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• Where you find those answers is on the internet.
• And unfortunately, there are now dark corners of the internet where mass shooters, particularly school
• find those answers is on the internet. find those answers is on the internet.
• <00:21:03.679> where<00:21:04.080> mass corners of the internet where mass corners
• of the internet where mass shooters,<00:21:05.039> particularly<00:21:05.600> school<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You just said access. >> Internet access.
• <01:33:15.920> I don't have access to the internet? I don't have access to the internet?
• doesn't have access to the internet. doesn't have access to the internet.
• There's not a town clerk that does not have access to the internet.
• doesn't have access to the internet. doesn't have access to the internet.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• anonymous digital tools, and current law does not give officers clear authority to restrict that internet
• Give me an example of a person who has a job that uses a computer and has to access the internet.
• If they use the internet with their job, that could be a problem.
• I have to go on the internet. Yes, ma'am. So, how does this mesh? I'm just trying to make it work.
• I have to go on<00:54:29.720> the<00:54:29.800> internet.

Bills: SB118, SB203, HB420, HB414, HB363, HB405, HB261, HB263, HB327, HB348, HB228, HB282, SB273, HB7, SB296, SB199, SB47, SB204, HB80, HB11, HB192

Keywords: bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, Baldwin County, local bill, education funding, school tax, privilege license tax, county tax revenue, municipal school board, Baldwin County Board of Education

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• the New Hampshire State Police, and the New Hampshire State Police is an affiliate agency of the Internet
• Police is an affiliate agency<00:49:01.760> of<00:49:01.920> the<00:49:02.119> internet
• <00:49:02.520> crimes<00:49:02.839> against agency of the internet crimes against agency
• c><00:57:28.240> media<00:57:28.720> and<00:57:28.880> the<00:57:29.039> internet
• <00:57:29.520> have and social media and the internet have and social media and the internet

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• lobbyist for Vermont Retail & Grocers Association; Compliance and Privacy Officer for Age Well VT; Internet
• Officer for Age Compliance and Privacy Officer for Age Well<00:23:05.560> VT, Well VT, Well VT, Internet
• Safety<00:23:07.800> Labs,<00:23:08.600> Economic<00:23:09.040> Security Internet
• Safety Labs, Economic Security Internet Safety Labs, Economic Security Policy<00:23:09.800> and

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first took up House Bill 955, relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system. The chamber suspended rules to consider the Senate proposal of amendment immediately, and the House Education Committee reported that while it appreciated the Senate’s work, differences remained on issues including the timing of class size minimums, possible tuition or fees under the foundation formula, school construction details, and merger committee groupings. The committee voted 11-0-0 to refuse concurrence and request a committee of conference. After a brief correction on the committee straw poll, the House voted to refuse concurrence in the Senate amendment and appointed Representatives Conlin, Kornheiser, and Quimby as the House conferees. The House then suspended rules to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The House next took up Senate Bill 71, the consumer data privacy and online surveillance bill. The Commerce and Economic Development Committee recommended amendment, and the floor report described the bill as creating a comprehensive Vermont data privacy law effective January 1, 2028. The report outlined consumer rights to know, access, correct, delete, and port personal data, and to opt out of targeted advertising and sale of data; duties for controllers and processors; limits on sensitive data use; special protections for minors and health-related geofencing; Attorney General enforcement; and an 18-month cure period. The committee heard extensive testimony from a broad range of advocates, industry representatives, privacy experts, and other stakeholders, and it reported the bill out favorably with amendment on a vote of 11-0-0 before the House recessed for dinner.

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• Yeah, you can't have internet access, for example. They would need to be put under the section.
• ,<00:29:57.240> you<00:29:57.360> can't<00:29:57.600> have<00:29:57.760> internet
• <00:29:58.120> access, >> Yeah, you can't have internet access, >> Yeah, you can't
• have internet access, for<00:29:58.680> example.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Summary: The meeting on SB 460 focused almost entirely on where the bill should be placed in statute and how it would be enforced. One side argued the proposal should be moved out of the loitering section and into the sex offender registration framework, saying loitering is already under constitutional challenge, is vague, and does not fit the conduct at issue. They said the bill is meant to create a clear, advance-notice restriction for registered sex offenders, especially around schools, day care facilities, and similar places, and that this would be easier for police to enforce. The opposing view was that the loitering placement is the better fit and that moving the bill would create broader drafting problems by opening the door to reorganizing many other sex-offender-related restrictions. There was also discussion of whether the bill’s references to schools should use the school-property statute, whether churches should be included, and whether the existing loitering statute’s alarm-based elements are too complicated and potentially unconstitutional. The committee also discussed a pending federal challenge to the loitering law, with one member saying there was no injunction yet but the case was being challenged. No agreement was reached. After a brief break and further debate, members concluded that the Senate and House positions remained unresolved, and the meeting ended without a compromise or vote on the substantive dispute.

