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• if and only if they uh this technology if and only if they choose<00:19:57.600><c> to</c> choose to
• And then the other question that I need to ask before we go away is: is this blockchain technology?
• This is not using blockchain technology, and the hacking possibility again is through the app that is
• </c> we go away is this blockchain technology we go away is this blockchain technology thank<00:24:53.200
• the technology and the solutions<00:30:01.399><c> is</c><00:30:01.600><c> pretty</c><00:30:01.799><c

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We invented this technology, refined it, and made it better.
• We are simply asking for the existing technology to be more abundant in its use.
• So if able, I would like for him to again go through this technology.
• Nobody knows it's gone off unless you are utilizing this wayside detector technology.
• Madam Chair, Representative Tarasov, there is no such technology currently.

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• This, however, is not a bill about net metering or behind-the-meter technology.
• This, however, is not a bill about net metering or behind-the-meter technology.
• , and the potential benefits of various VGI technologies.
• and the potential benefits of various VGI technologies.
• The text bars the prohibition of any individual propulsion technology.

Summary: The committee heard several energy, water, and utility bills, with extensive testimony on cost, ratepayer impacts, and climate or reliability goals. SB 919 by Senator Grayson would extend the biomethane monetary incentive program through 2030 and support renewable natural gas development by reducing interconnection cost barriers. Supporters said RNG helps methane reduction and organic waste diversion, while opponents, including TURN and environmental groups, argued the bill could shift costs to ratepayers and subsidize combustion-based fuels, especially dairy digesters. The author said committee amendments removed the rate-basing provisions and instead urged the CPUC to act quickly on its pending decision; the bill was left for a later vote. SB 931 by Senator Laird would reauthorize the Diablo Canyon Community Impact Mitigation Program through 2030. Supporters said San Luis Obispo County and local schools rely on the funding for emergency preparedness and public safety, while TURN argued the extension would add about $47 million in statewide ratepayer costs and should instead be paid from existing PG&E deal revenues. Members discussed the bill as a continuation of the 2022 Diablo Canyon agreement, and the author said the measure simply restores the five years omitted from that deal. The committee also heard SB 1215 by Senator Cortese, which would direct the CPUC to set deployment targets for EV charging in multifamily housing. Supporters said renters and apartment residents are largely shut out of home charging, and that prior utility programs showed the model can be cost-effective and beneficial to ratepayers. The bill was amended to address affordability, ratepayer benefits, and limits on major system upgrades. SB 1295 by Senator Stern would create a framework for using distributed batteries and other local resources to solve grid constraints more cheaply than traditional infrastructure. Supporters said it could improve reliability and reduce costs by targeting batteries where they provide the most grid value, while utilities said they were open to continued discussion. SB 1359, also by Senator Stern, would require the CPUC to more carefully evaluate major gas infrastructure investments and alternatives such as electrification before approving new spending. Environmental groups supported the bill as a guardrail against stranded assets, while gas utilities opposed it, warning it could undermine the obligation to serve, create safety and reliability risks, and retroactively change the rules for approved investments. On water policy, SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide low-income water rate assistance program upon appropriation. Supporters said about 1.6 million households have water debt and that affordability is a statewide issue, not just a problem for disadvantaged communities. Some members raised concerns that the bill lacked a funding source and that state mandates, such as chromium-6 treatment requirements, already strain local water agencies; the author and supporters responded that the bill includes administrative caps and transparency measures and is intended to work alongside future funding. The committee then heard SB 1098 by Senator Pérez, which would restrict the use of utility memorandum and balancing accounts by requiring exceptional circumstances, adding sunset dates, and creating cost-sharing or lower-return rules for certain spending. TURN and other supporters said the accounts allow utilities to recover costs after the fact with too little discipline, while Edison and PG&E opposed the bill, arguing that some costs are unpredictable and that the CPUC already has a formal review process. SB 1125 was moved to Appropriations with a roll call, and the roll was left open for additional votes; the other measures were discussed with no final committee actions announced in the excerpt.

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• House File 1606, an act relating to commerce, prohibiting access to nudification technology, the second
• While AI technology can be used for good in a lot of ways, it also can be used for evil.
• . technology. technology.
• Um, many of you know that I am just a little bit of a fan of technology.
• But as such, I also deeply understand the world in which we live in technology.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Next, I have Christian Camara with the Consumer Technology Association speaking. You're recognized.
• My name is Christian Cameron with the Consumer Technology Association, and CTA is the trade association
• that represents the U.S. consumer technology industry, including manufacturers of portable wireless
• Association and CTA is the Trade Association that represents U.S. consumer technology industry including
• So with increasing our production to meet that population, it's going to take innovation and technology

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• very different from any period in the past, especially considering our reliance on information technology
• Department has found a number of challenges, including integration of software and information technology
• for production, we have to focus less on requirements... and have more adaptive ways to create technologies
• McKenzie, we are much more reliant upon information technology and software-based systems today than
• And, you know, what won World War II for us wasn't the capability of our technology, it was our ability

