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• Initially enterprise software systems.
• How often do you anticipate having to replace or update?
• So, our e-filing system is a software as a service system.
• Is that a having to replace or update?
• is a is a software as a service<00:13:20.160> system.

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• million decrease in general revenue due to, due to the removal of one-time funding for vehicle replacements
• So these 6 replacement helicopters, uh, were, they were purchased originally in, in, in the 79th legislature
• They, they, the, the 15-year replacement schedule, uh, has expired.
• Uh, so we're asking to replace those.
• and be real ID compliant and meet all the rules and regulations with the technology and, and the software

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• given instruction on anatomy, but were using new tools when they were studying from home and given software
• It's for a certain software for certain types of alternative methods.
• It is duplicative of existing laws, and if dissection is replaced by alternatives in July 2028, such
• We did not Appoint a replacement for today and so You know, they're I think everyone that's gonna vote

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Genesis is a software service tool that streamlines and accelerates evacuation zone mapping and public
• up a work session on item 16: Water Resources Department, the Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement
• Subcommittee heard a request for the Water Resources Department, or well abandonment, repair and replacement
• The WHARF program fund provides grants up to $40,000 to abandon, repair, and replace domestic wells used
• This request would provide PERS staff with the necessary software licenses and training to begin to become

Summary: The Emergency Board approved a series of consent federal grant applications from the Natural Resources and Public Safety subcommittees, along with several budget and position requests. The board approved grant applications for parks, transportation, judicial, emergency management, higher education, school nutrition, and other programs, including retroactive approvals where deadlines had passed. One member objected to the Natural Resources consent grants over concerns about future funding needs, but the motion still passed. The board also approved a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, including digital privacy protections, circuit court security, and a statewide facilities assessment. A major discussion centered on Southern Oregon University’s financial stability. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission reported on SOU’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and projected cash shortfall. The subcommittee recommended, and the board approved, allocating $7.5 million from the special appropriation for short-term stability, with a required update at the September 2026 Emergency Board meeting and a future request for the remaining funds. Members debated the broader crisis in higher education, with several saying SOU’s situation reflects systemwide enrollment and funding pressures and that long-term restructuring will be needed. The board also approved an AmeriCorps volunteer generation grant, an apprenticeship expansion grant, and a Department of Education nutrition equipment grant. In public safety, it approved funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a statewide evacuation planning tool, and a juvenile justice information system modernization report, while requiring a follow-up viability report. The Department of Justice received approval for additional antitrust positions and expenditure limitation, though several members raised concerns about the funding structure and incentives tied to settlement revenues; the motion passed despite objections. In natural resources, the board approved funding for the Water Resources Department’s well abandonment, repair and replacement grants, an assistant water master position in Washington County, groundwater data collection in the Lower Umatilla Basin, a wetlands remote sensing pilot, and parks-related grant applications for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Members generally supported the requests but raised concerns about geographic equity, long-term sustainability, and whether some county responsibilities were being shifted to the state. The meeting also included discussion of a Department of Emergency Management evacuation tool as an urgent wildfire preparedness measure, with members emphasizing its potential to save lives.

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• The wages that are paid across the state are normally lower than average, but replacing a portion of
• And that's why, to me, it's so exciting for New Mexico is that we largely missed out on the software
• It goes a lot faster, it's a lot more powerful, has software, maybe autonomous driving, driver assist
• And so, what replaces those jobs? Most of the time, it's McDonald's.
• And so, to replace jobs that can sustain families and keep families in this state of New Mexico instead

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• of equipment... ...for upgrade, modernization, and replacement of equipment in the delivery of that
• So if you have a student dining facility, that should be replaced by returns from the enterprise fund
• That's because they received $97 million for the replacement of Waldron Hall, of which $87 million was
• We're budgeting to replace equipment that we currently have.
• We were looking at a software development degree initially.

