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• Next, we have SAMSERA's Connected Operations Platform, Artificial Intelligence Driven.
• Forgot about items and equipment; we can track that and put that all on the same platform.
• All of that can get digitized today, saving every state a tremendous amount of money.
• I think ultimately that's what our platform does and provides for the public sector.
• Chairman, this platform is really impressive.

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• Schoonover, with Florida Digital Service. Gentlemen, welcome, and thank you for being here.
• Schoonover with Florida Digital Service. Thanks again for being here, Chief. Good afternoon.
• I am Leo Schoonover, the Chief Technology Officer at the Florida Digital Service, and I appreciate the
• Agencies coordinate closely with vendors and with the Digital Service to monitor performance, mitigate
• Started the digital service.

Summary: The subcommittee heard a panel on Florida’s IT procurement process from the Florida Digital Service, the Department of Management Services, and the Department of Financial Services. Witnesses walked through the procurement lifecycle, including planning, market research, solicitation, evaluation, award, implementation, and closeout, and emphasized the role of budget timing, contract managers, and subject matter experts. DMS described the state’s enterprise contracting system, noting more than 1,100 active vendor agreements, over 800 involving IT services, and the statutory requirement to request 25 quotes for certain IT purchases. DFS demonstrated the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACS), explaining how agencies upload contract and payment data and how the public can search contracts and related documents online. Members focused on accountability, transparency, and whether the state is getting the best products and vendors. Questions addressed how contracts are vetted, how technical evaluations are performed, how financial consequences are used for missed deliverables, how public records and confidential information are handled, and how the state screens vendors for foreign-concern or bad-actor issues. Witnesses said agencies rely on technical experts for evaluations, that contract terms should include measurable deliverables and meaningful financial consequences, and that agencies—not procurement staff—generally manage performance, though Florida Digital Service oversees large IT projects of $10 million or more. The committee then shifted to broader policy discussion, including Senate Bill 7026 and proposals to reorganize state IT governance. Several members argued for stronger centralization under a state CIO or similar enterprise authority, while others cautioned against abrupt restructuring and stressed the need for a transition plan. Members also raised concerns about workforce retention, consulting services, recurring project overruns, and the need for better planning and periodic monitoring. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair thanking members and staff and adjourning the subcommittee.

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• mechatronics, auto, diesel, early childhood education, dental hygiene, medical assisting, phlebotomy, digital
• One of the features that is new to Career Bridge is the digital portfolio, where students can easily
• And I think we have a lot of platforms to show these opportunities, but it's harder to build the connections
• And I think it's we have a lot of like platforms to, It just keeps going up and up and up.
• And I think it's, we have a lot of like platforms to show these opportunities, but it's harder to build

Summary: The committee held a work session on the state of Washington’s community and technical college system with State Board executive director Nate Humphrey and Tacoma Community College president Ivan Harrell. They described the system’s open-access mission, 34 colleges serving more than 307,000 students, relatively low tuition, enrollment growth over 12 consecutive quarters, and strong outcomes such as more than 46,000 credentials awarded last year. They also highlighted system initiatives including guided pathways, I-BEST, dual enrollment, tribal partnerships, a new program search tool, and six colleges named Aspen Prize finalists. At the same time, they emphasized major challenges: high rates of student food, housing, and homelessness insecurity; sharply rising emergency aid requests; and federal funding disruptions affecting TANF, BFET, adult basic education, Carl Perkins, NOAA-related tribal work, and several federal grants. Members asked about SNAP impacts, declining high school graduates, and how BFET and TANF interact with other aid programs. The presenters also discussed system priorities such as AI, Workforce Pell, capital planning, nursing accreditation alignment, and the Washington College Grant. The committee then heard testimony from AFT Washington and the Washington Association of Higher Education on faculty and staff conditions in the community and technical college system. Jackie Kane and Suzanne Sutherland argued that classified staff, professional staff, and contingent faculty are essential to student success but face low pay, instability, and weak retention, and they urged lawmakers to protect existing funding and avoid further cuts. They said working conditions for faculty and staff are student learning conditions, and that underfunding leads to reduced services, shortened advising, and program instability. Marina Parr of the Workforce Board presented on federal H.R. 1’s new Workforce Pell provisions and the updated Career Bridge website. She explained that Workforce Pell would allow federal aid for short-term training programs of 8 to 15 weeks, with high completion, employment, and earnings thresholds and a requirement that credentials be stackable and portable. She said Washington is well positioned to implement the program because of its existing eligible training provider evaluation system and Career Bridge, which now has a redesigned public portal, digital portfolios, multilingual access, and performance data on programs. Members asked about rulemaking, possible gaps in state services, and how the wage and completion standards would be applied. The Washington Student Achievement Council then briefed the committee on the new Washington Completes FAFSA campaign created by executive order. Staff described an advisory board with statewide representation, a pilot that used microgrants and other supports at 25 priority schools, and a new goal of 46,000 FAFSA or WASFA completions this year. They reported that completion rates were tracking slightly ahead of last year, with 24% of high school seniors having completed a FAFSA by the end of November, and they showcased a public dashboard with subgroup data and a WIAA-based leaderboard. Members asked about outreach to rural and homeschool students, legislative communications, Pierce County representation, and barriers to FAFSA completion, and staff said they would provide toolkits and continue expanding outreach. The committee then began hearing from student presenters about affordability, access, equity, and student experience.

