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• their own technology systems.
• So technology is a part of service delivery, and we need to use technology for efficiency so that we
• <00:17:50.960><c> that</c> of the technology supports that of the technology supports that potentially
• their own technology systems.
• So technology is a part of service delivery, and we need to use technology for efficiency so that we

Bills: HF4210 , HF4212 , HF4549 , HF4464 , HF4546 , HF4447

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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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.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Telematics technology is not new.
• And the technology has not been proven to accurately reflect risk.
• This is not a new technology, and the national standard is still opt-in. Okay.
• As genetic technology advances, so too must our safeguards.
• As genetic technology advances, so too must our safeguard.

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This would add an additional criteria number five that would require that the technology account have
• </c> would uh require that the technology would uh require that the technology account<00:39:17.400><
• </c> um, information technology um, information technology infrastructure<00:39:45.840><c> and</c><00
• </c> information [music] technology information [music] technology infrastructure<00:40:30.000><c> and
• </c> technology applications to be applied. technology applications to be applied.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um technology will continue to improve.
• :25.839><c> we're</c><00:47:26.079><c> talking</c> technology uh, that that we're talking technology
• </c> using this type of technology for years. using this type of technology for years.
• But if we use this technology, great.
• </c><01:04:15.280><c> no</c> about this technology, there's no about this technology, there's no watching

Bills: HF3429 , HF3418 , HF3431 , HF1597

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: intelligent speed assistance, transportation, speeding offenses, public safety, license restrictions, speed control, pedestrian safety, traffic safety, roadway improvements, nonmotorized transportation, crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, complete streets, Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, MnDOT, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, local road authority

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• </c> aftermarket ISA technology. aftermarket ISA technology.
• c> recognize</c> location-based technology to recognize location-based technology to recognize speed<
• Active ISA technology<00:19:28.720><c> establishes</c> technology establishes technology establishes
• for habitual and reckless technology for habitual and reckless drivers. drivers. drivers.
• Senate File 3691 offers common-sense technology that will make Minnesota roads safer.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The BOE's technology proposal before you today is intended to modernize the technology platform used
• We're pursuing this project now because our patchwork of technologies is designed around a system that
• Yeah, go ahead, to the technology... I am talking about the EDR2 BCP.
• Not FTB-specific types of projects, but state technology projects. We just have a mixed record.
• Carbon by 80% with current technologies, with new technologies, EJET coming online potentially, reducing

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an informational overview from the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GoServe), including California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and the Youth Empowerment Commission. GoServe reported strong participation in programs such as California Service Corps, College Corps, Youth Service Corps, Climate Action Corps, and the new men’s service challenge. Testimony emphasized enrollment, retention, and completion outcomes, outreach results, and efforts to reduce administrative costs. The Department of Finance said the administration supports the programs but has already made reductions to help address the budget deficit, while the LAO said it had no new recommendations on the informational item. Committee members raised questions about program scale, demographics, and effectiveness, especially for Climate Action Corps and whether the programs are duplicative of existing volunteer opportunities. One member criticized the programs as too fragmented and costly, while others asked for more data on who is being served and whether the programs increase actual participation in state services. GoServe said it would follow up with demographic and regional impact information. The committee also discussed the men’s service challenge, which GoServe said has formed partnerships with organizations such as YMCAs and Big Brothers Big Sisters and has already attracted more than 2,000 participants. The item was informational only. The committee then heard a BOE overview and a budget request to implement SB 293, which gives wildfire-affected families additional time to claim intergenerational Prop. 13 property tax transfers. BOE requested $154,000 for guidance, public materials, and inquiry response, explaining that the work is urgent and tied to disaster relief in Los Angeles County, especially Altadena. The LAO had no concerns, and Finance had no comment. Members asked how many cases might be affected and whether more funding would be needed later; BOE said the full number is not yet known and that future requests are possible. The committee also heard BOE’s IT modernization proposal for the state-assessed property tax system, a 30-year-old mainframe replacement costing $3.2 million in 2026-27 and $3.1 million in 2027-28. BOE and Finance supported the project as necessary, while the LAO said it had no concerns but urged a high bar for new IT spending. Members generally supported modernization but cautioned about implementation risk. Finally, CDTFA presented an overview and two policy proposals. The department described administering 42 tax and fee programs, collecting $98 billion in FY 2024, and improving administrative efficiency. Members then discussed local sales tax tools and revenue-sharing agreements, with concerns raised about transparency, consultant-driven tax allocation disputes, and the impact on local communities. CDTFA and the LAO explained that local jurisdictions control how district sales tax revenues are spent and noted the Legislature could revisit the statutory cap on local add-on sales taxes. The committee then heard CDTFA’s proposal to treat all delivery network companies as marketplace facilitators so they must collect and remit sales tax on delivery-app orders. CDTFA said the change would resolve confusion, shift compliance from thousands of small restaurants to a few large platforms, and raise about $44 million annually. Several members questioned whether the proposal would effectively raise consumer costs and whether it would create a competitive advantage or disadvantage among delivery platforms. The item remained under discussion, with no vote taken in the transcript.