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• allowed to continue if time permits, and please note that the House is not responsible for any bad internet
• 10.840> bad the house is not responsible for any bad the house is not responsible for any bad internet
• connections<00:10:12.120> on<00:10:12.240> the<00:10:12.320> testifiers internet
• connections on the testifiers internet connections on the testifiers end. end. end.

Bills: SCR120, SCR71, SCR164, SCR41

Keywords: rangelands, pastoralists, pastoralism, ranching, ranchers, paniolo, livestock, grazing, grasslands, land management, conservation, sustainable agriculture, agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, Hawaii counties, International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

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• access: people that can't pay, free people that cannot pay, people that have very good access to the internet
• , or people that don't have access to the internet, that depend on their public libraries to get access
• Years and years and years ago, I had an internet pop-down at Milbo, Oklahoma.
• let's put them on the list of announcements so that we can because really, you just have to Have the internet

Keywords: 914, all

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• the Attorney General's Office, the commander of the Vermont Drug Task Force, the commander of the Internet
• the commander Vermont Drug Task Force, the commander of<00:14:06.320> the<00:14:06.720> Internet
• c><00:14:07.120> Crimes<00:14:07.440> Against<00:14:07.760> Children of the Internet
• Crimes Against Children of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task<00:14:08.560> Force,<00:

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• The FBI's 2024 Internet Crime Report ranks Texas as a top state for cybercrime complaints and losses,
• These investigations are often hindered by the speed at which cybercriminals move assets and internet
• issue administrative subpoenas for cybercrime investigations, mirroring the current practice for internet
• issue administrative subpoenas for cybercrime investigations, mirroring the current practice for internet
• administrative subpoenas, a process that's already utilized in the federal government and already utilized in internet

Bills: HB75, HB108

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees

Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice and public safety bills, with most measures focused on tougher penalties, victim protections, and procedural changes. Bills discussed included HB 75, requiring magistrates to make written findings when denying probable cause despite believing an arrestee committed an offense; HB 413, limiting pretrial detention so it cannot exceed the maximum jail term for the charged offense, with competency-related exceptions; HB 1422, expanding sexual assault survivor protections and increasing penalties for certain sexual offenses and voyeurism; HB 2073, increasing penalties for violating protective orders or bond conditions while armed; HB 2593, raising indecent assault penalties against elderly or disabled victims; HB 108, enhancing punishment when body armor is used during violent crimes; HB 3816, expanding cruelty-to-livestock offenses to include unlawful controlled-substance administration; HB 2854, requiring parole officers to notify hospitals or law enforcement when violent parolees visit hospital premises; HB 1871, increasing punishment for attempted capital murder of a peace officer and making such offenders ineligible for parole; HB 3463, clarifying notice methods in theft-of-service cases; HB 2348, allowing video-recorded depositions of elderly or disabled witnesses; HB 2594, expanding venue options for cybercrime and digital theft prosecutions; HB 2761, clarifying that children cannot be deemed to consent to prostitution-related offenses; HB 3185, authorizing administrative subpoenas in cybercrime investigations; HB 2017, increasing penalties for certain intoxication manslaughter cases involving undocumented immigrants with prior DWI convictions; HB 2306, making certain trafficking offenses ineligible for parole; HB 1607, allowing a rear-only license plate when a vehicle lacks a front bracket; HB 1828, creating a legislative leave pool for TDCJ correctional officers; and HB 3664, requiring prospective grand jurors to complete training and proposing additional changes to grand jury procedure in a future substitute. The committee also took up HB 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which would clarify consent in sexual assault law and address intoxication-related incapacity; the committee substitute narrowed the language to situations where the perpetrator knows the other person cannot consent because of intoxication or impairment, while removing withdrawal-of-consent and “reasonably should know” language from the House version. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes adopted, including HB 3463, HB 2594, HB 3073, and HB 3073’s substitute, and most bills were left pending after no invited or public testimony or after hearing testimony. Public testimony was especially extensive on HB 3073, with survivors, advocates, and prosecutors supporting broader consent language, while some prosecutors said the substitute was an improvement but still favored the House version’s broader protections. HB 3664 drew significant opposition from district attorneys, who argued that mandatory transcription or recording of grand jury testimony would be costly, chill grand juror questioning, and complicate timely presentations; concerns were also raised about new-evidence requirements and grand jury shopping. No final votes were taken on the bills discussed in the transcript, and the committee recessed partway through to return to the floor before continuing its hearing.

