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• or AI from somewhere else.
• <00:46:19.119> was states the country where the AI was states the country where the AI was
• We didn't have a process AI means.
• <00:46:38.720> or<00:46:39.200> AI<00:46:39.680> from we're eating fresh AI
• or AI from we're eating fresh AI or AI from somewhere<00:46:40.400> else.

Keywords: Conference Notices: AGR 2:30 PM:, 910, house, all

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• We started conversations last year to try and partner.
• Vice Chair, I would say I welcome that conversation.
• Introduce AI as a tutor.
• AI is no different than this pen and pad.
• And that is the same with AI. So we're in the process of figuring out how to embrace AI.

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• There was also a provision from the Senate related to AI images for child sexual abuse materials because
• There was also a provision from the Senate related to AI images for child sexual abuse materials because
• There was also a provision from the Senate related to AI images for child sexual abuse materials because
• And when I had my conversation there.
• I'm going to shift the conversation quite a bit away from the closure of Stillwater.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Our expertise in coastal AI... and autonomous systems and our partnership with the Texas Transportation
• How do we advance our AI to know what's going to happen with storm so that we can make sure ships are
• promote a secure. and beneficial use of AI.
• One, the AI found- for rapid materials development, which is critical. And the AI connected in.
• I would love to continue the conversation with you, sir. I'm not sure if that's under your purview.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:14:24.560> about have you had conversations about have you had conversations about potential
• creating a vicious cycle of AI-powered creating a vicious cycle of AI-powered poverty<01:01:56.560
• mo- no mistake, the rising power of AI mo- no mistake, the rising power of AI opens<01:02:11.520
• Amazon Flex uh recently installed AI Amazon Flex uh recently installed AI cameras<01:23:22.280><
• This is continuing the conversation This is continuing the conversation about<01:30:26.360> how

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• So, um, we're we're just conversations.
• full embrace of AI type tools. full embrace of AI type tools.
• an<01:38:05.440> office<01:38:05.679> of AI AI leader, creating an office of AI AI
• > does<01:44:09.280> not And notably, this conversion does not And notably, this conversion
• and look forward to the conversation. and look forward to the conversation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Um you Senator these conversations.
• your provider and there's an AI your provider and there's an AI answering<01:00:52.559> the
• the efficiency um come in because the AI the efficiency um come in because the AI technology<01:
• Senator Aar brought up AI.
• to continue to have these conversations to continue to have these conversations and<01:07:49.359

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The AI course must include a digital hygiene and civic integrity curriculum designed to teach students
• But I have an uncle who runs a business, and when I was speaking all of this AI doomerism to him, he
• AI is going to be great in the long run because it's going to make it possible for more people to run
• Which AI, and I know because my wife is a teacher, AI has made it more difficult to develop its students
• It's just open conversation. Madam Chair, Senator Miranda, that's not germane to this bill.

Bills: HB2008, HB2075, HB2203, HB2395, HB2409

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

Summary: The committee took up several education bills. HB 2395 would create a voluntary Arizona School Fitness Program in ADE to recognize schools that participate in nationally recognized fitness testing or events and allow the designation on school report cards. Supporters, including the sponsor and outside witnesses, argued it would encourage student activity and support the whole child; the bill passed with a 6-0 do pass recommendation. HB 2409, the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, would create a voluntary summer AI course program through ADE with curriculum on digital hygiene, civic integrity, and AI for small business/entrepreneurship, with optional facility use and academic credit. The sponsor said it was meant to prepare students for AI-driven job disruption without requiring new appropriations; it passed 4-2. HB 2203 would direct ADE to review public school and agency reporting requirements for duplicative, expired, or obsolete reports and recommend consolidation or repeal, and an amendment making a technical correction was adopted before the bill passed 6-0. HB 2008 would bar school libraries from using public money to pay dues to certain professional library associations; opponents from Secular AZ and the ACLU argued it was viewpoint discrimination and a threat to professional association rights, but the bill still received a do pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote, with one member explaining a no vote because the problem did not exist. The committee also heard HB 2075, which would require school districts to submit superintendent and CFO employment contracts to ADE, post them online, keep them available for five years after termination, and create a searchable database with compensation details. The Goldwater Institute supported the bill, citing difficulty obtaining contracts through public records requests and examples of very high superintendent compensation and opaque contract terms; the Arizona School Administrators opposed the bill as singling out districts while not applying to charters or other public-dollar schools, though they said they could support it if expanded to all schools receiving public funds. Members debated whether charters are political subdivisions and whether the bill should extend to charters and ESAs, and some discussion also focused on transparency and public records access. The bill ultimately received a 4-2 do pass recommendation.