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• And the good news is that we already have a platform...
• Go to the four digits of the government document of the voter’s choice. It becomes a PIN.
• Go to the four digits of the government document of the voter's choice. It becomes a pin.
• The four digits on the end of any is secure.
• platforms.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• platforms.
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• radio, and TV broadcasting and digital radio, and TV broadcasting and digital platforms.<00:46:37.240
• 00:46:37.800> is<00:46:37.880> built<00:46:38.120> on<00:46:38.240> a platforms
• The proposal is built on a platforms.

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• The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection will come to order.
• layperson's terms, so it actually will, you know, a lot of folks don't know that there are these platforms
• With that, the Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection is adjourned
• authors and to all the folks from the public to testify with that the Senate Committee on Privacy Digital

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Summary: The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard three Assembly bills. AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, would require developers to let copyright holders query whether their works were used to train generative AI systems. Supporters, including voice actors, artists, labor groups, and Professor Ben Zhao, argued the bill is a narrow transparency measure that helps creators protect their rights and that the underlying technology is feasible. Opponents, including business and tech groups, argued the bill goes ahead of unsettled copyright law, is technically difficult to implement at scale, and could burden startups. The author accepted committee amendments narrowing the bill, and the committee voted 6-2 to pass it as amended to the Judiciary Committee. AB 2448 by Assembly Member Berman would require electronic health record vendors to implement technical safeguards that help providers protect sensitive reproductive and gender-affirming care information. Planned Parenthood affiliates, the Attorney General’s office, and other supporters said the bill clarifies existing law and strengthens patient privacy amid threats to reproductive care access. There was no opposition testimony. The committee voted 7-1 to pass the bill to the Health Committee. AB 2561 by Assembly Member Valencia would prohibit changes to consumers’ privacy settings without their consent, aiming to prevent apps and software updates from resetting user preferences. CalChamber and TechNet representatives said they now supported the bill after the author accepted their amendments. The committee voted 8-0 to pass AB 2561. The hearing included multiple roll calls as quorum was established and bills were held on call before final votes were taken, and the committee then adjourned.

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• Recent advancements in AI have led to the creation of synthetic performers, human-like digital figures
• They also warn that artificial intelligence and digital platforms are accelerating these threats at a
• they're going to do, the stated purpose is to deal with chronic absenteeism, youth mental health, and digital

