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Transcript Highlights:
- went to our farming partners, and we decided to upgrade our planting equipment to some precision technology
- So it was really fun to see 10 years of advancing technologies and changing our farming practices to
- to adopt no-till and strip-till practices, I want you to be aware that the reliance on precision technology
- weeds grow, because tillage usually eradicates the weeds, that our reliance on GMO and Roundup technologies
- to adopt no-till and strip-till practices, I want you to be aware that the reliance on precision technology
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jul 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And what they did is they used LIDAR technology to go up and do a couple of runs over the snowmelt.
- We would have known that that snowmelt was not worth anything had we done the LIDAR technology.
- “Could I add as a footnote that part of what I think is our opportunity is to use technology to give
- state water board to utilize modern process by allowing the State Water Board to utilize modern technology
- we have any witnesses from the audience that are in favor of Senator Laird's bill to bring used technology
Summary:
The committee heard several water- and environment-related bills. SB 72, by Senator Caballero, would modernize the California Water Plan and set long-term water supply targets, including an interim goal of 9 million acre-feet of additional water by 2040. Supporters from water districts, local governments, business groups, and agricultural interests argued the bill is needed to address climate-driven shortages, protect the economy, and improve planning for droughts, flooding, recharge, recycling, storage, and conveyance. Opponents, including environmental and conservation groups, argued the bill could overstate demand, increase costs, and make it harder to protect instream flows and ecosystems. The committee discussed the science behind the 9 million acre-feet target and the need to balance water supply planning with fish and ecological needs. SB 72 passed on a do-pass motion to Appropriations.
SB 369, by Senator Padilla, would require a local skilled and trained workforce for all Salton Sea restoration work. The author and sponsors said the bill would protect workers exposed to hazardous conditions at the Salton Sea, create good local jobs in Imperial County, and ensure long-term workforce standards for publicly funded restoration projects. Support came from labor organizations, contractors, and other regional stakeholders; no opposition testified. Members emphasized the region’s high unemployment and the importance of workforce development. The bill passed on a do-pass motion to Labor and Employment.
SB 697, by Senator Laird, would update the stream system adjudication process by allowing the State Water Board to use modern technology, such as stream gauges and digitized records, when investigating water rights claims, while still allowing field investigations when needed. The author said the process has not been updated since 1976 and should be streamlined. After amendments addressed stakeholder concerns, there was no opposition testimony. The committee asked whether the bill would affect pre-1914 water rights, and the author said it would not. SB 697 passed as amended to Judiciary. The committee also approved consent calendar items SB 599, SB 609, and SB 765 earlier in the hearing.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Open hearings to examine the United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-2 Mar 26th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Transcript Highlights:
- during this open session on your priorities for fiscal year 2026 and how we can leverage emerging technology
- . technologies to field more dynamic space-based systems.
- It's capabilities with advanced technologies that it has.
- And I understand there's technologies there that may make that available.
- Ma'am, I am told the technology is close to being ready.
Committees:
Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces , Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Keywords:
military strategy, nuclear triad, deterrence, STRATCOM, SPACECOM, SLICOM, B-21, hypersonic defense, spectrum auction
Summary:
The meeting focused on the strategic posture of U.S. military capabilities with an emphasis on deterrence amid growing global threats. General Cotton from STRATCOM and General Whiting from SPACECOM provided insights into the modernization efforts of the nuclear triad. Key discussions involved the importance of maintaining control over specific frequency spectrums critical for military operations and the implications of potential auctioning of these bands. Members expressed concerns regarding the evolving landscape with adversaries like China and Russia, emphasizing that swift action is needed to adapt and preserve U.S. national security. Various proposals and existing programs, including the B-21 bomber and the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLICOM), were debated, alongside the necessity of increasing military investment in hypersonic defense systems.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And the third aspect, we're going to ask Greg Peing, our new chief business technology officer, to join
- us and talk about the EHR and technology changes that we're doing and answer questions.
- </c> is our new Chief business technology is our new Chief business technology officer<00:19:02.559><
- I know we're talking about technology, electronic health records.
- Closing on the technology piece, we're not right now any revenue coming in.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a requirement to fund their technology.
- </c> requirement to fund their technology. requirement to fund their technology.
- </c> to master this technology. to master this technology.
- ,</c><01:09:17.600><c> counties</c> modernization technologies, counties modernization technologies,
- What is the potential technology?
Bills:
HF3396
Committee:
House Taxes
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- They are about investing in new technologies.
- While America's invested in new technology and innovations that effectively and meaningfully reduce our
- While America's invested in new technology and innovations that effectively and meaningfully reduce our
- Sources, but we're not going to walk into this false trap of over-reliance on technology that is not
- Second of all, we are also enabling, once these are proven technologies, because the first units that
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for two fallen service members, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, and several recognitions, including law enforcement officers and visiting students and advocates. Members then adopted the special order report and moved into the special-order calendar. The first major item was HB 7031, the annual tax package, which was explained as a broad measure covering sales tax holidays, property tax changes, tax credits, pari-mutuel tax reductions, vacation-rental tax collection, and decoupling from federal tax changes. Members asked about the fiscal impact of decoupling and the firearm-accessories holiday; supporters emphasized fiscal caution and the package’s mix of consumer and housing provisions, while opponents objected to the gun-related tax holiday. The bill passed 105-2.