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• And that bill requires us in the Division of Technology Services to develop uniform technology policies
• Of review for new technologies through our architecture review board.
• As we've done this, we've had to create new models of thinking about how you look at this technology.
• The other aspect of it is what technology do you select?
• Some things you can do implement, and it makes it so things are not even technologically possible.

Committee: Joint Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

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• In the afternoon of the first day, we spent time on a technology overview of what storage technologies
• It's a new company, T-O-R-U-S, and they use a fly—it's a brand new technology.
• Yeah, I'm familiar with the technology.
• So, your thoughts about that technology are right, but...
• In reference to the advanced grid technologies.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• Because my understanding that technology hasn't quite caught up... to the point where we can do that
• Advanced technology, one well is producing vastly more than others did in the past.
• And what we've all seen is technology advances... and completion techniques advance, that while...
• We're not going to have any activity in the Permian Basin, but we've seen technology change and that
• Energy storage is the most flexible, dispatchable... ...technology on the grid on a standalone basis

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Determination against our technology companies.
• Build up their nuclear arsenals and seek to overtake America's technological edge.
• Including promoting data flows, combating forced technology transfer, and promoting non-discrimination
• I mentioned technology; I'd rather have a technology NATO.
• They're blocking important feed additive technologies in beef.

Committee: Senate Finance Committee

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• You have an education, media and technology.
• Is it employing technology?
• I do think there's a role for technology here, Senator Gaetz, and I think it's worth exploring.
• But there has been considerable research dawn on ways to detect autism through technology.
• But I do think technology is the future here.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• medicine, and similar practice authority definitions exist across other health care professions, technology
• The goal here is to ensure we have both clinical expertise and technological expertise when making decisions
• I think rather than leaving these technologies in a gray area and clear prohibitions under the practice
• that because we know that exists today in hospitals and provider offices and various different technology
• companies. where it ...and provider offices in various different technology companies.

Committee: House Business

Summary: The committee first approved the March 5 minutes without objection. It then took up House Bill 945, the AI Medical Services Act, presented by Dr. Tim Frost. He described the bill as a framework for autonomous and supervised clinical AI to address Idaho health care shortages, with licensing through a new autonomous medical practice board, human oversight requirements, disclosure to patients, reporting and auditing provisions, and a sandbox period for new systems. Members asked about scope, oversight, board appointments, and safety concerns, and the committee voted to hold HB 945 in committee subject to call of the chair. House Bill 947, sponsored by Representative Crane, proposed limiting purchases of single-family homes by REITs and hedge funds in order to preserve starter-home ownership for Idaho families. Crane said the bill was aimed at large institutional investors and not small Idaho businesses, and noted that a prior foreign ownership provision had been removed. Members raised questions about supply and demand, whether similar laws exist in other states, and possible unintended consequences; the bill was also held in committee subject to call of the chair. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1247, which would require E-Verify for state and local governments and for private employers with more than 150 employees that contract with the state for over $100,000, beginning January 1, 2027. Supporters said it would create a uniform verification standard for taxpayer-funded work and rely on existing federal infrastructure, while critics questioned the employee threshold, rulemaking authority, and whether the bill should be further refined. A motion to hold the bill failed, a motion to send it to the floor with a due pass recommendation also failed, and the committee ultimately voted 13-5 to send SB 1247 to general orders.

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• TAKES WIRELESS, 13% WITHIN THAT DISTRIBUTION, SATELLITE CAME IN AT 25% DISTRIBUTION AND HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
• BEAD PROGRAM ONCE WE EXECUTE OUR GRANT AGREEMENTS WE HAVE A FOUR-YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD FOR ALL TECHNOLOGY
• YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUNG KIDS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND HOMEWORK
• Franklin: MY NEXT QUESTION IS AROUND SOME OF THE LOCAL TECHNOLOGY PLANNING TEAMS AND MY CURIOSITY AROUND
• THAT ARE ALWAYS MOVING AHEAD TO WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS SO WE'RE PLAYING BACK UP TO SOME EXTENT AND OVER THE