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• The vision is—so your first question had to do with AI.
• But it could happen that they're controlled by AI.
• And it wouldn't just be AI.
• Gen AI for safer and smarter roads.
• Gen AI for safer and smarter roads.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department reviewed proposals for EDD Next document management system funding, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit and administration adjustments, WIOA funding changes, UI administrative and benefit changes, school employee benefit adjustments, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to EDD Next. PERB discussed funding tied to AB 28 and AB 1, including litigation-related workload and new jurisdiction over legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language on electronic assessment payments and the DWC director salary cap. CalHR proposed additional funding for a consolidated employee assistance program contract, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs and state contribution changes. Members focused heavily on UI debt and interest payments, asking the administration for a plan to reduce the outstanding loan and relieve employers. Finance said no specific repayment plan was included in the May Revision, while LAO said the state’s UI tax structure is structurally insufficient and that any debt payoff should be paired with tax-system reform. Senators also questioned EDD Next costs and timelines, PERB’s caseload and staffing needs, and DIR’s emerging technologies unit, with LAO noting that the unit would appear focused on physical workplace safety rather than broader AI labor issues. CalHR said the new EAP contract would consolidate services, improve access to clinicians, and lower costs relative to the current model. CalPERS defended higher external management fees as part of a strategy to pursue higher net returns, while some members pressed for more transparency about private investments; CalSTRS said it was not prepared to address investment-strategy questions at this hearing. Public comment in Part A was dominated by advocates urging support for an immigration enforcement emergency relief fund, along with comments supporting the Jails to Jobs proposal, the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, and additional PERB funding. The chair noted that many of the immigration-related requests might fall under other committees and said staff would follow up. In Part B, Finance and LAO outlined judicial branch and DOJ May Revision items, including funding for court interpreter services, appellate court security, lactation room implementation delays, courthouse construction reappropriations, and DOJ budget increases. LAO recommended approving the language-access proposal with a report on reducing interpreter cost growth and reducing the General Fund backfill for state court facilities by $10 million on an ongoing basis.

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• Look, I don't want to continue to go too long on this conversation.
• And in terms of the scale... this conversation.
• of CSAM adding AI and what appears.
• You know, I would say AI is kind of a double-edged sword, right?
• You know, I would say AI is kind of a double-edged sword, right?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Our expertise in coastal AI and autonomous systems and our partnership with the Texas Transportation
• promote a secure, productive, and beneficial use of AI.
• And utilizing AI and machine learning upfront to understand what's really going on in physics.
• I would love to continue the conversation with you, sir.
• A lot of the conversation, I think earlier with TBMDL when they were testifying.

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• And I enjoyed our conversation. I look forward to working with you.
• But I am open to having conversations about how to make it work better.
• of AI, and produced the first-ever Global Standards on AI Ethics in November of 2021.
• I think we need to win the AI race.
• I helped stand up the Joint AI Center within D.O.D.

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• Remember my favorite conversation with you?
• We need to have the conversation.
• AI is a national security... security imperative.
• So just last week, the Chinese AI app called...
• Students are using AI. They are using AI constantly.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Um, and conversations ahead of time.
• with us here saying in this conversation with us here as<00:32:41.200> well.
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and
• They've also been including information around AI and AI literacy, which has been very neat to see, and

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media practices for minors by requiring verifiable parental consent for accounts and restricting addictive features and targeted advertising for youth users. Chair Scott offered an A2 amendment, with an oral clarification striking specific language and two commas; the committee adopted the amended A2, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The bill author described social media as addictive by design and said the measure would use age-estimation technology to identify users 15 and under, require parental consent, and provide a different, less addictive experience for youth. Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, parents Jerry and Giana Cox, and a Minnesota high school student, all arguing that social media harms youth mental health, encourages excessive use, and exposes children to manipulation, cyberbullying, and addictive design features like infinite scroll and autoplay. They said the bill would help parents, protect children, and reduce exploitation of minors’ data. Several committee members also spoke in favor, saying the bill addresses corporate negligence, youth mental health, and the need to act even if the proposal needs more work. Opposition testimony came from industry groups including the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and NetChoice. They argued the bill is vague and narrow in scope, could create uneven coverage, and may push platforms toward intrusive age-verification or digital-ID-like systems that raise privacy and data-breach concerns. They also said restrictions on personalized or algorithmic features could weaken safety tools and make it harder to protect young users. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the excerpt, but the amended A2 was adopted and the bill remained under discussion.