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• On the Chinese internet, criminals steal hundreds of photos of real people from their social media accounts
• packages of hundreds of these photos for just 80 yuan, which is about $11, right, on the Chinese internet
• right now and you say, hey, my mom or... my dad or myself, was the victim of a pop-up ad on the internet
• When you call the FBI as an individual, or HSI, or you file a claim with the Internet Crime Complaint
• the Myanmar Thailand border. border region were using SpaceX Starlink terminals to connect to the internet

Keywords: Chinese Communist Party, retirement security, investment risks, SEC enforcement, Bipartisan action

Summary: The meeting primarily addressed concerns regarding the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American investments and the financial security of retirees. The chair discussed legislation aimed at ensuring the protection of American investors against the risks posed by Chinese companies. There was a consensus among the members regarding the necessity to enforce existing policies that require compliance from foreign companies wishing to trade on American exchanges. The discussion included testimony from various stakeholders highlighting the urgent need to limit exposure to the CCP in retirement portfolios. Additionally, there were calls for increased accountability of regulatory bodies such as the SEC to better shield American investors from potential loss.

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• Member of the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, effective June 2, 2025, for a term expiring June 1
• Member of the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, effective June 2, 2025, for a term expiring June 1
• Member of the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, effective June 2, 2025, for a term expiring June 1
• Member of the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, effective June 2, 2025, for a term expiring June 1
• statewide internet portal authority statewide internet portal authority effective<00:31:08.000><

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and House messages. Committee reports advanced a number of bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 163, House Bill 1320, Senate Bill 160, House Bill 1210, and several board and commission appointments recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also received House action on multiple bills, including concurrence in Senate amendments to House Bills 1239, 1262, and 1110, a request for a conference committee on House Bill 1084, and transmission of several other measures to the Revisor of Statutes. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 22, designating July 12-18, 2026, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Week. Senator Cutter spoke in support, arguing that plastic pollution harms environmental and human health, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, and cannot be solved by recycling alone. The resolution was adopted on a 25-9 vote, with several senators recorded in opposition, and co-sponsors were noted. The chamber also recognized guests from the Colorado Society of Enrolled Agents and the National Association of Tax Professionals, as well as visitors from the Colorado School of Mines and former Senator John Evans. Later, the Senate considered special orders on the consent calendar, including House Bills 103, 1026, and 1051, and adopted the committee reports and the bills. House Bill 1026 was amended and House Bill 1051 was advanced to third reading and final passage. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 117, concerning permissible methods for the sale of lottery tickets. Senator Bridges explained that the bill was intended to respond to lottery rules allowing online sales and credit card purchases, but said the measure had been narrowed in committee and then raised constitutional concerns under Colorado’s prohibition on slot machines outside limited gaming areas. The transcript ends during that debate, before final action on Senate Bill 117 is shown.

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• The cable industry is proud to serve internet and cable services to millions of Alabamians.
• <00:32:24.960> to<00:32:25.519> to<00:32:25.919> serve<00:32:26.159> internet
• industry is proud to to serve internet industry is proud to to serve internet to<00:32:27.279>
• > internet<00:32:27.600> and<00:32:27.760> cable<00:32:28.080> services<00:32
• :28.399> to to internet and cable services to to internet and cable services to millions<00:32

Bills: SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

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• So if I'm on, I'll look at the internet. Clearly somebody's done something that's not what I did.
• to, what's that look like, would it ultimately involve a federal referral because it's over the internet
• Secondly, if it would have been a federal referral, I suspect because Because it is using the internet
• couple of moments while our our Senate media experts make sure our Sound is being broadcast over the Internet
• Before the internet and credit checks... He would hide the loans until I found them out.

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• What it does is delay the effective date to comply for those that don't have internet service until October
• After talking with Senator Singleton, there are some outlying areas that are waiting to get some internet

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• Internet Crimes Against Children programs by Representative Ken Cart Johnson. You're recognized.
• Last session, the Legislature invested $3 million in recurring funds for Florida's Internet Crimes Against

Transcript Highlights:

• services streaming audio and video services streaming audio and video Services<00:27:21.559> internet
• c><00:27:22.120> access<00:27:22.600> service<00:27:23.159> social Services internet
• access service social Services internet access service social media<00:27:23.919> applications
• company where the auditor said, no, you have to pay sales tax on it because you're using it for internet
• company where the auditor said, no, you have to pay sales tax on it because you're using it for internet

