The final presenter, Lumen’s Rob Thoms, discussed private-sector broadband deployment, saying the company continues investing in fiber overbuilds and working with local governments, but faces permitting, regulatory, and geography challenges. He said Washington has strong backbone fiber and is well positioned for enterprise and AI-related demand, but that rural and legacy telecom transitions remain difficult and that satellite and wireless options may play a larger role over time.

Transcript Highlights:

• today to have a day of informational presentation and testimony about the issue of artificial intelligence
• A 2024 study found that 96% of business executives believe artificial intelligence will boost productivity
• <01:04:34.960><c> of</c><01:04:35.200><c> AI</c><01:04:35.839><c> every</c> threats of AI every threats
• Ree, who is director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the University of St.
• </c><01:18:15.239><c> at</c><01:18:15.400><c> the</c> artificial intelligence at the artificial intelligence

Committee: Senate Labor

Transcript Highlights:

• So if you think about what the ongoing threat for the state is, there's an ongoing threat of cyber attacks
• So if you think about what the ongoing threat for the state is, there's an ongoing threat of cyber attacks
• threat is a growing threat.
• I think that's the threat that I think about a lot.
• I think that's the threat that I think about a lot.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Transcript Highlights:

• education and appropriations. 2580 ESA's rules. 2583 ESA education. 2593 ESA. 2592 artificial intelligence
• withdrawn from the Committee on Commerce and additionally referred to the Committee on Artificial Intelligence
• HB 2409, artificial intelligence program, AI and Innovation.
• HB 2409, artificial intelligence program, AI and Innovation.
• HB 23, mandatory reporting violent threats minors, Judiciary.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recorded attendance at 56 present, zero absent, and four excused. Members then used personal privilege to introduce guests and recognize visiting groups, including the West Valley Regional Chamber, Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics Arizona, Vitalant, and veterans and military representatives. The chamber and blood donor month proclamations were read, with Representative Bliss recognizing January as National Blood Donor Month in Arizona and Vitalant’s role in supplying most of the state’s blood supply, and Representative Aguilar declaring January 22, 2026, West Valley Regional Chamber Day. The House handled a large volume of procedural business, including reports of standing committees, first reading and referral of numerous bills and resolutions, and announcements of committee meetings. The bills covered a wide range of topics such as elections, education, housing, taxes, health care, artificial intelligence, veterans, public safety, and energy. Several measures were also withdrawn and reassigned to different committees, including referrals to the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, Government, Public Safety and Law Enforcement, and Natural Resources, Energy, and Water. Members also made brief remarks honoring guests and community causes, including a Veterans Caucus lunch announcement focused on military-family policy and a personal remembrance by Senator Cruz. No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken beyond procedural approvals and the motion to adjourn. The House recessed and later adjourned until 1:15 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• statewide unit designed to match the scale and complexity of the threat.
• Isabel was vibrant, funny, intelligent, and deeply loved.
• Because if the threat doesn't expire, the protection shouldn't either.
• or other criminal threats in a coordinated way.
• It's a direct threat to public safety and system reliability.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• Through training, I use my human anxiety to identify safety threats to my patients.
• SB 903 establishes clear, reasonable standards to protect consumers as artificial intelligence enters
• It also says that it prohibits it from allowing artificial intelligence to do any of the following.
• It's unclear to me if this bill allows a therapist to utilize artificial intelligence to help him or
• They also face a growing number of violent incidents, regularly encountering assault threats.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Prime Minister, are not just an existential threat; you are operationalizing that threat.
• So if you're going to develop a new level of intelligence, perhaps it would be intelligent if we were
• So if you're going to develop a new level of intelligence, perhaps it would be intelligent if we were
• So if you're going to develop a new level of intelligence, perhaps it would be intelligent if we were
• Develop a new level of intelligence, perhaps it would be intelligent if we were to spend 1%, one-half

Bills: HR26

Keywords: domestic terrorism, Antifa, law enforcement, criminal activity, violent protests, political ideology, federal response, socio-political conflict

Transcript Highlights:

• In today's time, where we're constantly facing threats from foreign adversaries, some of the research
• Now, in 2017, a national intelligence law in China said that any Chinese person or entity has to share
• information they get access to with the Chinese military and intelligence establishment.
• So that means, effectively, scholars in Louisiana... ...Chinese military and intelligence establishment
• That is advancing the capability of the Chinese military and intelligence state.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass, which would create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council to review and potentially block certain gifts, contracts, academic partnerships, and research partnerships involving foreign adversary sources. Bass said the bill is intended to protect university research, intellectual property, and students from foreign influence, and would also require public disclosure of certain foreign-linked arrangements and a plan to eliminate foreign-adversary-linked software. Supporters from State Armor argued Louisiana universities have been vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party influence and intellectual property theft. Representatives from Tulane University and Lenovo raised concerns that the bill could create duplicative review, delay research, raise costs, and sweep in legitimate private or multinational entities; a proposed amendment to exempt entities operating under a CFIUS national security agreement failed 4-8. After debate, the committee moved SB 399 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 310 by Senator Cloud, presented by Representative Carlson, which would require public school and college health centers to display information about pregnancy resources available in Louisiana. Supporters from Louisiana Right to Life said the bill would help connect pregnant students with existing state and private assistance programs, while the ACLU submitted a red card in opposition without speaking. The bill was moved favorably without objection. The committee also advanced House Resolution 171 by Representative Turner, which calls for a study of the workforce-oriented TOPS Tech and M.J. Foster programs, with business and workforce groups supporting the study as a way to measure outcomes and return on investment; it was moved favorably. Next, the committee took up House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner, a tuition autonomy bill for public post-secondary institutions. An amendment was adopted to add a conceptual framework for tuition-setting considerations, but the bill would still remove the existing 10% over two years cap and allow institutions to set tuition more freely. Turner argued universities need more flexibility because state funding has declined and campuses face deferred maintenance and operating pressures. Several members, especially Representative Carlson, warned that higher tuition could reduce access and that the bill did not address broader structural problems in higher education. Despite those concerns, HB 1084 was moved favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 351 by Senator Jackson Andrews, which would let families apply for child care assistance through CCAP once pregnancy is known, rather than waiting until after birth, to help move them up the waiting list. An amendment was adopted to have BESE, rather than the department, handle rulemaking and to allow the House and Senate education committees to approve the implementation process. The bill was then discussed as a way to help parents return to work sooner, and the hearing continued with questions from members.

Transcript Highlights:

• Today, the committee is examining the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas.
• passed a slate of laws to address that in '25, and we need to keep pace and advance those laws as the threats
• I'll just give you some numbers about our growing threat landscape. 73% of U.S. adults have experienced
• The other question I have is your take on artificial intelligence—how is that going to play into this
• So this artificial intelligence is going to be a big driver for the volume of ads.

Summary: A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses. Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively. Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• He does a lot of our threats against public officials investigations and then also is kind of our liaison
• enforcement across Oklahoma, as well as capturing and disseminating drug and human trafficking intelligence
• It also furthers our mission with our intelligence gathering and dissemination with the people across
• In metro areas in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, we have to address this threat throughout Oklahoma.
• And two, because of the national security threat in reference to Chinese nationals, Oklahoma is a pivotal

Committee: House Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 31, an act relating to crime, making the offense of making a shooting threat a crime.
• , enacting the Artificial Intelligence Act, requiring notice of use and documentation of systems.
• Legislative Education Study Committee to assemble an Education Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence
• structure for improved statewide education data governance and policies to address artificial intelligence
• Legislative Education Study Committee to assemble an Education Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence

Transcript Highlights:

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• Short time during an immediate threat.
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Transcript Highlights:

• Here again, China is our biggest threat.
• Security threats that we face today.
• that as a potential threat to our safety and security here? Yes, sir.
• But, of course, it prevents threats from reaching the homeland.
• Iran and its proxies continue to be the number one threat to stability in the Middle East.

Committee: Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Keywords: Senator Flinstone, HB22, SB4, amendments, public testimony, legislation, environmental impact, economic implications

Summary: The meeting featured a thorough examination of various bills, including substantial discussions on HB22 and SB4. Key points included amendments proposed by committee members, particularly from Senator Flinstone, who emphasized the need for clarifications on certain provisions. The committee actively engaged with several witnesses providing public testimony, some in favor of the proposed legislation while others highlighted concerns and potential implications. The discussions were vibrant, showcasing different perspectives, especially on the environmental and economic impacts of the bills in question. The meeting concluded with a consensus to reconvene after a recess to further address the outstanding issues related to the bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• have conversations relating to aspects of life that are impacting Minnesotans, such as artificial intelligence
• Artificial intelligence is what AI stands for, and artificial intelligence is a series of algorithms
• </c><00:00:50.000><c> is</c> absolutely so artificial intelligence is absolutely so artificial intelligence
• is a series of algorithms intelligence is a series of algorithms seeking<00:00:55.520><c> to</c><00:
• </c><00:09:22.440><c> or</c><00:09:22.600><c> more</c> artificial intelligence or more artificial intelligence

Transcript Highlights:

• His Bible, his guiding thesis, was "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham, a terrific book.
• That just represents artificial intelligence largely.
• Artificial intelligence is going to be used to help design quantum computers.
• Post-quantum cryptography is one of the earliest threats in terms of a utility-scale quantum computer
• Going to be generally largely power intensive, it is mostly on the artificial intelligence side.

