Video & Transcript Research : 'data regulation'

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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to protect our data sovereignty.
  • Privacy Regulation.
  • Is there a systemic epidemic in data breaches?
  • HIPAA covered data, which is the. key data that these healthcare entities hold is exempted, as is any
  • The DOT obviously is heavily regulated.
Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/29/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Data centers on average are about 400 megawatts.
  • Data centers on average are about 400 megawatts.
  • Data centers on average are about 400 megawatts.
  • Data centers on average are about 400 megawatts.
  • So Virginia might stop the most data centers, but Phoenix will have the most data centers of cities.
Bills: HB2133, HB2592
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> a complicated nexus with personal data. a complicated nexus with personal data.
  • data so that consumers may be aware of who is buying and selling their personal data.
  • </c> purchasing that data purchasing that data from<00:09:33.880><c> realtors.
  • the sale of data, not the sharing<00:10:04.640><c> of</c><00:10:04.760><c> data.
  • </c> sharing of data. sharing of data. Thank<00:10:06.880><c> you.
Bills: HF4456, HF4544, HF3698
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Agencies are required to report certain performance data about the permits it issues to the Office for
  • Agencies are required to report certain performance data about the permits it issues to the Office for
  • And I could also see an ability to address data and data privacy concerns.
  • What we learned, I think, during the hearing is that we have great layers of regulation in the state
  • What we learned, I think, during the hearing is that we have great layers of regulation in the state
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/9/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • My biggest concern is the data privacy on this.
  • My biggest concern is the data privacy on this.
  • The data check. The data check. I'm not sure if I understand the question.
  • </c> so that we can actually get more data? so that we can actually get more data?
  • </c> a data that that came from Pennsylvania. a data that that came from Pennsylvania.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal government doesn't quit spending and they don't quit trying to regulate us.
  • spending and they don't quit<00:01:12.320><c> trying</c><00:01:12.560><c> to</c><00:01:12.720><c> regulate
  • </c><00:01:13.360><c> And</c><00:01:14.159><c> this</c><00:01:14.479><c> is</c> quit trying to regulate
  • And this is quit trying to regulate us.
  • regulations ought to be<00:27:21.919><c> as</c><00:27:22.159><c> much</c><00:27:22.480><c> as</c><00
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And another one is, it applies to stored data but not live data.
  • to um stored data but not live data. Can to um stored data but not live data.
  • Um, does this, in any way, prohibit or regulate the use of things like Facebook posts and Facebook data
  • I mean I I stored versus live data.
  • </c> government's use of data and AI. government's use of data and AI.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 05:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Data centers are critical. They are critical to our economy.
  • That's not going to bring us more data centers.
  • Data centers are critical. Tax incentives for the refurbishment of data centers and for...
  • Tax incentives for the refurbishment of data centers and for putting up data centers create jobs and
  • Data centers are refurbished.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's important that that companion chatbot has some guardrails and some regulations.
  • That companion chatbot has some guardrails and some regulations on it and can provide some resources
  • of help, can make sure we're not doing emotional regulation and then emotional manipulation of these
  • sure that the designation of high-priority transmission corridors is done with the best available data
  • thanks now to vehicle electrification, increasing electrification of homes and offices, growth in data
Summary: The House first took up Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bond measure. Supporters said it was needed to fund preservation and maintenance of Washington’s transportation system, including road upkeep and emergency repairs, while opponents argued the state had already addressed current needs through a recent unanimous budget and existing bond authority. The bill passed final passage 59-38, meeting the required three-fifths vote. The House then considered Gross Substitute Senate Bill 6260, an education budget-related bill with many floor amendments focused on transition to kindergarten, alternative learning experience (ALE) funding, local effort assistance (LEA), educational service district reserves, superintendent pay, MSOC funding, and collective bargaining limits. Most proposed amendments were rejected, though Amendment 2654 on TK priorities was adopted. After the committee amendment as amended was adopted, the bill advanced to third reading and then passed 50-47. Supporters described it as a necessary budget reduction and risk-management measure; opponents argued it cut K-12 funding too deeply, especially in rural and property-poor districts, and would worsen inequities and invite litigation. The House also concurred in Senate amendments and passed several other bills. House Bill 1796, about school construction financing and capital levy use, passed 95-2. Second Substitute House Bill 2105, dealing with immigrant worker protections, passed 58-38. Engrossed House Bill 2211, on food sourcing for a health-related program, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225, regulating companion chatbots and child safety, passed 74-21. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, related to animal care, passed unanimously. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2418, streamlining permitting timelines to support housing affordability, also passed unanimously. The House then moved on to additional Senate-concurred bills, beginning with Second Substitute House Bill 1906.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Summary: The House began by signing several bills and receiving messages from the Senate that multiple House bills had passed there or that Senate bills had been signed. It then took up third reading and concurrence on a series of bills, often with sponsors explaining that Senate amendments were technical, clarifying, or improved the bills, while opponents argued some amendments broadened exemptions, weakened election protections, or created tax increases and other unintended consequences. Among the most debated measures were bills related to election administration and voting rights, utility and energy programs, local government finance, tourism promotion, and public safety. House Bill 2215 failed to concur in Senate amendments after concerns that an exemption was too broad. House Bill 1710, dealing with voting rights/election procedures, passed 57-39 after a roll call vote despite objections that it could complicate elections and reduce local control. House Bill 1750 and House Bill 1916 also passed after roll calls, with supporters describing them as technical or protective of election integrity and opponents warning about voter dilution, local authority, and access issues. Other bills passed with varying levels of support: House Bill 1903 on utility assistance passed 70-26 after supporters said it would help small counties and make the program voluntary and state-funded; House Bill 2532 on nitrous oxide sales passed unanimously as a public health and youth safety measure; House Bill 1974 on housing/conservation-related policy passed 59-37 amid debate over nonprofit advantages and county revenue impacts; House Bill 2296 passed 95-1 after supporters said it would help renters and utilities with energy efficiency; House Bill 2325 passed 91-5 with added transparency for tourism oversight; House Bill 2442 passed 51-45 despite sharp disagreement over property tax and levy implications; and House Bill 2594 passed 95-1 as the state version of McKinney-Vento protections for unhoused students. The House also transmitted or received several bills and ended the session briefly at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not going to have to deal with all the rules and regulations that were put on this by the other