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• schle I'm the executive director at AI schle I'm the executive director at AI uh<00:57:25.640>
• ><00:58:06.880> share um thanks for allowing AI today to share um thanks for allowing AI today
• economy the board and staff at AI economy the board and staff at AI refreshed<00:58:17.520> our
• of an have a conversation kind of an educational<01:50:43.679> conversation<01:50:44.159>
• a<01:50:44.320> diagnostic educational conversation a diagnostic educational conversation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The seventh best program on Capitol TV is now in session: the House AI and Innovation Committee.
• than that, I appreciate all the great work this committee is doing around emerging issues surrounding AI
• AI-generated or altered images.
• While my bill only very minorly touches on AI, I'm very happy that it's in this committee.
• I've had some offline conversations with Mr. Cuffer.

Bills: HB2133, HB2592

Keywords: sexual material, consent, synthetic depiction, privacy, internet regulation, rights protection, artificial intelligence, government regulation, innovation, procurement, administrative burdens, 1182, all

Summary: The House AI and Innovation Committee first heard an informational presentation from Arizona Public Service (APS) on the rapid growth of data centers and AI-related electricity demand in Arizona. APS said Phoenix now ranks near the top in North America for data center development and projected its peak load could rise from 8.7 gigawatts to 12 gigawatts by 2035, with about 19 gigawatts of potential data center demand in its queue. APS emphasized three principles for serving this growth: maintaining reliability for existing customers, preventing data center costs from being shifted to residential and small business customers, and preserving capacity for other growth. APS described its proposed approach as a combination of a pending Corporation Commission rate case and bilateral contracts, including minimum bill requirements, queue management, long-term financial commitments, and direct cost assignment to data center customers. Committee members asked about rate impacts, self-generation, behind-the-meter power, seasonal load, and possible future nuclear or other generation options; APS said it is pursuing an all-of-the-above resource strategy and that the proposed data center rate increase is 45 percent, though not yet approved. The committee then considered House Bill 2133, which would require commercial entities that knowingly distribute or publish sexual material online to obtain reasonable consent and age verification, including for synthetic or AI-generated altered images, and would impose civil penalties for violations. A five-page amendment narrowed the bill by excluding internet service providers, affiliates, search engines, and cloud providers from liability for content they do not create or directly host. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect people in adult content from exploitation and non-consensual use, including revenge porn and trafficking-related material, and to extend protections to synthetic media. Members discussed the penalty structure, with the sponsor explaining it was modeled on similar penalties in related laws and set at $10,000 per day of violation. After no public opposition was presented, the committee adopted the amendment and voted 5-0, with 2 members present, to return HB 2133 as amended with a due pass recommendation.

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• :02.360> processed<00:24:02.799> AI<00:24:03.159> should<00:24:03.360> be
• <00:24:03.640> based<00:24:03.960> on we think processed AI should be based on we think
• We think it's important the conversation continue.
• without a label that states the country where the AI was landed.
• means a retail item derived following AI means a retail item derived from<01:09:05.480> AI<01

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard testimony on several bills, with much of the discussion focused on Enterprise Zones and related economic development measures. On SB 125, the committee heard support from DBEDT, the Department of Taxation, the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau, and the Farmers Union. Members questioned how the bill would affect job-creation requirements and learned that existing companies and new companies are treated differently under the program, with existing companies generally subject to a 15% annual employment increase and new companies to a 10% increase, while the bill would extend the program period from seven to nine years. DBEDT also said the program has been effective, citing 1,162 jobs created or maintained at a cost of about $1.2 million, and noted that agriculture, manufacturing, and wholesaling are the main sectors involved. The committee then took up SB 729, also relating to Enterprise Zones, which would expand eligibility to better accommodate local manufacturers and value-added businesses that sell directly to retail rather than only wholesale. Testifiers from the Holua Collaborative and Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau supported the measure, saying it would help small manufacturers and agricultural producers add value and adapt to internet-era sales patterns. A committee discussion clarified that the bill would add value-added processing as an allowable activity within the zones, and DBEDT explained that the current rules were written for a wholesale-dominated market. The Attorney General’s office also testified, raising a supremacy clause concern and recommending language changes to avoid conflict with federal law. On SB 129, relating to labeling requirements for fish, the Attorney General and the Department of Agriculture both raised concerns about federal preemption and enforcement. The AG explained that federal law governs fish labeling but includes an exception for processed fish, and recommended narrowing the bill to processed fish and defining that term to fit the federal carve-out. The Hawaii Longline Association supported the bill but suggested excluding canned tuna while including products such as poke, sashimi, and sushi. The Department of Agriculture said it does not currently enforce this kind of labeling requirement and would need to determine whether another agency should handle enforcement. The committee also heard SB 581, which would establish an aerospace and aeronautics development program within DBEDT. Testimony was generally supportive, but members pressed for a fiscal estimate, and the bill’s sponsor said a prior version of the office had operated on about $400,000 annually with a small staff. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• , Gen AI project, a pilot project for health facilities.
• use generative AI to look at, once a survey is conducted, ...allow us to use generative AI to look at
• Again, so this Gen AI project is one of a number of Gen AI projects across the state that the administration
• S has had initial conversations—” “We've issued an RFP. Ms.
• Is there any conversation around being able to reduce that?

