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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 2, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please make sure all electronic devices are turned off or are on silent mode.
  • Moving on to HB 949, wireless devices on school grounds, by Representative Bousada.
  • So how does the bill define wireless communication devices?
  • So there is some emotional attachment to this device that was discussed at great length.
  • So there is some emotional attachment to this device that was discussed at great length.
Summary: The Education and Employment Committee met with a quorum and took up seven bills, all of which were reported favorably. First, HB 1367 on school attendance was presented as a response to rising chronic absenteeism; it would standardize attendance definitions and reporting statewide, and it passed 18-0 after supportive testimony from education and business groups. HB 949 would prohibit student use of wireless devices during the school day, while allowing district policies for designated use areas and existing medical/disability exceptions; members discussed classroom disruption, bullying, public safety, and accommodations, and the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved PCS for CS for HB 1135, requiring ECGs for student athletes in grades 9-12, with exemptions for religious objections and provisions on cost, liability, and medical clearance; the bill drew extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates who described children lost to sudden cardiac arrest and was reported favorably after unanimous support. Members then approved CS for CS for HB 597 on diabetes management in schools, which would allow schools to keep glucagon pens and authorize trained personnel to administer them in emergencies; an amendment clarified charter schools are included as public schools. HB 1309 on reading interventions and instruction would expand reading support and training for grades 4-12 and require district reading plans to include evidence-based interventions; it also passed without opposition. CS for HB 981 on athlete representation and compensation would cap certain NIL agent fees, allow some high school athletes to earn NIL compensation, and create a framework for registered advisors; members raised concerns about predatory practices and coach involvement, but the bill passed favorably after amendment. Finally, HB 1111 would eliminate the certificate of completion option for students who do not meet graduation requirements, with the sponsor arguing it would better motivate students to earn a standard diploma and improve postsecondary and workforce opportunities. Members discussed the need for stronger supports to help students meet graduation standards, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee adjourned after completing all agenda items.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (04/13/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , these PL battery plug-in solar devices, balcony devices as they're called.
  • , all plug-in solar generation devices, all plug-in solar generation<02:08:53.520><c> devices</c><02:
  • </c><02:10:16.400><c> um</c><02:10:16.639><c> some</c> devices. I put that in. um some devices.
  • ,</c><04:17:26.000><c> uh,</c> are applying one of these devices, uh, are applying one of these devices
  • I saw device used frequently throughout.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this is, ladies and gentlemen, is that you break into the pump and add a device on, and the device
  • the opposition that they don't think just owning a device should be illegal.
  • the opposition that they don't think just owning a device should be illegal.
  • It's called a pulsar manipulation device. Pulsar. P-U-L-S-A-R.
  • It's called a pulsar manipulation device. Pulsar. P-U-L-S-A-R.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Silence all electronic devices.
  • And by taking out the word "directly," the expansion really could be very great for medical devices and
  • They include accessible mobile devices, computer terminals, or other similar access devices.
  • Say that again - if you have a mobile device, a computer terminal, or other similar access device, it
  • money out they will arrest you and you can prove it in front of a judge that it's not a gambling device
Bills: S0598 , S0934 , S1260 , S1300 , S1452 , S1510 , S1566 , S1580 , S1668 , S7034
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . regarding machine gun conversion devices.
  • Under federal law, a machine gun conversion device is already illegal.
  • but more appropriately referred to as machine gun conversion devices.
  • But again, already under federal law, these conversion devices are illegal, and we're...
  • It's almost... ... conversion device.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Feb 3rd, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please silence all electronic devices. Anyone wishing... There's a quorum. Thank you.
  • Please silence all electronic devices.
  • SB 936 on temporary door locking devices by Senator McLean.
  • , temporary door locking devices.