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• This is based on the evolution on the criminal organizations that we investigate and their technology
• Today we are 16 people, starting with 3 working incredibly complex and technologically sophisticated
• with every federal law enforcement agency, and we're at the forefront of developing cutting edge technology
• How would this address those or is that something that we're just gonna have to see how that technology
• Advances, I think that's probably a different technological question than than the actual physical gift

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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• The criminal organizations that we investigate and their technology are constantly evolving.
• with every federal law enforcement agency, and we're at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technology
• How would this address those, or is that something that we're just going to have to see how that technology
• I think that's probably a different technological question than the actual physical gift card. in the
• have limited experience with gift card fraud because, as you heard earlier, this is an emerging technology

Bills: HB3014 , HB3109 , HB3126 , HB3474 , HB3594

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: gift card fraud, counterfeit gift card, gift card tampering, gift card theft, prepaid card, stored value card, retail fraud, financial crimes, consumer protection, organized retail crime, gift card skimming, magnetic stripe, chip card, redemption information, gift card packaging, Penal Code, felony theft, state jail felony, third-degree felony, second-degree felony

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• We can't protect our children from the world they live in; they are part of this technology.
• I often said if you don't understand technology, if I don't understand my cell phone and quite... ...
• But not everybody is technologically savvy enough to understand all of those features and how to go in
• As I said, technology, cell phones, and things like that are their age.
• know about... ...this technology won't even know about this law.

Bills: SB186 , SB187

Committee: Senate Children and Youth Health

Keywords: internet filtering, child protection, obscene content, civil liability, manufacturers, app store, app store provider, app developer, mobile app, age verification, parental consent, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, age gating, digital privacy, data protection, in-app purchases, online consumer protection, deceptive trade practice

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• It isn't a life-saving technology or therapy. It's the assault of one of our workers.
• Technology or therapy, it's the assault of one of our workers, every 36 minutes.
• But that's largely thanks to the technology that's now equipped on these school buses.
• Technology can only go so far, but I think that some of our... ...in our opinion.
• Technology can only go so far, but I think that some of our oldest forms and simplest forms of technology

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security heard testimony on several bills, beginning with a major workplace violence proposal for health care settings. Senator Lovely, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Hospital Association, and SEIU 1199 all supported legislation requiring hospitals and other health care employers to conduct facility-specific risk assessments, develop violence prevention plans, train workers, and provide reporting and protections for assaulted employees. Witnesses described workplace assaults as frequent and escalating, and committee members discussed balancing worker safety with concerns about criminalizing mental illness; testimony emphasized that the bill targets intentional assaults while preserving treatment and discretion for behavioral health crises. The committee also heard strong support for bills to strengthen traffic safety, including primary seat belt enforcement, rear-facing car seat requirements, and seat belts on school buses. AAA Northeast, the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, law enforcement, legislators, and the Massachusetts Insurance Federation all backed the measures, citing crash data, injury prevention, and personal stories of traumatic brain injury. Senator O’Connor testified for school bus seat belts, saying Massachusetts should join other states requiring them, and later Sophia Furzada of the National Transportation Safety Board urged passage of school bus seat belt and child passenger safety bills, saying lap-shoulder belts would reduce injuries and save lives in crashes where compartmentalization is not enough. Other testimony included support for a bill to make 9-1-1 disability indicator forms more accessible and inclusive, with the witness arguing the form should better reflect mental health, developmental disabilities, language access needs, and a fifth-grade reading level. The committee also heard opposition to a proposal to extend Christian’s Law to swimming pools, with a parks and recreation director warning of unintended consequences for municipal camps and underserved communities. Finally, the committee took testimony on a bill to expand the Forensic Science Oversight Board to include workforce representation, which MOSES said would restore technical expertise to the board. At the end of the hearing, the committee adjourned without taking votes on the bills discussed.

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• So it is an emerging technology, but it's becoming a reality, as you say.
• There's a whole range of technologies." "But it's becoming a reality, as you said.
• There's a whole range of technologies, and it's very exciting for Florida.
• When these new technologies came online, Drones.
• Where the technology is just coming online, it's not something that's easy.

Bills: S0260 , S1220 , S1352 , S1362 , S1370

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: electric vehicle, EV, battery fire, lithium-ion battery, towing, wrecker service, vehicle storage, submerged vehicle, saltwater damage, fire marshal, fire safety, tow yard, impound, storage fee, administration fee, local ordinance, county ordinance, municipal ordinance, insurance coverage, motor vehicle insurer

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.

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• NEW TECHNOLOGY CHANGES DAILY. THERE'S ALWAYS TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HELP YOU.
• NEW TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY?
• AS YOU KNOW AI IS AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
• SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.