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Summary: The committee first reviewed the 2024-25 tuition waiver report for the North Dakota University System. Staff explained that waivers were reported for degree-seeking students and broken out by residency, institution, and waiver type. Members asked about partial versus full waivers, institutional discretion, athletic waivers, and whether campuses have published guardrails or transparency requirements. Staff said most waivers are set by institutions, with some statutory and board-required categories, and that athletic waivers are a small share of total waiver dollars. The report showed total gross tuition of $354.5 million, tuition waived of $38.9 million, and 11,193 of 42,040 students receiving some waiver. Members also discussed how waivers affect net tuition revenue, housing and food collections, and whether campuses are using waivers strategically compared with scholarships and other funding sources. The committee then heard a presentation on tuition rates by campus and State Board policy. Staff explained the board’s tuition factors for resident, Minnesota reciprocity, contiguous-state/U.S. nonresident, and international students, and noted that campuses often seek exceptions based on program-specific competition and enrollment goals. Members asked whether rates are based on cost or competition, and staff said campuses typically bring forward estimates and market comparisons when requesting special rates. The presentation also reviewed general fund appropriations versus net tuition revenue by campus, and members discussed how local tuition decisions and waivers do not directly affect the state funding formula, though they do affect institutional revenue and reserves. Questions were also raised about the Higher Learning Commission’s financial composite indicator and how it differs from the more intuitive reserve and revenue figures. The committee next received a broad overview of non-higher-education entities affiliated with the State Board of Higher Education, beginning with NDSU agriculture-related units. Dr. Greg Lardy described the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, the NDSU Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the branch research centers, emphasizing their statewide role in crop and livestock research, extension education, and county-based outreach. He outlined funding mixes for extension, the experiment station, and branch stations, noting that grants and contracts support both research and education, while the agronomy seed farm is self-funded through seed sales. Members asked about the new and vacant FTE pool, R1 research status, matching requirements for grants, and whether state appropriations count toward research expenditures. Dr. Lardy also highlighted major research impacts, including crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI-assisted weed control, and NDAWN weather data. The Northern Crops Institute and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute also presented. NCI described its role in market development, technical services, and education for regional agriculture, its governance through the Northern Crops Council, and its funding from state appropriations, other states, and earned revenue. Members asked about the source of out-of-state funding, intellectual property, and the institute’s international reach. UGPTI then outlined its transportation research, federal and state funding structure, and work on road and bridge condition assessments, travel demand modeling, and workforce training. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• NCSL has concern with it because it would preempt and replace 20 state privacy laws.
• We're trying to replace an economy based on agriculture here in North Dakota.
• So what makes AI different than sort of traditional software?
• So that's the next thing we're starting to see: software agents. ...done for you.
• We aligned around AI supports, not replaces employees necessarily.

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, established a quorum, and heard introductory remarks from Majority Leader Hogue and the chair about the committee’s charge. Members said the goal was to build a factual foundation on AI, hear from experts and stakeholders, and develop practical North Dakota-focused recommendations rather than simply produce a large volume of bills. Legislative Council also reviewed interim committee rules and procedures before the informational presentations began. Staff and NCSL presenters then gave overviews of AI concepts and the state and federal policy landscape. The background memo and presentations covered AI categories and terms, state laws in areas such as consumer protection, algorithmic discrimination, deepfakes, chatbots, children’s safety, health, education, and government use, as well as data center siting and economic impacts. NCSL described a growing number of AI bills introduced and enacted across the states, with comprehensive laws in places like Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois, and noted recurring issues around transparency, privacy, liability, and protections for minors. A major focus of the discussion was federal preemption and the tension between state regulation and national AI policy. NCSL said a recent White House executive order and related federal framework seek a light-touch, innovation-friendly national standard, with possible challenges to state laws and possible funding conditions tied to compliance, though no broad federal preemption has yet been enacted. Members asked about Commerce Clause concerns, industry pushback, oversight models, and whether AI policy is bipartisan; presenters said the issue cuts across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfake restrictions but more disagreement on broader regulatory approaches. No votes or formal actions were taken at the meeting, and the committee recessed briefly for technical issues during the second presentation.

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• We're trying to replace an economy based on agriculture here in North Dakota.
• So what makes AI different than sort of traditional software?
• So that's the next thing we're starting to see is software agents. Done for you.
• So that's the next thing that we're starting to see is software agents that actually do stuff.
• We aligned around AI supports, not replaces employees necessarily.