  • Temporary door locking devices will define the term, authorize temporary door locking devices to be installed
Bills: S0936 , S1724 , S1014 , S1498
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. First, it considered SB 1724 on municipal utility services. Senator Martin offered a late-filed delete-everything amendment that would require annual customer meetings for extraterritorial utility customers, cap use of gross utility revenues for general government at 10%, eliminate a 25% surcharge on customers outside city limits, reduce the rate differential cap from 50% to 25%, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain existing bond-related surcharges until debt is retired or refinanced. The League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the need for rate studies and budget adjustments. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported CS/SB 1724 favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices from Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, allow them to be installed at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or amendments, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water or wastewater service solely because a property owner will not annex, and would require service expansion when a property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. A committee amendment narrowed the bill to properties near a main line and reduced the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about property size, annexation conflicts, enclave creation, and possible revenue impacts, but the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1498 on community associations from Chair Bradley. A strike-all amendment revised technical provisions on video conference recordings, turnover inspection reports, SIRS references, and electronic voting, and added two major policy changes: requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors and creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal, and prohibiting mandatory club or amenity fee schemes controlled by developers or third parties that generate profit beyond proportional expenses. Testimony in support described homeowner disputes involving concentrated board control, lack of transparency, and mandatory fees in communities such as Rosedale. The amendment was adopted and CS/SB 1498 was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Bracey Davis asked to be recorded voting in the affirmative on tabs 1, 2, and 3, and the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 11th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • PLEASE SILENCE ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
  • ACCESS TO THOSE DEVICES.
  • TWENTY NINE COMMITTEE FACILITIES TO THE MULTI PURPOSE PROGRAM AND 15 DIGITAL DEVICE PROGRAMS.
  • TWELVE MULTIPURPOSE COMMITTEE FACILITIES, AND THREE DEVICE PROGRAMS.
  • DEVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, a wireless communication device is not defined.
  • This bill would simply clarify that a wireless communication device does not include skimmers or devices
  • However, a wireless communication device is not defined.
  • This bill would simply clarify that a wireless communication device does not include skimmers or devices
  • Relating to the use of an epinephrine delivery device by certain entities.
Bills: SJR12 , SJR37 , SB7 , SB8 , SB16 , SB27 , SB108 , SB125 , SB207 , SB251 , SB318 , SB371 , SB379 , SB396 , SB406 , SB472 , SB503 , SB533 , SB578 , SB599 , SB608 , SB617 , SB621 , SB689 , SB707 , SB763 , SB836 , SB854 , SB856 , SB857 , SB875 , SB878 , SB906 , SB922 , SB942 , SB965 , SB985 , SB988 , SB1021 , SB1059 , SB1084 , SB1098 , SB1185 , SB1188 , SB1202 , SB1207 , SB1307 , SB1321 , SB1330 , SB1366 , SB1388 , SB1396 , SB1453 , SB1484 , SB1497 , SB1498 , SB1535 , SB1563 , SB1596 , SB1610 , SB1619 , SB1737 , SB1738 , SB1741 , SB1816 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1939 , SB2188 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SJR37 , SJR81 , SJR50 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB875 , SB318 , SB707 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB1497 , SB1498 , SB241 , SB304 , SB621 , SB1023 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB406 , SB985 , SB965 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB608 , SB955 , SB957 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB541 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB125 , SB599 , SB1330 , SB53 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB472 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB414 , SB1062 , SB578 , SB711 , SB746 , SB942 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB1738 , SB108 , SB8 , SB507 , SB533 , SB689 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB763 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB617 , SB1567 , SB503 , SB16 , SB310 , SB311 , SB396 , SB505 , SB1209 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB1029 , SB1185 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB878 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB1535 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB207 , SB1207 , SB1619 , SB1396 , SB920 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB1741 , SB7 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1366 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1816 , SB1841 , SB2188 , SB1147 , SB879 , SB1008 , SB1536 , SB2016 , SB1453 , SB1173 , SB1163 , SB996 , SB27 , SB568 , SB1370 , SB1321 , SB1101 , SB906 , SB860 , SB1563 , SB993 , SB693 , SB1610 , SB1537 , SB836 , SB1332 , SB1307 , SB963 , SB493 , SB922 , SB984 , SB1084 , SB619 , SB1098 , SB1122 , SB455 , SB522 , SB1057 , SB1239 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1259 , SB1341 , SB1664 , SB1877 , SB464 , SB1277 , SB32 , SB732 , SB660 , SB731 , SB921 , SB268 , SB1822 , SB1188 , SB1939 , SB1589 , SB397 , SB1388 , SB2230 , SB1058 , SB1036 , SB1267 , SB2112 , SB1930 , SB532 , SB1035 , SB2155 , SB508 , SB29 , SB292 , SB291 , SB901 , SB1333 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB964 , SB779 , SB1378 , SB2312 , SB1719 , SB1386 , SB287 , SB2143 , SB1245 , SB261 , SB1247 , SB1948 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB1882 , SB1197 , SB1814 , SB618 , SB38
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Unlike the lead apron that we wear basically from our clavicle to our knee, this is a device.