  • Adding levels of regulatory bureaucracy to an already over-regulated and poorly regulated marketplace
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, approved the prior day’s minutes, and then recessed briefly for caucus. The chamber received several Senate messages, including concurrence on amendments and the signing of Engrossed Senate Bill 5068, before moving into third reading and final passage of multiple bills. Most of the floor debate centered on concurrence with Senate amendments and the policy effects of those changes. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170 passed 55-38 and was described as reorganizing and clarifying how Climate Commitment Act auction revenues are distributed among state accounts; supporters said it would create a clearer budget process, while opponents objected to shifting funds away from transportation and capital uses and reducing tax relief. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251 passed 54-40 after debate over Climate Commitment Act account structure and operating-account allocations. Engrossed House Bill 2445 passed 66-29 on probate-related changes, with supporters citing clarifications and opponents saying it did not go far enough to limit outside involvement in probate matters. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 2334 80-15, with little debate after Senate “perfecting” changes. Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960 passed 86-9; supporters said it would replace an inconsistent property tax on wind, solar, and battery storage facilities with a stable excise tax to benefit rural communities, counties, and labor, while opponents focused on tax impacts and local burdens. Additional bills passed included Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500 on HOA resale certificates (61-34), Second Substitute House Bill 1909 creating a Court Unification Task Force (57-38), Engrossed House Bill 2156 expanding Attorney General investigative authority over economic and financial crimes (54-41 on reconsideration), Substitute House Bill 2539 on inmate funds and related deductions (57-38), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548 on health care facility mergers and market oversight (55-41), Engrossed House Bill 2588 on local control for the Lummi ferry system (56-40), and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 on gun violence prevention and 3D-printed firearms (58-38). The House also agreed not to concur in Senate amendments to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 and retransmitted it to the Senate.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not going to have to deal with all the rules and regulations that were put on this in the other
  • Adding levels of regulatory bureaucracy to an already over-regulated and poorly regulated marketplace
  • Adding levels of regulatory bureaucracy to an already over-regulated and poorly regulated marketplace
  • , already over-regulated and poorly regulated marketplace doesn't fix the problem.
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s minutes, heard Senate messages on several bills, and then took up a series of third-reading and concurrence votes. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had concurred in House amendments to several other bills and that the Senate President had signed Engrossed Senate Bill 5068. Members then considered a slate of bills dealing with climate commitment account revenue, court administration, attorney general investigative authority, inmate funds, health care facility transactions, ferry governance, gun violence prevention and 3D-printed firearms, and renewable energy tax treatment. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251, Engrossed House Bill 2445, Substitute House Bill 2334, Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1960, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, Second Substitute House Bill 1909, Engrossed House Bill 2156, Substitute House Bill 2539, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548, Engrossed House Bill 2588, and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2320 all received final passage after Senate amendments, with several members speaking in support or opposition. Supporters generally described the measures as clarifying revenue accounts, improving court access, protecting consumers, updating inmate account limits, addressing hospital consolidation, enabling local ferry management, and strengthening gun-violence prevention or renewable-energy tax policy. Opponents raised concerns about reduced transparency, expanded bureaucracy, shifting costs, attorney general overreach, limits on local control, and First Amendment or property-rights issues. Recorded votes showed passage on each of those bills, with margins ranging from narrow to broad: 55-38 on HB 1170, 54-40 on HB 2251, 66-29 on HB 2445, 80-15 on SHB 2334, 86-9 on ESHB 1960, 61-34 on ESHB 1500, 57-38 on SSB 1909, 54-41 on EHB 2156 after reconsideration, 57-38 on SHB 2539, 55-41 on ESHB 2548, 56-40 on EHB 2588, and 58-38 on ESHB 2320. The House also agreed to retransmit Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 to the Senate after deciding not to concur in the Senate’s fourth amendment. The meeting ended with both caucuses called and the House at ease.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to know the data.
  • So for the sake of good data, good management, and as the good gentleman from the six... ...of good data
  • Find the data. But as a statistician, this is like, I love this stuff.
  • As a statistician, it's like, I'm going to go get the data.
  • We're going to find that data. But that's, I live for that kind of stuff.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 06:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's going to be really hard to get the data.
  • Data is readily available.
  • Wherever we gather this data to find out.
  • Data matters. It's important that we get data.
  • Just like everything else in data, you find... Hey, I know the data.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a cumulative effect of all the taxes and regulations.
  • And just recently we were passing some data center bills, or not passing some data center bills.
  • If we would have passed those data center bills— If we keep the data centers in the state of Washington
  • in another sense, because we won't share data with the federal government.
  • Washington state regulation is crushing our farms. We are losing farms by the thousands.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:45 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This piece of legislation helps with regulations for our child care providers.
  • And it limits the amount of regulations they can put on this type of housing, and it generally limits
  • localities' ability to regulate for themselves how they want their zoning.
  • localities' ability to regulate.
  • And it generally limits localities' ability to regulate for themselves how they want their zoning.