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Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then proceeded through motions, third reading, confirmations, and a consent calendar. Senator McNerney moved SB 1011 to the inactive file. The chamber also confirmed Preston Prince to the California Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors by a 30-9 vote and reappointed Stephanie Landrigan to the State Mining and Geology Board by a 30-9 vote. Several policy bills were debated and passed. SB 1050 by Senator Ashby, requiring disclosure for advertisements using synthetic performers, passed 38-0. SB 1373 by Senator Grove, narrowing mental health diversion eligibility for certain serious offenses and restoring judicial discretion, passed 32-0 after extensive debate focused on public safety and victims. SB 1393 by Senator McGuire, a fisheries omnibus bill, passed 39-0. SB 995 by Senator Pérez, the Masuma Khan Justice Act addressing conditions and oversight in detention facilities, passed 39-0. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado, creating an Office of Food Security and Affordability, passed 37-0. The Senate also passed SB 1266 by Senator Stern, changing how copper wire theft damages are valued for public and telecommunications infrastructure, and SB 1211 by Senator González, clarifying conviction integrity units’ authority to investigate factual innocence claims as open cases, both by unanimous roll call. SB 1302 by Senator Wahab, the sunset bill for the Board of Registered Nursing, passed 38-0 after one objection to unanimous roll call. SB 1181 by Senator Hurtado, a school safety bill focused on coordination to protect youth and amended to remove fusion centers, passed 33-0 after members discussed privacy, trust, and local implementation concerns. The special consent calendar, containing multiple bills and a resolution, was adopted 39-0. The Senate then announced budget subcommittee meetings, noted completion of House of Origin work on 341 bills for the month, and recessed with the next floor session scheduled for June 1 at 2 p.m.

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• Then also in those critical situations, we're working on an application through the SaferWatch platform
• <00:19:50.159> that through the safer watch platform that through the safer watch platform
• What's the enforcement plan on either form, the paper or the digital? So, the penalty is criminal.
• what's the enforcement plan so digital what's the enforcement plan so um<01:59:46.000> the<01
• form you have to do by digital form you have to do by check<02:01:30.000> the<02:01:30.280>

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Summary: The committee heard budget testimony first from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson outlined short-term goals to reduce overcrowding, improve living and working conditions, fill vacancies, expand mental health services, and update the correctional master plan. He said the department is still dealing with severe overcrowding at facilities such as OCCC and HCCC, with 947 people at OCCC against a design capacity of 628, and noted 938 inmates are currently housed on the mainland because of temporary repairs at Halawa. He also reported progress on staffing, saying the correctional officer vacancy rate has dropped from 34.3% to 24% through expanded recruitment. The department’s major budget request was $30 million for planning and design for a new Old Triple C project, along with other requests for re-entry services, identification documents, security systems, radios, sink-toilet modules, and trauma-informed care. Members asked about the timing and scope of the OCCC project, courtroom space in new facilities, and the department’s plan to use the funding to improve re-entry and reduce recidivism. The committee then heard from the Department of Law Enforcement on a wide range of priorities. The department described requests to expand agricultural crime enforcement, traffic enforcement, illegal fireworks enforcement, and facilities such as a police building at the DKI airport, a state training center, and new police facilities in central and Leeward Oahu. It also discussed a major IT request for a statewide law enforcement and critical infrastructure notification platform, plus funding for grants management, the Wahiawa Civic Center and court complex, the prescription monitoring program, narcotics enforcement operations, and the narcotics lab. A significant portion of the discussion focused on a proposed traffic enforcement program for commercial vehicle inspections, speeding, and DUI enforcement, which the department said would be funded with federal dollars and would operate concurrently with county police. Committee members questioned whether the effort duplicated county jurisdiction and how the program would be trained and staffed. Members also pressed the department on salary disparities for deputy sheriffs and related vacancies, and the department said the administration was working on a supplemental agreement and placeholder funding to address the issue. Additional discussion covered agricultural crime staffing, the Silver Alert program, and expansion of the forensic lab to handle explosives, firearms, and related evidence. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the meeting moved from the corrections presentation to the law enforcement budget review with questions and answers throughout.

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• So that's one of our largest digital assets that we have.
• We've had great media coverage over the last year throughout the country, both through digital platforms
• We've had great media coverage over the last year throughout the country, both through digital platforms
• We've had great media coverage over the last year throughout the country, both through digital platforms
• platforms like USA through digital platforms like USA Today,<01:45:34.639> CNN<01:45:35.119><

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• So think development of this software, think the design platforms, think the venture capitalists that
• This tax credit pertains to artificial intelligence, as I said, the design platforms and all the other
• platforms underneath this emerging technology.
• So to begin, Platforms and all the other platforms underneath this emerging technology.
• And we're already facing, again, absent any bold action, another double-digit increase in the SEHBP premiums

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• technologies, including digital assets. technologies, including digital assets.
• That includes the use of anonymous digital platforms to launder money, to fund terrorism, to bypass the
• That includes the use of anonymous digital platforms to launder money, to fund terrorism, to bypass the
• money,<05:51:18.080> to digital platforms to launder money, to digital platforms to launder
• platforms.