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, focusing first on the Commission on Behavioral Health, then EMSA, and then the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Department of Finance said the state faces a third consecutive deficit and that the May Revision includes difficult trade-offs, including proposed eliminations or reversions of some behavioral health and public health funds. The LAO echoed concern about the structural deficit and said it was still awaiting some budget details before offering a full analysis. For the Commission on Behavioral Health, Finance proposed eliminating $20 million in Mental Health Wellness Act funds, arguing the money would help offset General Fund costs and noting future Proposition 1 innovation funding. The commission strongly opposed the cut, saying it would eliminate or delay launch-ready grants for early childhood supports, full-service partnerships, and peer respite, and would eventually end ongoing grant programming. Several advocates and commissioners testified that the funds support underserved communities and that Proposition 1 is not a substitute for the existing programs. The chair asked Finance to look for alternatives, but no vote was taken. EMSA presented mostly technical budget adjustments: increased authority for the California Poison Control System, a correction to EMSIS funding, and a reappropriation for enterprise services and data management. CDPH then reviewed a broader set of May Revision proposals, including reversions from the California Reducing Disparities Project, workforce development, STD prevention, hepatitis C prevention, hospice, and extreme heat funding, as well as a new generative AI pilot for health facility survey reporting. Members raised concerns about cuts to CRDP and gender health equity programs, especially because many grants are mid-contract and serve underserved communities; CDPH said the reversions were part of solving the deficit and that CRDP had been successful, while also clarifying that abortion.ca.gov would not be eliminated. Public comment was overwhelmingly opposed to the CRDP and related cuts, with many speakers describing the programs as life-saving and cost-effective. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.

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• <00:42:52.000> tools have this idea of using some AI tools have this idea of using some AI
• You and I were talking before committee started about the AI, and I'm glad you and I had a conversation
• before we came into session about AI.
• You and I were talking before committee started about the AI, and I'm glad you and I had a conversation
• You and I were talking before committee started about the AI, and I'm glad you and I had a conversation

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Nutter and some of his colleagues in these conversations. Okay. Thank you, Senator Townsend.
• But, of course, there has been a lot of conversation about having the right to take action legally.
• Yes, I think the whole point, I hear your point, and that's part of the conversations we're going to
• Christy, there's so much conversation around this, and it's been going on for weeks.
• We do share the goal of protecting consumers from deceptive AI practices.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, but much of the meeting focused on House Bill 306, which would require disclosure when a consumer is interacting with a chatbot rather than a human. Sponsor Senator Townsend described it as a consumer protection measure and said the bill is meant to keep pace with rapidly changing AI technology. Committee members and witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s enforcement structure, especially private rights of action and penalties that could apply even without actual consumer harm. The Department of Justice said the bill would apply where the conduct has a Delaware nexus, and that the disclosure requirement is the key consumer protection. Industry witnesses and chambers of commerce opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create broad compliance burdens and expose businesses to excessive litigation risk without a harm requirement or clearer safe harbor language. Earlier in the meeting, the committee discussed House Bill 429, which would update Delaware’s step therapy exception process to include biosimilars and interchangeable biologics. Senator Poore and supporters from Highmark and the Department of Insurance said the bill would modernize insurance law, improve access to effective treatments, and reduce costs; they cited national savings from biosimilars and said the bill has agency support. Members asked about Delaware-specific savings, patient switching, and how the process would work, but no vote was taken during the discussion. The committee also heard House Bill 310, which would exclude large data centers from Blue Collar Jobs Act tax credits; the sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure large energy users contribute more to state and local revenues, while supporters and opponents debated competitiveness and community impacts. House Bill 406, on allowing insureds to choose their auto repair shop, and Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill related to medical debt collection and personal property levies, were also presented without opposition in the hearing. House Bill 253, concerning who may receive letters testamentary or of administration, was described as a cleanup to align statute with existing practice. The committee approved the meeting minutes, but the transcript does not show final votes on the bills discussed.