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• of $9 million, and that's with companies and donors who, for example, want to know how do they use AI
• <00:15:14.320> programs legislature $2.5 million for AI programs legislature $2.5 million
• for AI programs and<00:15:15.440> under<00:15:15.680> the<00:15:15.920> condition
• how<00:15:26.480> do<00:15:26.560> they<00:15:26.720> use<00:15:26.880> AI
• <00:15:27.360> to want to know how do they use AI to want to know how do they use AI to advance

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

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• At the core of social work ethical principles and the work that we do daily is the belief that people
• principles and the work Work ethical principles and the work that<00:15:57.440> we<00:15:57.600
• to our kids all the time to monetize their attention and their lives and steal their faces to make AI
• to our kids all the time to monetize their attention and their lives and steal their faces to make AI
• to our kids all the time to monetize their attention and their lives and steal their faces to make AI

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He is posting AI on Truth Social at ungodly hours of the night.
• office.<00:49:46.880> He<00:49:47.119> is<00:49:47.359> posting<00:49:48.000> AI
• He is posting AI on Truth Social office.
• <01:02:45.440> that the same dedication and work ethic that the same dedication and work ethic
• But that's what he spends his time doing, trying to dig up dirt through this AI-enabled technology on

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And typically, this is submitted by a public airport authority, and so this raises ethical concerns and
• And typically, this is submitted by a public airport authority, and so this raises ethical concerns and
• This amendment clarifies that it is a violation of the code of ethics to retaliate against an employee
• We didn't ask for AI to be integrated into every aspect of our lives.
• Carrie Stelman from the Florida Commission on Ethics would like to speak. Waives in support.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill. Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes. The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.

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• he is known throughout Birmingham for his generosity of time, personal sacrifice, and tireless work ethic
• 13:41.080> work personal sacrifice, and tireless work personal sacrifice, and tireless work ethic
• 42.800> and<00:13:42.920> respected<00:13:43.400> by<00:13:43.520> the ethic
• He is loved and respected by the ethic.
• , disadvantaged by the by the use of AI, disadvantaged by the by the use of AI, by<03:06:18.560><

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• <00:16:18.000> powered<00:16:18.399> smart innovative solution, an AI powered smart
• innovative solution, an AI powered smart bandage<00:16:19.120> that<00:16:19.360> monitors
• After learning a strong work ethic from his grandfather and his father, Bruce bought Food for Less at
• After learning a strong work work<00:18:06.240> ethic<00:18:06.559> from<00:18:06.720><
• from his grandfather and his work ethic from his grandfather and his father,<00:18:08.799> Bruce<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The $1.8 million lottery game amounted to the first crack in the Texas Lottery Ethical Foundation. to
• It's going to show us how we can put into law ethics, integrity, and responsibility. in the bill and
• The Texas Ethics Commission Rule 12.23 clearly bypasses the intent and the letter of the law that the
• We do have a resource witness from the Ethics Commission if we need to.
• Senator Byrd will you have any questions for the Ethics Commission on this?

Bills: SB 28, SB 687, SJR 34, SCR 9, SB 523, SB 62, SB 847, SB 706, SB 869, SB 890, SB 992

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• Jacob AI might be joining us via Zoom. Good afternoon.
• <00:10:03.079> might<00:10:03.240> be testimony in support Jacob AI might be testimony
• in support Jacob AI might be joining<00:10:03.720> us<00:10:03.920> via<00:10:04.120><
• Similarly, new ethics rules have deemed that I must locate and provide information in reporting on what
• Similarly, new ethics rules have deemed that I must locate and provide information in reporting on what