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue. Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches. The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.

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• Good tax software is critical to a good tax practice, and we have invested in it.
• Good sales tax software is needed to comply with this bill.
• Good sales tax software is complex.
• external person could develop a software external person could develop a software that<00:31:20.799
• But if it’s a software as a service, it probably is not taxable under this expansion.

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• Item 28, this is the CBCFD, the Commission for the Blind, to replace federal dollars to make sure they're
• Line 41 is to address waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to the SNAP cards, replacing everyone's SNAP
• workforce development for youth and adults and dislocated workers, the loss in federal dollars is replaced
• This is the DPS police looking at having software that coalesces all of the information from local bodies
• This is the DPS police looking at having software that coalesces all of the information from local bodies

Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247

Keywords: telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent

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• , an act relating to technology, expanding the Department of Information Technology's equipment replacement
• plans to include software, renaming the equipment replacement revolving funds as the equipment and software
• replacement revolving funds.

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• concern that readers of the RCW may have some difficulty tracing when a repealed and then subsequently replaced
• concern that readers of the RCW may have some difficulty tracing when a repealed and then subsequently replaced
• A lot of them are Uniform Acts because Uniform Acts either get updated or replace entirely an existing
• chapter-level note and the hyperlinking in the disposition table relies on an update to the disposition software

Summary: The Statute Law Committee meeting began with introductions of new staff, approval of the December 10 minutes, and election of Kyle Shiketty as vice chair by acclamation. The committee also approved a step increase for Code Reviser Kathy Buckley, with members praising her work and noting she had reached the top step. Max Weeks reported on publications: session laws had been published online and physical copies were nearing completion, while RCWs were expected online by the end of the next month with print copies following about a month later. The committee discussed print runs, free distribution to libraries and courts, and rising shipping costs, with a plan to charge actual shipping rates rather than the prior flat fee. Kathy Buckley also reviewed the office’s financial condition, reporting healthy balances in the publications account and general fund and expecting a year-end return of about $600,000. Alice reported on the annual multiple-amendment review process, explaining how the office merges nonconflicting amendments and flags possible items for a future technical corrections bill. The committee adopted the multiple amendments table and discussed plans to prepare a technical corrections bill for the fall and likely the 2027 session. The committee then heard a presentation from Kevin and Judge Anne Levinson on improving RCW disposition tables by adding hyperlinks to repealed session laws and chapter-level cross-reference notes to help readers trace recodified or replaced laws, especially in areas like protection orders and unclaimed property. In other business, the committee discussed clarifying statutory references that sometimes use “Statute Law Committee” when “Office of the Code Reviser” is intended, and agreed to review the statutes for possible cleanup legislation. Members also received an update on the office’s upcoming move to a new building in September, with an open house planned for September 24. The meeting adjourned without setting the next meeting date.

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• Four electronic voting system vendors are currently certified in Minnesota: Election Systems & Software
• /c><00:26:30.760> and in Minnesota election systems and in Minnesota election systems and software
• democracy live dominion and software democracy live dominion and heart<00:26:34.080> inner<00
• He said they would be hard-pressed to replace it.
• <01:08:13.240> that we would be hard pressed to replace that we would be hard pressed to replace

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Minnesota House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee met to begin its session with member and staff introductions, then heard an overview from Secretary of State Steve Simon and elections director Paul Linnell on the state’s elections administration and budget needs. Simon said the office’s committee-jurisdiction budget request was for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) election security grant match: Minnesota received about $1 million in federal funds in 2024 and needs a $200,000 state match to unlock the money for election security navigator work. He also previewed the office’s broader presentation on the 2024 election, outreach efforts, and election security. Simon described the 2024 election cycle as successful, saying his administrative goals were high turnout and low drama. He reported that Minnesota had very high turnout in the November election, with more than 3.27 million ballots cast and about 76.4% turnout, and noted that more than 1.3 million voters cast ballots before Election Day. He also highlighted outreach and accessibility efforts, including the Students Voting Program, Youth Day at the Capitol, National Voter Registration Day activities, expanded online voter tools in additional languages, and work to inform eligible Minnesotans about the Restore the Vote law for people leaving prison. He emphasized that elections are a team effort carried out largely by counties, cities, townships, and election judges. Linnell then explained the state’s election administration structure and responsibilities, including the Statewide Voter Registration System, candidate filing and election reporting systems, voting equipment certification, and post-election performance reviews. He said counties are central to voter registration updates and ballot preparation, and noted that in 2024 there were a handful of counties with ballot errors that required court action, with a vendor process change identified as a contributing factor. Committee members asked for more detail on the number and identity of the affected counties. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• So if someone was to say that, look, we can replace the $3.1 billion of oil and gas revenue with cannabis
• that we're doing, that Brendan, one of our economists, will present shortly, is because of that software
• Hopefully, the tax department can join us soon in that software as well.
• Izzy, is that something that software can take care of? Unfortunately, no, Madam Chair. I wish.
• We apply that data and we put it into our economic modeling software.