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

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• any hydroelectric facility, regardless of size or operational date, to qualify as a carbon-free technology
• any hydroelectric facility, regardless of size or operational date, to qualify as a carbon-free technology
• She adds that modern hydroelectric facilities use advanced technologies to safely generate significant
• </c><00:05:02.360><c> to</c><00:05:02.600><c> safely</c> use Advanced Technologies to safely use Advanced
• Technologies to safely generate<00:05:03.440><c> significant</c><00:05:04.000><c> amounts</c><00:05:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It is a new technology.
• It is a new technology.
• It is a new technology.
• </c> guys about some of this technology guys about some of this technology so<01:25:42.159><c> okay</
• It's unvetted technology.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Things that reach an end-of-life phase, and technology moves pretty quickly today.
• </c><00:07:47.479><c> moves</c> of life phase and Technology moves of life phase and Technology moves
• </c><00:08:52.399><c> gets</c> cameras get old or when technology gets cameras get old or when technology
• </c><00:10:01.200><c> to</c> we're going to need the technology to we're going to need the technology
• We're integrating a lot of our technology into the Twin Cities campus.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We have Ajit Jirin, Deputy Director of Information Technology at EDD.
• As the director mentioned, EDD Next is a wide-ranging, ambitious project to not only update technology
• And during that period, technology changes and new legislative bills come into play.
• And then we have oversight from the California Department of Technology.
• They bid on the same requirements, same technology, so that everybody has an equal chance.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Emerging technologies create new possibilities to unlock artistic potential. However, while...
• This is the product of the Texas AI Council, which comprehensively studied AI technologies for potential
• is ensuring that tech policy allows for technology to serve humanity.
• Technology has gained widespread utilization.
• The payment system, including our own technological costs.

Bills: SB231 , SB584 , SB600 , SB668 , SB841 , SB986 , SB1003 , SB1244 , SB1625 , SB1960 , SB1963 , SB1964 , SB2026 , SB2056 , SB2368

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start

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• I reserve the balance of my time. is to adopt technology that has been is to adopt technology that has
• </c><03:15:50.560><c> for</c> to deploy scanning technology for to deploy scanning technology for certain
• For those recognition or OCR technology.
• Imagine a world because it's technology.
• I yield technology for the greater good.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We need new technologies that are cheaper than the existing ones, and we're trying to get them in, but
• We need new technologies that are cheaper than the existing ones, and we're trying to get them in, but
• We need new technologies that are cheaper than the existing ones, and we're trying to get them in, but
• We need new technologies that are cheaper than the existing ones, and we're trying to get them in, but
• that might be out there technologies that might be out there that<00:30:26.480><c> haven't</c><00:30

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education heard several measures focused on health, environment, and research. HB 970 would allow chiropractic students to participate in clinical practice under direct supervision; the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic offered comments and asked for a delayed implementation date until July 2027 to allow time to adopt rules, while the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the bill. Members also discussed that there are currently no chiropractic schools in the state. The committee then heard HB 1185, which creates a plant-based building materials working group, and HB 1337, which establishes an endemic plant seed bank pilot program. Supporters of HB 1185 said the bill could help create green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing materials such as bamboo, hempcrete, and bio-cements, with questions raised about in-state processing. For HB 1337, witnesses supported the goal of preserving endemic species but said a large-scale refrigerated storage and seed-production facility would be needed; one witness estimated startup costs of about $6 million for one island and noted existing seed banks are small-scale and not designed for reforestation. HB 1300 would fund a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center multi-ethnic cohort study on cancer disparities among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Filipinos, and Asians, including environmental and social factors such as proximity to landfills. The Cancer Center, ACS CAN, and labor representatives supported the bill, emphasizing health disparities and concerns about landfill exposure; committee members asked about federal funding, and the Cancer Center said it would pursue NIH, private, and foundation support, with the state share described as $500,000 per year for two years. HB 736 would create a wastewater technology testing pilot program at the Water Resources Research Center; supporters said it could help certify cheaper alternatives to costly cesspool and septic upgrades, and the Department of Health supported the measure. The committee also heard HB 531, which authorizes special license plates for the Cancer Center; supporters said it would raise visibility and funds, and the Cancer Center estimated revenue would likely be under $100,000. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• This will help Massachusetts build on its leadership in technologies that are already reshaping This
• will help Massachusetts build on its leadership in technologies that are already reshaping every sector
• It's helping to advance research and development and move new technologies from the lab into real-world
• That means robotics developers can test and improve their technology before putting it into the field
• We're also proposing $10 million in agricultural technology and food science to help Massachusetts lead

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Keywords: 1212, all

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• We'll start with the first presentation, which is from the Department of Information Technology.
• I'll point down to another big one on line number 238, the Technology Enhancement Fund.
• I am Emily Hilla, the LFC analyst for the Department of Information Technology.
• Today we have Secretary Berenas of the Department of Information Technology, as well as Drew.
• The Department of Information Technology has been supporting us for two years.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• Committee on Science and Technology, let me turn on the room. Room un-mutes. Let's see here.
• All right, the Committee on Science and Technology is called to order.
• here I'm analyzing metabolites, which are just chemical compounds in an organism, and the fancy technology
• So when it comes to AI and technology specifically, I think that my first introduction to programming
• You know, it's funny, we were all taught as kids it's not polite to spit, and our technology is...