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on Senate Bill 103, relating to electric vehicle batteries, and then moved to Senate Bill 995, relating to renewable fuel. On SB 103, the Department of Health and the State Energy Office supported the measure, and Redwood Materials said it supported the bill’s intent but requested an amendment to add a battery recycler to the commission. Other testimony on SB 103 included support from several individuals and organizations, with one opponent noted. A committee member also raised a possible deadline change requested by the Alliance of Automobile Innovation for future work on the measure. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 995, which would create tax incentives for sustainable aviation fuel and related renewable fuel production. Supporters included the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, Pono Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines/Alaska Airlines, the Tax Foundation, PAR Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel, and others. Supporters said the bill would help build a local SAF industry, encourage camelina and other feedstocks, and advance decarbonization goals. Several supporters also said they had proposed amendments or technical comments and stood on their written testimony. Opposition testimony argued the bill could allow toxic waste feedstocks, such as construction and demolition waste, into fuel production, and questioned whether the incentives would truly benefit Hawaii farmers or consumers. One opponent said the bill’s benefits could flow to the producer and to imported feedstocks rather than to local agriculture, and another questioned the scale of local land and water available for camelina production. Committee members pressed witnesses on acreage, water use, expected yields, the role of PAR Hawaii’s refinery investment, and whether the state would be subsidizing a business decision that might not produce significant local fuel. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.

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• The bill cuts funding for both the inspector general and ethics offices at USDA that are responsible
• offices at USDA that are ethics offices at USDA that are responsible<02:31:21.600> for<02:31:
• > even help them section 204 extends the even help them section 204 extends the US<08:52:25.440> AI
• 27.600> for<08:52:27.920> each<08:52:28.080> of<08:52:28.240> fiscal US AI
• at 300 million for each of fiscal US AI at 300 million for each of fiscal years<08:52:28.958> 26<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• In a Texas school district, a student used AI to generate nude images of another student, and when the
• in David's Law to keep up with rapidly evolving technologies. and new online threats, specifically AI-generated
• Senator Cruz, which criminalizes the publication of NCII (non-consensual intimate imagery), including AI-generated

Bills: SB204, SB570, SB735, SB784, SB1207, SB1396, SB1447, SB2392, SB2540, SB747, SB875

Keywords: parental rights, education, school trustees, training, handbook, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district, open-enrollment charter school, student support services, school counselor, principal, administrator

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• I'm a junior at Carlmont High School and a director of policy at the National AI Youth Council, one of
• the nation's largest youth-led organizations promoting safe AI regulation.
• educators, students with disabilities remain underserved, and schools struggle to meet their legal and ethical

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There's ethical concerns if I'm taking actions just to raise money.
• That would be an ethical violation for me. I would lose my bar license.
• concerns if I'm taking there's ethical concerns if I'm taking actions<00:19:44.400> just<00:19
• would be an ethical violation for me<00:19:49.200> I<00:19:49.280> would<00:19:49.440>
• who are embedding AI in in their<03:18:40.760> products<03:18:41.120> are<03:18:41.600

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard the Banking Department’s fiscal year 2026-2027 budget presentation from Commissioner Amelia Galeri. She described the department as a self-funded consumer protection regulator overseeing two main areas: the Banking Trust Division, which supervises state-chartered banks, credit unions, and trust companies, and the Consumer Credit Division, which oversees more than 7,000 licensees including mortgage and money transmitter businesses. She said the department’s budget is about 86% salaries and benefits, with 53 positions all filled, and explained that the agency funds itself through fees, fines, and end-of-year assessments on regulated entities. Galeri said the department is facing workload growth from several directions: continued growth in the trust industry, increased fintech supervision, and a new requirement to regularly examine auto dealers that take finance applications, which adds about 300 exams over two fiscal years. She said the department was directed to flat-fund its budget based on 2025 levels but was allowed to increase travel and training. To stay within that limit, she said the department reduced office space, went paperless, converted administrative and licensing positions into examiner positions, and expects to defund an embedded DOJ database administrator position once a new SharePoint system is fully implemented. Members asked about how the department’s revenue and assessments work, including whether fees were increasing and how much existing banks would pay. Galeri said fees are not being raised, most banks pay little or no fines, and assessments are based largely on asset size, with trust companies paying the bulk. She also explained that fines are set by statute, generally capped at $2,500 per violation for consumer credit entities, and said she would not recommend increasing that cap. The committee then voted to accept the Banking Department’s budget proposal as presented in HQ1, with a motion and second and no discussion. The transcript then moved to the Department of Energy budget. Commissioner Jared Chakin and Chief of Operations Lenny Radio discussed federal program funding, including LIHEAP fuel assistance and weatherization. They said the apparent drop in fuel assistance funding from FY 2024 actuals to the budgeted amount is due to the loss of ARPA and CARES Act supplemental funds, while weatherization remains a federally constrained program with a waiting list and limited flexibility. Members also asked about a proposed transfer from the renewable energy fund; staff said the transfer would still allow the department to carry out its statutory duties for the year, though the committee deferred deeper discussion until House Bill 2.