  • There are several devices being manufactured, but the device does two things. Thanks.
  • There are several devices being manufactured, but the device does two things.
  • I'm still quite hazy on how the device works, but I can take a flying leap with you about it.
  • But what proof do we have that the device does work?
Summary: The committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for a grant program to help rural hospitals install enhanced radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony from an interventional cardiologist emphasized worker safety, reduced radiation exposure, and recruitment/retention of physicians, and the bill passed 10-0. SB 1154 provides $500,000 to ADOT for a traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon; local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel described heavy tourism, rising crashes, and the need for broader roadway improvements, and it passed 6-4. SB 1063 appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. 70 in the San Carlos Apache area; tribal leaders and law enforcement cited high fatality and injury rates, dangerous design features, and limited federal funding, and it also passed 6-4. The committee then approved SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy supported the measure as a way to generate dedicated revenue for park programs, and it passed 10-0. SCM 1001, as amended, urges naming SR 260 the Donald J. Trump Highway through the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names rather than ADOT; the memorial drew sharply divided testimony and debate, but it passed 6-4. Finally, SB 1209 exempts homeless individuals and those using shelter addresses from non-operating ID fees and extends the validity period for those IDs to eight years; advocates said the change would help people obtain housing, jobs, and services, and it passed 9-0.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Feb 4th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then, in my last 10 years, I focused on consumer electronic devices, so things like Echo and Fire TV
  • This one relates to renters' and mobile home occupants' ability to install portable cooling devices.
  • a tenant, nor for damages arising out of a tenant's use of such a device.
  • It permits landlords to require inspection or servicing of a window-mounted device after installation
  • and removes provisions regulating tenant installation of a device in a window.
Summary: The Senate Housing Committee met on cutoff day and first considered two gubernatorial appointments to the Housing Finance Commission. Aaron T. McGrath and Ann T. Malone each testified about their housing finance and affordable housing backgrounds, their prior commission or sector experience, and their interest in improving housing affordability and equity. Senators asked brief questions and offered supportive comments, and both appointments were heard without objection. The committee then heard and later acted on a series of housing-related bills. ESHB 1500 would expand resale certificate requirements for common interest communities by adding reserve studies, audits, and governing documents, limiting certain fees, allowing rush service fees, and creating enforcement rights; testimony was split between Realtors, who supported the consumer-protection goals but sought clarifications and more time for rescission, and HOA/management representatives, who warned against limiting third-party processing tools and sought more flexibility. EHB 1501 would require associations to answer certified written inquiries from owners within 30 days, subject to reasonable association rules; the sponsor framed it as a basic right to a response, while HOA representatives supported the intent but asked for clearer limits and coordination with existing law. EHB 1345 would allow detached ADUs outside urban growth areas under detailed guardrails; builders, Realtors, counties, and housing advocates supported it as a rural housing tool, and the committee heard that it had been the product of years of negotiation. In executive session, the committee adopted amendments and advanced several bills. It approved a metering requirement for water use in SB 5470 on detached ADUs outside UGAs, narrowed SB 5729 to permit-review provisions, adopted a substitute for SB 6015 on permit-ready factory-built housing plans, and moved forward SB 6069 on transitional, supportive, and emergency housing with zoning and local process changes. It also advanced SB 1686 on deferred utility connection fees, SB 6200 on portable cooling devices for renters and mobile home occupants after rejecting an amendment to remove window units, SB 6201 creating tax exemptions for social housing agencies, SB 6214 establishing land bank authorities, and SB 6237 requiring flood-risk disclosures in rental housing. The committee then returned to public testimony on ESHB 1500, EHB 1501, and EHB 1345, hearing additional support and concerns, and adjourned after thanking staff for their work on cutoff day.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Sep 12th, 2025

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The programming devices and key duplication devices to the list of burglary tools.