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• King, Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
• When did he begin to be considered a threat?
• There's a bomb threat. They're probably going to kill you. People want to kill you.
• And with those threats, he still went. He knew, we know, but he still did his job.
• He was smart and intelligent, handsome, and a good friend and teammate to many.

Transcript Highlights:

• To be clear, an algorithm in social media is an artificial intelligence system.
• Students should be able to participate in their student body associations free from threat.
• Threats to their safety, to their privacy, or to accessibility.
• And now, as you guys all know, federal funding is under threat.
• The threat to our right to choose, the threats to our health care providers to even offer the reproductive

Transcript Highlights:

• There are several reasons why this current bill poses a threat to the future of horse racing.
• This bill poses a direct threat to that very idea. Senate Bill 408, is a vote supporting a casino.
• The very threat of this decoupling bill has slowed. Commerce pairs are already leaving the state.
• We now face a threat from the katyn company looking to shutter one of the last and historic remaining
• And there are a lot of really, really, really intelligent people in this room as a unique and special

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• North Texas Cyber Fraud Task Force, assistant to the special agent in charge for the Protective Intelligence
• Interface. seen with federal authorities and intelligence agencies to stop terrorists. attacks within
• And as you know in the 88th legislative session, behavior threat assessments are to be when a student
• It's not unusual after a behavior threat assessment for students to transfer.
• Starting October, excuse me, August 1st, those behavior threat assessments will be transferred.

Committee: Senate Nominations

Transcript Highlights:

• that work in our entertainment district, where there is a high frequency of assault on officers' threats
• We had a credible threat of a drive-by shooting.
• With a battle buddy you trust with your life, only to discover he's been feeding intelligence to the
• Cartels operate like foreign intelligence services.
• They use blackmail, coercion, and threats.

Bills: SB127 , SB456 , SB482 , SB659 , SB739 , SB816 , SB1234 , SB1666 , SB1886 , SB1980 , SB2580 , SB2611 , SB2693 , SB2776

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: child abuse, reporting obligation, statute of limitations, negligence, legal professionals, human organs, criminal penalties, physician license, medical ethics, illegal trade, smuggling, human trafficking, felony offenses, law enforcement, authorized peace officer, peace officer definition, tracking equipment, communications access, electronic surveillance, cell phone records

Summary: The committee heard and laid out a series of criminal justice bills, with public and invited testimony on restitution, juvenile justice, child abuse reporting, public-safety protections, organ trafficking, property fraud, disaster-response worker protections, fentanyl exposure, emergency data disclosure, insurance-fraud investigations, blood warrant execution, human smuggling, and TJJD advocacy access. Several measures drew support from prosecutors, clerks, law enforcement, utility companies, and victims who described real-world harms and delays in current law; opposition or caution came from civil-rights and advocacy groups on bills involving expanded criminal liability, data disclosure, and juvenile-facility access. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with the committee later voting out SB 127 favorably and placing it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1666 would streamline restitution payments for parole or mandatory supervision cases by requiring TDCJ to include victim information when forwarding payments, shortening the period before unclaimed funds go to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund, and clarifying confidentiality and contact procedures; county clerks supported it as an efficiency measure. SB 2776 would let TJJD disclose certain information, with written consent, to support the Credible Messengers Program, and SB 127 would extend limitations periods for failure-to-report child abuse and concealment offenses, with testimony emphasizing delayed discovery of abuse and the need for accountability. SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting or interfering with peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers, and SB 456 would raise penalties for organ purchasing/trafficking and create a more specific criminal framework for the offense; both drew strong support from law enforcement and victims. The committee also heard SB 2611 on real property theft and deed fraud, which would create separate offenses for real property theft and fraud, add a ten-year limitations period, require criminal judgments to be filed in county property records, and expand restitution and title-clearing remedies. Witnesses described forged deeds, stolen church and family properties, and long, costly efforts to restore title; county clerks and prosecutors said the bill would help victims and streamline civil remedies. SB 482 would increase penalties for offenses against utility workers during declared disasters or evacuation orders, prompted by reports of threats and assaults during Hurricane Beryl; utility representatives said the bill is needed to keep mutual-aid crews coming to Texas. SB 1234 would add fentanyl to the endangerment statute for vulnerable people, while SB 816 would allow providers to disclose electronic data in immediate life-threatening situations; both drew support from prosecutors and criticism from civil-rights advocates concerned about overbreadth and liability protections.