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• entry point, helping introduce new participants to archery seasons while maintaining close-range ethical
• participants to archery seasons while maintaining<00:30:05.039> close-range<00:30:05.760> ethical
• <00:30:06.159> harvest maintaining close-range ethical harvest maintaining close-range ethical
• cornerstone of this grant program, in addition to two other categories that were added relating to AIS

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 00:03:40.799> competent<00:03:41.400> safe<00:03:41.640> and<00:03:41.840> ethical
• to provide competent safe and ethical to provide competent safe and ethical care<00:03:43.439>
• the statutes and rules governing the practice of chiropractic to ensure a standard of competent and ethical
• We are excited about the possibility, especially of using AI and other advanced analytics in partnership
• We are excited about the possibility, especially of using AI and other advanced analytics in partnership

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met on January 28, 2025, to review Governor’s budget proposals for several health-related licensing boards. The chair said no formal action would be taken and noted that final budget language was not yet available. The committee began with an overview from Bridget Anderson of the health-related licensing boards, who explained that the boards are fee-funded, operate as independent executive agencies, and handle licensing, complaints, rulemaking, and disciplinary matters. She also noted that the Board of Dentistry’s budget includes the Administrative Services Unit and criminal background check program, which can make the budget graphs appear larger than the dentistry board’s own operations. The Board of Dentistry requested funding for a new administrative staff position, estimating about $100,000 in salary, insurance, and fringe costs, to replace support lost when an administrative position was reclassified. Anderson said the board handled more than 300 complaints last year, with cases becoming more complex, especially involving surgical and implant procedures and imaging. Members asked about dental Medicaid access, but Anderson said that issue would be better directed to DHS’s Medicaid oral health division. The Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy requested a full-time position due to rapid growth in the number of regulated professionals, from about 4,000 in 2014 to nearly 10,000 now, and also sought authority to set a fee for out-of-state applicants under the Counseling Compact, with a cap of up to $100 though the board expects to charge much less. The Board of Podiatric Medicine asked to raise its fee ceiling, saying fees had not been increased since 1999 and that the board now faces a structural deficit of about $40,000 per year and declining reserves. Several senators expressed concern about “not-to-exceed” fee authority, calling it too open-ended and suggesting the legislature should scrutinize specific fee needs rather than approve broad ceilings. Similar concerns were raised during the Board of Chiropractic Examiners presentation, where the board sought $100,000 in additional spending authority and a fee increase after 32 years without an adjustment; members questioned the proposed ceiling approach and asked for more historical information before deciding. The Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice also discussed fee-setting authority, with the executive director explaining that the board had previously lowered fees without clear authority and later faced audit questions; she requested funding for a vacant administrative position, saying applications and revenues have increased sharply and no fee increase would be needed. The final presentation began with the Board of Pharmacy, which said it serves more than 26,000 licensees and oversees the Prescription Monitoring Program and opioid product registration. The board requested an extension of previously appropriated general fund dollars through fiscal year 2027 to continue paying legal costs tied to the insulin safety net lawsuit, emphasizing that this was not a new funding request but an extension of existing authority. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• We believe that would ensure that the selection process is completed in a transparent, an ethical manner
• We believe that would ensure that the selection process is completed in a transparent, ethical manner
• I try to stay on top of it, you know, and not really understanding as we're moving forward with how AI
• You've seen all the software companies going down in price. ...and how AI is going to play a role in

Keywords: 908, all

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• chair chair yeah<00:09:27.160> something moreing<00:09:37.600> ising<00:09:38.160> AI
• impa<00:09:39.440> across<00:09:39.880> the<00:09:40.079> state moreing ising AI
• impa across the state moreing ising AI impa across the state through<00:09:40.600> its<00:09:
• because with fake media digital<01:32:55.840> media<01:32:56.239> and<01:32:56.440> AI
• ><01:33:23.080> for<01:33:23.239> journalism Additional training for journalism and ethics