  • These electronic devices are used to mimic keys and plug into a vehicle's onboard diagnostic port to
  • These devices are readily available online with no screening process, meaning anyone can get a hold of
  • upward trend, AB 486 will give law enforcement the ability to take action for possession of these devices
  • upward trend, AB 486 will give law enforcement the ability to take action for possession of these devices
Committee: House Public Safety
Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety met to consider two bills, both on concurrence in Senate amendments. Assembly Bill 486 by Assembly Member Lackey would add key programming devices and key duplication devices to the list of burglary tools, with the author and the California Police Chiefs Association arguing these electronic devices are increasingly used in auto theft and related crimes and that the bill appropriately requires felonious intent. Support also came from the California State Sheriffs’ Association, the City of Thousand Oaks, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, and the Riverside Sheriff’s Association/California Narcotics Officers Association; there was no opposition. The committee voted to concur in the Senate amendments. Assembly Bill 1152 by Assembly Member Patterson would exempt prescriptions for human chorionic gonadotropin, a fertility-related medication, from reporting to the Department of Justice, with the author saying the current controlled-substance reporting requirement is unnecessary and raises privacy concerns for Californians undergoing fertility treatment. No support or opposition testimony was offered. The committee voted to concur in the Senate amendments. After the votes were taken, the chair noted the committee might return later for another bill, Assembly Bill 1127 by Assembly Member Gabriel, pending transmission from the Senate. The meeting then adjourned after all measures were reported out.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does that. tracking devices on a reported stolen tracking devices on a reported stolen vehicle
  • </c> allow placement of the tracking device allow placement of the tracking device on<00:13:00.680><c
  • Next point I want to talk about is the authorization of the tracker device to place tracking devices
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  • </c><01:30:32.440><c> and</c> by placing these tracking devices and by placing these tracking devices
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 28th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • But devices like the Caring Cradle and cuddle cot, everything changes.
  • Would there be a cooling device for Heidi? At this time, I had no idea what that meant.
  • Once Heidi was placed in the cooling device, her body completely stopped changing.
  • Without that cooling device, she would have never met Heidi.
  • I'd never even heard of this device before.
Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 28 with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, beginning with SB 113 on the local health care provider participation program in Calcasieu Parish. The committee adopted a technical amendment and heard that the bill would shift the local sponsor from the parish to the city if needed by a June 1 deadline. After brief discussion and no opposition, SB 113 was reported favorably with amendments. The committee then approved SB 23, which exempts certain assisted living facilities licensed by LDH from the definition of food service establishment, and SB 150, which would allow LDH to scan and electronically store vital records supporting documents and return originals to citizens. SB 221 also advanced after testimony that it would allow EMS providers to be reimbursed by Medicaid for emergency responses where treatment is provided on scene but the patient is not transported. Members discussed that the bill could reduce unnecessary ER use and likely would require some rulemaking, but it was reported favorably. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 404, a broad vision benefit plan reform bill. Supporters, including optometrists, said the measure would improve transparency, patient choice, and access to eye care by limiting restrictive plan practices; opponents from the vision care plan industry argued it was an unprecedented, provider-driven overhaul that could raise costs and reduce flexibility. After extensive testimony and an agreed amendment clarifying network participation, the committee reported SB 404 favorably with amendments. The committee also reported SB 32 favorably with amendments after emotional testimony from parents and advocates about perinatal bereavement care, cooling devices, and training for hospitals to give grieving families more time and dignity after infant loss. Finally, the committee heard SB 43, which would create a psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative within LDH for clinical research and treatment involving ibogaine and psilocybin, with testimony from veterans, researchers, and advocates describing potential benefits for PTSD, substance use, and traumatic brain injury. The bill was reported favorably with amendments and set to pass a courtesy sheet. The committee then began SB 253, a bill regulating peptides and compounding pharmacies, adopted technical amendments clarifying provider liability, and continued discussion as the transcript ended.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Mar 26th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • For background, our district started and moved rapidly to one-to-one devices.
  • I think we all know it's easier to manage kids when they have a device.
  • But now they're collaborating on their devices. Let's go to grade four.
  • So through that, you have the actual device. You have licensing.