Committee: House House Science & Technology Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on Science and Technology met to hear a presentation from Ananya Lakaraju, a Hamilton High School junior, on her research into the biology of major depressive disorder. She described a project using saliva metabolomics and machine learning to identify potential biomarkers of depression from a UCSD dataset of 261 patient samples, explaining that the goal was to move beyond subjective screening toward more objective, biology-based diagnosis. She also discussed using multiple statistical methods and an ensemble AI model, along with SHAP and permutation importance, to identify top metabolites and related pathways, and said her work suggested some novel biomarkers and possible links to depression-related pathways. Lakaraju further explained a drug-discovery component of the project, in which she used pathway analysis and molecular docking software to identify a potential target protein and test candidate compounds, saying flupinazine showed the best binding energy in her simulations. She noted that the model achieved about 90% accuracy and a 97% AUC, and said she also built an app to collect mood and activity information to complement the biological data. Members asked questions about the metabolites, whether the findings were novel, how the saliva data were obtained, and how the app and future at-home testing might work. She said the biomarkers were computationally identified, the saliva data came from an online UCSD dataset rather than direct collection, and the app was intended to support more holistic diagnosis rather than replace clinicians. Committee members praised the presentation as impressive and timely, especially in light of the growing role of AI in medicine and the need for AI regulation. Lakaraju also spoke about her interest in coding and biology, her experience in robotics, and receiving the Governor’s Future Innovator of the Year Award. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and discussion.

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• and perhaps in regards to the technology and perhaps in regards to the technology and there may be new
• that's out there if it technology that's out there if it technology that's out there if it conforms
• so whether it be a about this technology so whether it be a about this technology so whether it be a
• it's really based on where technology it's really based on where technology it's really based on where
• two of them already have such technology two of them already have such technology already in place one

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• All these countries are starting to invest in these technologies...
• Qatar, Oman, all these countries are starting to invest in these technologies so that they can enter
• Long term, I mentioned it, you know, it's investing in those future technologies and those things that
• The price of natural gas is low, the price of oil is high, let's try to use this new technology that
• If I can come up with a technological advancement to produce this more efficiently, I can, you know,

Summary: The House Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and first took up several property-transfer bills. House Bill 110, authorizing transfer of certain state property in St. Tammany Parish for a pocket park in Mandeville, was reported favorable without objection. House Bill 634, transferring state property in St. Martin Parish to Brownell Land Company LLC, was also reported favorable. House Bill 677, allowing the Tensaw Parish School Board greater flexibility to exchange school land for property of equal or greater value with certified appraisal requirements, was reported favorable after questions about the location and purpose of the exchange. House Bill 735, a cleanup bill transferring property from DOTD to LSU Health Shreveport to support expansion and parking near Mall St. Vincent, was likewise reported favorable. The committee then held an informational hearing on the effects of the Iran conflict on Louisiana’s energy sector. Secretary Dustin Davidson said the conflict has driven oil prices sharply higher, with consumers bearing the cost through higher gasoline and especially diesel prices, while producers and refiners may see short-term gains. He warned that diesel increases can signal broader economic slowdown and discussed global shipping disruptions, the Strait of Hormuz, and Saudi Arabia’s response. Members asked about Louisiana’s ability to benefit from higher prices, the timing of increased drilling, and the role of carbon capture and infrastructure investment. Davidson said higher prices could support more drilling and severance tax revenue if sustained long enough. Industry witnesses Tommy Fochay of LOGA, David Cresson of the Louisiana Chemical Association, Mike Moncla of LOGA, and LSU energy economists Greg Upton and Tyler Gray emphasized Louisiana’s role as a major LNG exporter, refiner, and petrochemical hub. They said geopolitical shocks create volatility, but Louisiana’s abundant natural gas, infrastructure, and export capacity position the state to help meet global demand. They urged stable policy, competitive taxes, pipeline and workforce investment, and caution on regulations. Upton and Gray presented data showing oil price spikes are likely temporary, futures markets expect prices to ease over time, rig counts respond with a lag, and Louisiana natural gas prices have remained relatively insulated so far. The committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• We've gotten all this technology now in the courtrooms from COVID.
• Technology is moving at a rapid pace, and justice should too.
• Video technology has proved successful since COVID.
• Video technology has proved successful since COVID.
• We do everything technology.

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

Keywords: 996, all

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• And Kate, also my Israel, I'm a professor of educational technology and computer science education at
• They're already interacting with technology with media. >> Thank you, sir. Okay.
• The expectation is that the technology companies are transparent that the technology companies are providing
• These are all things that you're technology department has to have implemented.
• Are there any are we using advanced technology like that?