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• software.
• In addition, your local jurisdictions are going to have to modify their software to do this.
• In addition, your local jurisdictions are going to have to modify their software to do this.
• In addition, your local jurisdictions are going to have to modify their software to do this.
• In addition, your local jurisdictions are going to have to modify their software to do this.

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• > care<00:20:47.039> of Obviously software were taking care of Obviously software were
• This is more software.
• It's a it's an upgrade and the software.
• <00:23:26.559> and one time for equipment replacement and one time for equipment replacement
• software and license renewals. software and license renewals. And<00:52:13.040> Mr.

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• Do you see this as a replacement of child care? Madam Chair and Representative Dow, absolutely not.
• It is not a replacement in any way for child care.
• in administering construction grants, the Deficiencies Correction Program, and statewide school replacement
• The actual cost of construction management software, which has recently been transitioned from a capital
• supports an $8.5 million base budget or a $10,000... the actual cost of construction management software

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• Both a primary and a general election, we managed the replacement.
• So we've had a lot of questions with that system, and our staff have had to help you through replacing
• So, the ethics e-file campaign system—that's our campaign finance system—will be replaced at some point
• And for an agency to come in, I realize $2 million of that is for new software and contracts related
• For our IT costs, various software, and just, you know, miscellaneous maintenance and annual costs.

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• This is for upgrades to HVAC controls and boiler replacement.
• This is for implementation as well as licensing of software, which is to support regulatory activities
• This is also a new original contract, and it is for the purchase of software and services needed to implement

Summary: The ALC-Review Subcommittee reviewed seven methods of finance, including university projects at ASU Jonesboro and Mountain Home, Black River Technical College deferred maintenance, UA Batesville’s Farm Project Gateway Center, UAMS PET cyclotron equipment, a new allied health building at UAPB funded by a federal grant, and UCA’s multi-purpose arena design work. The committee also approved an alternative delivery construction project for UAPB’s Allied Health and Sciences Building, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer. Members then approved discretionary grants from the Department of Health and DHS, including support for a heart attack center designation, community health worker training, homeless services funding corrections, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot. In the contracts section, the committee reviewed RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental contracts, and a large slate of out-of-state and in-state contracts covering topics such as seatbelt survey data collection, Medicaid and DHS systems, state hospital staffing and services, veterans’ services, education assessments, and state IT and procurement projects. Several contracts drew extended questioning. Senators and representatives pressed DHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs about heavy reliance on contract nursing and staffing costs, and officials said they were using pay incentives and recruitment efforts to increase state employee staffing. Members also questioned AEDC’s lithium supply chain study and the Department of Education’s security contract, with concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments. The committee held three in-state contracts—Department of Education security services and two DHS staffing contracts—until Friday, then adopted the remaining contracts and received informational reports on contract amendments, executed contracts, and emergency procurements before adjourning.

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• This is taking out $6.4 million and some change from the Secretary of State for tabulator replacement
• the Kiki Savadra Fund, or are we giving them enough that if someone loses their freezer, they can replace
• the Kiki Savager Fund or are we giving them enough that if someone loses their freezer, they can replace
• enough that if someone loses their freezer, they can replace it. Mr.
• H.A.F.C. that the department needs for its statewide capital outlay tracking and administration software

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