  • Therefore, Chromebooks and devices get lost, get broken.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AEN-EDT DEFER, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-12-2025

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • It expands the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to include the collection of recycling of
  • :55.639><c> expands</c><00:04:56.120><c> the</c><00:04:56.240><c> electronic</c><00:04:56.720><c> device
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  • the insurance industry; representatives from retailers that sell batteries and battery-containing devices
  • the insurance industry; representatives from retailers that sell batteries and battery-containing devices
Summary: The committee met on February 12 in Room 224 and via videoconference to consider several measures. First, it heard Senate Bill 547 on water conservation, which would create an income tax credit for gray water recycling systems and atmospheric water generators, along with a rebate program and building code standards. The chair recommended passing the bill with amendments from DOA and the Department of Health and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050; the recommendation was adopted unanimously by the members present. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1633, a Green Building tax credit measure tied to the use of Hawaii-grown hemp in primary structures, and also addressing hemp and cannabinoid product regulation, including age limits, packaging requirements, THC limits, and a separate hemp program within the Department of Health. The chair recommended passing the bill with DOA amendments and a further amendment allowing hemp processors to sell certain edible or beverage cannabinoid products with limited THC content, plus a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050. The motion passed with five votes in favor. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 391 on recycling, which would expand the Electronic Device Recycling and Recovery Act to cover certain lithium-ion batteries and require manufacturers to ensure their safe collection and recycling. The chair instead recommended amending the bill into a working group under the Hawaii State Energy Office to study battery end-of-life management, costs, safety, environmental impacts, in-state versus out-of-state recycling options, and related feasibility questions, with a report due before the 2026 regular session and dissolution on June 30, 2026. That amended approach was adopted unanimously, and the hearing concluded.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Apr 8th, 2026

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • These devices include, but are not limited to, cellular telephones, portable phones, text message devices
  • , personal digital assistants, pagers, broadband, personal communication devices, electronic devices,
  • And these devices are used to negotiate drug transactions.
  • And these devices are used to negotiate drug transactions.
  • these illegal activities taking place as a result of these devices being here.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

Transcript Highlights:
  • I put this device that's being used as being prescribed by a physician.
  • So these are consumer devices. That's a great, great distinction. Senator.
  • I put this device that's being used as being prescribed by a physician.
  • So these are consumer device. That's a great, great distinct.
  • Prescribed by a physician, so these are consumer devices—a great, great distinction.
Summary: The committee hearing focused on a package of Massachusetts privacy and technology bills, especially measures to ban the sale of location data, establish a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, and regulate biometric recognition and surveillance pricing. Chairs and sponsors argued that self-regulation has failed, that data brokers and large tech companies routinely collect and monetize sensitive information, and that state action is needed because federal protections are weak or absent. Several speakers tied the bills to reproductive health, gender-affirming care, domestic violence, children’s data, and other sensitive uses of location and biometric information. Supporters included legislators and advocates who backed H. 86/S. 197 (Location Shield), H. 78/S. 45/H. 104/S. 29 (comprehensive privacy bills), H. 99/S. 47 (surveillance pricing in grocery stores), and H. 36/S. 36 (biometric recognition accountability). They emphasized data minimization, bans on selling sensitive data, consumer rights to access, delete, and opt out, and in some cases a private right of action. Several witnesses said Massachusetts should lead or align with other states, while others argued that stronger protections are needed because data can be weaponized by stalkers, anti-abortion actors, abusive partners, insurers, or law enforcement. Industry and coalition witnesses urged the committee to favor a more standardized, interoperable framework modeled on laws already adopted in other states, warning that novel definitions, data-minimization rules, and private rights of action could create compliance burdens, confusion, and costs for businesses, including small businesses. They argued that entity-level exemptions for sectors already covered by federal laws like HIPAA or GLBA promote consistency, and that Attorney General enforcement is preferable to private lawsuits. Committee members questioned witnesses on patchwork concerns, the scope of exemptions, and whether the proposed bills would harm or help consumers and small businesses. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; written testimony was noted as due later, and the committee continued taking testimony from multiple panels and virtual witnesses.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/01/2026)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, you need two per device you're using.
  • The approved ballot counting devices.
  • :58.559><c> proprietary</c> Liberty device has expensive proprietary Liberty device has expensive proprietary
  • Uh you need two per device memory cards. Uh you need two per device you're<00:34:02.000><c> using.
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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Crime and Public Safety Feb 17th, 2026

Crime and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ignition interlock devices make the road safer for everyone.
  • on our monitored devices.
  • Legal driving status is maintained also with an ignition interlock device.
  • But considering we've already, the devices have prevented, what did you say, 77,000 this year?
  • Time we have about 11,000 devices installed, which in our state were about a 30% rate there.