Bills: HF1679, HF1019, HF2321, HF1740, HF2278

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• hearings for the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, the Medical Board, and the State Ethics
• been made in infrastructure, including IT, fiber, camera systems, and evolved technology, which is AI-driven

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• Several hours of ethics and code study.
• the benefits of our creative economy every single day, that the rights holders are protected in the AI

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The bill also directs the Ethics Commissioner to develop a training program so state employees can recognize
• Trump took office and he was announcing these massive hundred billions, trillions of investments in AI

Bills: SB1540, SB2225, SB2284, SB2382, SB2487, SB2514, SB2595, SB2876, SB2877, SB3031, SB2753

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard Senate Bill 3031, which would expand aggravated assault to cover certain road-rage shootings involving a person in or traveling to or from a motor vehicle, when a firearm is discharged and causes injury, property damage, or fear of serious bodily injury. Senator Schwertner laid out the bill for the author, described it as closing a gap in the law, and there was no public testimony; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2514, a measure by Chairman Hughes aimed at creating a DPS unit to identify, investigate, and monitor hostile foreign influence operations and to require ethics training for state employees. Supportive invited testimony from Dr. Jacqueline Deal, Ambassador Kelly Curry, and Michael Lucci emphasized threats from the Chinese Communist Party, transnational repression, cyber intrusion, and state-level influence efforts, and argued Texas should take a leading role. Public testimony included opposition from speakers who raised concerns about free speech, privacy, and potential overbreadth. The bill was left pending after testimony closed. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 30 as pending business and discussed a committee substitute. Senator Schwertner explained that the substitute would limit admissible medical expense evidence to amounts paid or up to 300% of Medicare, clarify treatment of provider testimony and attorney-referred providers, remove a requirement that plaintiffs use available health insurance to mitigate damages, strike a unanimous-verdict requirement for non-economic damages, and delete a remittitur provision. Senators questioned the impact on sexual assault and child abuse survivors, the use of Medicare as a benchmark, and whether the bill would still allow fair compensation. After discussion, SB 30 was left pending and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• On the Senate version, they didn't have the mandatory AI and those things inside of the computer science
• So would it require a complaint filed to the Ethics Commission? Or... ...the Ethics Commission?
• We are not changing any process regarding filing complaints to the Ethics Commission.
• them, but of course that isn't something that was discussed as part of this, whether they've had ethics
• investigations or any kind of ethical violation findings against them or not asked in the qualification

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then moved into returning messages from the Senate. Early action focused on CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification, which would add computer science and artificial intelligence content in high school and create a K-12 teacher certificate program; after adopting a House amendment restoring certificate language and adjusting implementation timing, the House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill 105-0. The chamber then took up CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, adopting a House amendment to allow local governments to buy into the cyber grant program and add a five-year sunset, then concurring in the Senate amendment shifting grant administration back to the Florida Digital Service; the bill passed 104-1. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over U.S. military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, sending both back to the Senate. It also refused to concur in the Senate amendment to CS/HB 851 on professional learning for instructional and school administrative personnel, saying the Senate version expanded the bill beyond its original autism-focused scope. After a recess, the House unveiled Speaker Daniel Perez’s portrait and heard extended remarks praising his leadership, institutional reforms, and the work of House staff and members. In the second returning-message list, the House debated CS/CS/HB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations. The Senate amendment clarified the definition of “promote,” refined notice and timeline provisions for terrorist organization designations, and kept references to Sharia law as an example in the foreign religious law section. Supporters argued the bill was aimed at conduct beyond speech and was intended to protect the Constitution and public safety; opponents warned it would chill free speech, target Muslim Floridians, and give the governor and cabinet unprecedented power without adequate due process. After lengthy debate, the House concurred and passed the bill 80-25. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1473, a public records bill tied to HB 1471, and moved to concur in a technical Senate amendment aligning the records exemption with the revised structure of HB 1471.