The House then passed CS/CS/CS HB 1177 on Space Florida and spaceport operations 107-0, with supporters saying it would strengthen Florida’s competitiveness in commercial aerospace. CS for SB 246 on specialty license plates also passed unanimously after a strike-all amendment that added several new plates, revised the Fraternal Order of Police plate, and tightened specialty-plate financial and nonprofit requirements. CS HB 697 on drug prices and coverage passed 100-0 after supporters said it built on prior PBM reforms by requiring fairer pharmacy reimbursement and limiting forced losses on drugs. CS/CS HB 1263 on the Office of Insurance Regulation passed 109-0 after an amendment clarifying fingerprinting requirements, and CS/CS HB 527 on insurance claim denials passed 100-0 with a requirement for human review before claims are denied or reduced solely by AI.
The House also passed CS HB 1449 on the statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program 100-0 after narrowing the bill to out-of-network emergency services and claims at or below $50,000. CS HB 93 on protection from surgical smoke passed 178-0 after extensive emotional debate, with supporters describing it as a long-sought patient and worker safety measure requiring smoke evacuation systems in hospitals and surgical centers. Later, CS HB 1217 on prohibited governmental greenhouse-gas policies passed 29-0 after questions clarified that it would bar net-zero policies and related funding arrangements but not general energy efficiency or incidental emissions reductions; opponents argued it would preempt local climate and resilience efforts, while supporters said it protected energy reliability and affordability. The House then began debate on CS/CS HB 1461 on advanced nuclear reactors, with sponsors describing a framework for licensing and oversight of small modular and microreactors and supporters arguing it would help meet future energy demand and improve reliability.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M.
Government Structure
Transcript Highlights:
- But it is delegated the authority to have any contract dealing with technology.
- It is delegated the authority to have any contract dealing with technology.
- But if the word information, technology, website, uh, portals, domains, even going out and purchasing
- But if the word information, technology,<00:18:36.400><c> website,</c><00:18:37.679><c> uh</c><00:18:
- 38.000><c> portals,</c> technology, website, uh portals, technology, website, uh portals, domains,<00
Committee:
Joint Government Structure
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/11/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- technological technological leadership<01:53:08.560><c> the</c><01:53:08.719><c> next</c><01:53:09.079
- Technologies Technologies so<04:18:52.080><c> uh</c><04:18:52.720><c> if</c><04:18:52.880><c> it's</
- </c> overruns this is an emerging technology overruns this is an emerging technology and<04:31:09.520
- </c><04:31:12.720><c> that</c> but it's it's a technology that but it's it's a technology that currently
- </c> limited justifiable and Technology limited justifiable and Technology neutral neutral neutral they
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- is broken, that needs to be fixed, that needs all of us to be thinking about how we do systems transformation
- And that transformation starts with all of us.
Bills:
HF4338
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/24/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a transformational amount of predictable funding that will end emergencies and make it possible
- That's a transformational amount of predictable funding that will end emergencies and make it possible
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 14, February 25, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- By supporting House File 2559, the legislator has an opportunity to make a transformational investment
- By supporting House File 2559, the legislator has an opportunity to make a transformational investment
Bills:
HF1143 , HF1548 , HF1340 , HF2549 , HF2559 , HF1673 , HF2740 , HF2507 , HF2461 , HF2381 , HF2695
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
education funding, unemployment aid, special education, Minnesota statutes, appropriations, housing, redevelopment, local government, trust funds, community development, HF1340, housing infrastructure bonds, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, affordable housing, supportive housing, permanent housing, adaptive reuse, area median income, AMI
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This proposed transformation is certainly not going to be free of cost.
- In the spring of 2022, the Minnesota Transformation Initiative was started and grant money was awarded
Committee:
Senate Labor
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Apr 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Technology has changed. Finances have changed. Many of you have laptops on your desk.
- So American businesses have become really good at squeezing the costs out of technology, but not the
- Well, quite frankly, the technology has improved so much, and particularly with fraud, the credit card
- My name is Brendan Duckett, and I'm the Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the National
- Just quickly, from a restaurant technology standpoint, nearly all modern point-of-sale systems are able
Summary:
The commission met to hear testimony on the future of credit card payments and swipe fees, with a focus on impacts to small businesses, especially restaurants and retailers. Members and witnesses discussed interchange fees, processing fees, chargebacks, fraud risk, rewards programs, and the growing use of card-not-present and digital wallet transactions. Several witnesses urged the commission to support legislation that would prohibit fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions and allow businesses to pass credit card fees on to customers if they choose, while others warned that state regulation of interchange could reduce fraud protections and harm consumer rewards programs.