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And the third thing is the proliferation of the internet.
• >> This was well after the internet got started.
• >> This was well after the internet got started.
• >> This was well after the internet got started. It was 1992, but pre the constitutional amendment.
• existed in 1992, but I'm not internet existed in 1992, but I'm not sure<00:34:58.640> you<00:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting covered two committee of conference items. On HB 1260, the House and Senate debated a Senate amendment dealing with sealing certain divorce-related financial records. House members argued the amendment conflicted with the Keane Sentinel decision and would improperly flip the burden of proof on public access to court records, raising constitutional concerns under the state constitution’s open government and privacy provisions. Senate members responded that the privacy amendment and modern conditions support more protection for sensitive financial information, especially in limited uncontested divorces, but several members agreed the issue should be studied in a separate bill with a full hearing next year rather than resolved in conference. The committee ultimately voted unanimously to have the Senate recede and pass HB 1260 in the form originally passed by the House, preserving the underlying bill without the Senate amendment. The committee then took up HB 1574, which extends free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs and provides funding for SNAP administrative costs. The main dispute was the Senate’s addition of $4.4 million for SNAP administration. Senator Gray and DHHS officials said federal changes will shift more administrative costs to the state and that underfunding administration could raise the SNAP error rate, which could trigger future federal penalties and larger state costs; DHHS reported a current error rate of 7.57%, below the national average, and said a higher error rate could cost the state roughly $12 million in a partial fiscal year and nearly $16 million in a full year. Representative Papovich said he understood the department’s needs but was reluctant to support the bill as amended, noting the Senate language resembled a prior bill that had already failed in the House. The discussion ended with the committee still considering the Senate amendment, with members weighing the immediate appropriation against possible future costs.

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• Unfortunately, our older population has learned how to use the internet.
• Uh, but they have not been as good of a decipherer of false items on the internet, which they share with
• <00:50:46.559> Uh has learned how to use the internet.
• Uh has learned how to use the internet.
• which they share with impunity internet which they share with impunity uh<00:50:57.280> and<00

Keywords: Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee held its first meeting under its new Government Structure Committee name and began by electing Senator Chris Johnson as secretary. The chair explained the committee’s purpose as improving efficiency, effectiveness, and stewardship of taxpayer dollars, and said members had asked statewide officials and agencies for ideas on streamlining government and reducing costs. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gibson testified at length about ways his agency has found efficiencies, especially after the COVID-era consolidation of three agencies into one. He said state procurement and construction rules can add major time and cost to projects, citing a proposed $300,000 building that grew to about $1 million through the state process. He recommended raising repair and quote thresholds, streamlining construction procedures, reconsidering restrictions on payments between state agencies, and allowing more flexibility for agencies to help one another when authorized. Members questioned Gibson about the repair caps, the construction cost increase, Ticketmaster and other technology/vendor arrangements, and whether agencies should have more decentralized control over contracts. The chair and several senators agreed the committee should examine red tape, vendor relationships, and procurement rules, and Gibson said he would provide more information and work with the committee. No formal legislation was acted on in the portion provided. The transcript then shifted to testimony from the Insurance Commissioner, who said his department is heavily affected by IT and board structure issues and oversees 17 boards. He urged consolidation of some boards, criticized the effects of SB 2362 on special-fund agencies, and said the State Fire Academy and other operations have been constrained by general-fund treatment and limited authority. He also discussed insurance-rate pressures, including projected premium increases, wind pool rate concerns on the Gulf Coast, and the need for mitigation to stabilize costs.

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• We tackled internet crimes against children, which to me are probably one of the most heinous offenses
• um internet crimes against children<00:09:51.040> with<00:09:51.240> to<00:09:51.360><
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees met on February 19, 2025, to hear advice-and-consent nominations, beginning with GM 645/GM 650 for Mike Lambert as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state officials, community leaders, nonprofit representatives, and others, who praised Lambert’s collaboration with communities, communication skills, and practical approach to public safety. Several speakers highlighted his work on homelessness, game rooms, community policing, and his ability to work across public health and law enforcement lines. Lambert told the committee he has 22 years of law enforcement experience, including patrol, community policing, training, narcotics/vice, and work on fentanyl, internet crimes against children, and ghost guns, and said his priorities would include building community trust, improving training and discipline, and addressing fireworks and firearms enforcement. Senators asked about fireworks, federal collaboration, ports and airport screening, recruitment, pay parity, and whether the department should expand into a more formal state police force; Lambert said he would need time to learn the new port/shipping environment and would support a state police class and expanded enforcement capacity. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the transcript provided. The committee then heard GM 567 for Jean Dello Jr. as chairperson of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Supporters, including Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice and Hawaii Paroling Authority staff, described him as honest, ethical, fair, and experienced in balancing public safety with rehabilitation and re-entry. Dello said he came out of retirement in 2021 to serve on the board, and that his background in federal probation and state corrections led him to favor evidence-based practices over simple compliance monitoring. He emphasized the need to weigh public safety with giving inmates a real opportunity to transition successfully back into the community. No final action or vote was announced in the excerpt provided.