Small business owners and trade groups described rising costs and thin margins, saying card fees are now among their largest expenses and are often charged on money that is merely passing through the business, such as sales tax and gratuities. Restaurant representatives said the current system shifts fraud and chargeback losses onto merchants, with little ability to negotiate rates or recover disputed funds, and argued that transparency and fee relief would help keep independent businesses open. Retailers gave similar testimony, citing rising swipe fees, complex statements, and the burden of online and phone transactions. A representative from the airline industry opposed interchange reform, arguing that airline credit card rewards are popular with consumers and support travel and jobs in Massachusetts.
Credit union representatives cautioned that state-level interchange limits could weaken fraud prevention and force higher rates or reduced services, while the National Restaurant Association and a payments-policy attorney countered that banks and networks already operate under fee caps in other contexts and that interchange rates are fixed rather than competitive. Commission members asked questions about how chargebacks work, how fees are broken down, whether businesses can negotiate with processors or POS providers, and how consumer behavior has shifted toward cards, online ordering, and delivery since the pandemic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 39 (3-4-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> not</c> looking at and how the technology is not looking at and how the technology is not ready<
- And this is a technology that is natrium-based, and I think that's a liquid sodium coolant.
- And Terrap Power is one of the technologies, one of the companies, that has expressed interest in our
- And this is a technology that is natrium-based, and I think that's a liquid sodium coolant.
- And Terrap Power is one of the technologies, one of the companies, that has expressed interest in our
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Division A (Part 2) - Room 409, 3 March, 2026; 4:15 P.M.
Judiciary, Division A
Transcript Highlights:
- He is in technology, I guess; he was technology chairman at once.
- He is in technology, I guess Montgomery.
- He is in technology, I guess he's<00:09:31.400><c> he</c><00:09:31.520><c> was</c><00:09:31.680><c> technology
- </c> he's he was technology chairman at once. he's he was technology chairman at once.
- And that's what's required when you're doing age verification in the technology that's out there.
Committee:
Joint Judiciary, Division A
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- was what that was supposed to technology was what that was supposed to technology was what that was
- of two primary avenues uh of technology of two primary avenues uh of technology of which I'm aware I
- No, the technology is part of what they're technology is part of what they're technology is part of what
- So I just technology they don't need. So I just technology they don't need.
- Okay. the technology. Okay. the technology. Okay. All right.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Technology has certainly advanced. Current ATVs have a very sophisticated suspension system.
- It's of no nobody's fault but technology.
- It simply is not possible with the technology we have today.
- It's of no nobody's fault but technology.
- </c> Bas basically the best technology Bas basically the best technology available<01:26:19.119><c> at
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> there's a lot of innovative technology there's a lot of innovative technology out<02:55:45.840><
- technology technology exists<02:56:04.840><c> yeah</c><02:56:05.000><c> shair</c><02:56:05.439><c> Vice
- <02:56:19.880><c> other</c><02:56:20.160><c> appropriate</c><02:56:20.680><c> technology</c> technology
- other appropriate technology technology other appropriate technology we're<02:56:21.520><c> supposed
- </c> money into the state and new technology money into the state and new technology M<03:18:23.120><
Committee:
House Finance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Programmable money is an emerging, rapidly emerging technology in the financial world.
- You kind of see where this is going with this technology.
- This is the technology that social scores get tied to.
- So I'm really of two minds on this bill, and I appreciate looking forward on technologies and so forth
Committee:
House Business
Summary:
The Business Committee met with a quorum and first approved the February 13 minutes without objection. It then heard House Bill 750, which would create protections around “programmable money” by defining it and prohibiting issuers from requiring it without a free non-digital alternative or from denying transactions based on factors such as race, sex, religion, political views, speech, medical history, or browsing/purchase history. The sponsors said the bill is intended to prevent social-credit-style controls and does not ban cryptocurrency, stablecoins, or digital payments. Members generally supported the measure, with one member noting concerns about the bill’s length but reserving the right to revisit it on the floor. A motion to send HB 750 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation passed, and one outside witness said the bill addressed theoretical concerns and clarified that stablecoins were separate from the issue.
The committee next considered House Bill 738, which would allow LLCs with home-based businesses to use a commercial registered agent’s address instead of their home address on public filings, while still requiring certain ownership information. The sponsor said the change is meant to protect privacy and reduce the risk of people showing up at home addresses, while improving reliability of service for legal and business notices. There was a brief question about whether the bill applied to S-corporations; the sponsor said it applies only to LLCs. The committee voted to send HB 738 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 648, a replacement bill related to parity for anti-cancer medications, including oral and intravenous treatments. The sponsor said the bill had been worked out with interested parties and advocates and was ready to move forward. The committee approved a motion to send HB 648 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.