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• But it's a great platform in my opinion that we can go because it allows regions if they want to do a
• do that, we need to come together with some sort of shared system, whether it be Territorium or a digital
• this next year of creating a microprudential effort that allows us to search up across all of our platforms
• You're in Oklahoma if we have that digital wallet and that system that's going to allow us to track data

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• The issue escalates with platform hosting nudification applications which use AI to digitally undress
• as nudification application, AI designed to create artificial intimate material, and social media platform
• I had it, it's passed another committee is on the calendar, and it, it does is digital data tagging.

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• The CSU programs have single-digit acceptance rates as well.
• The reality is they were duped by a bot and an online platform, and any advice that would result from
• The reality is they were duped by a bot and an online platform, and any advice that would result from
• As a proud cat parent, I ask that you consider saving our cat's knuckles and their first digits, and

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee held its first regular bill hearing of 2025 and considered a wide range of measures on health care access, professional regulation, animal welfare, and consumer protection. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted its rules and then approved a consent calendar of several bills, including measures by Chen, Caloza, Carrillo, Arreguín, Berman, and Flora. The committee also took up AB 1082, which would allow California nursing students enrolled in out-of-state programs to complete clinical training in California; supporters said it would help address the nursing shortage and keep students closer to home, while opponents warned it could worsen already limited clinical placement capacity and reduce oversight. The bill passed on a do pass recommendation to Appropriations after a quorum was established. The committee then heard and advanced several health-related bills. AB 50, by Assembly Member Bonta, would ease Medi-Cal access to over-the-counter hormonal contraception by removing the need for a prescription for coverage purposes; pharmacists, reproductive health advocates, and medical groups supported the bill, and it passed unanimously to the Committee on Health. AB 489, also by Bonta, would prohibit AI systems from misrepresenting themselves as licensed health professionals; supporters from medical, psychiatric, behavioral health, and other professional groups said the bill would protect patients from misleading chatbot advice, and it passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection. AB 481, by Assembly Member Rubio, would expand the tasks that federally qualified lab personnel can perform under CLIA supervision to help address lab staffing shortages; labor groups raised concerns about training, certification, and supervision, but the bill passed to Appropriations with an amended do pass recommendation. The committee also considered animal welfare and access-to-care measures. AB 631, by Assembly Member Lee, would require animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online; supporters said the reporting would improve policy and resource allocation, while members discussed how the requirement would work for shelters without websites, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 867, also by Lee, would prohibit cat declawing except when medically necessary for the animal; animal welfare groups strongly supported the bill, while the veterinary association opposed it as an improper legislative regulation of veterinary surgery, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1307 would create a pilot program allowing a limited number of qualified dentists trained in Mexico to practice in underserved California areas; supporters framed it as a cost-neutral way to address major dental access gaps, the California Dental Association remained opposed unless amended, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Several members later added their votes on the various items after the hearing, and the committee kept the hearing open briefly to allow additional add-ons.

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• Landlords must accept physical checks or money orders if they use digital portals, or...
• Landlords must accept physical checks or money orders if they use digital portals and cannot charge convenience
• during our research reviewing property management companies in Virginia, the most commonly used platform
• rapidly growing trend among property management managers is outsourcing pet evaluations to third-party platforms
• So pet owners typically pay an upfront screening fee of $30 directly to the screening platform that assesses

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• The 8 requires substitute teachers to receive so skate safety protocols creating a centralized platform
• for integrating panic alert systems and digital maps and appropriating $450,000 in recurring funds to
• We did create an adoptee platform, a centralized platform, integrating all panic alert systems and digital

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• For over 30 years, I've led a digital transformation, focusing on blockchain.
• I am now the CEO and chairman of StoneARX, which is a Texas-based real estate platform built on three
• service providers or companies effectively that custody or transit digital currencies and other digital
• Texas, as we all know, should be the jurisdiction of choice for the digital assets of the future.
• and digital assets.

Bills: HB111

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• The testimony I bring before this gathering today concerns the potential abuse of digital currencies
• This bill was designed to make sure that if Central Bank Digital Currency is implemented, we all have
• the choice to not use it so that they can't track us and control us the way the Central Bank Digital
• And it's almost always in triple digits, sometimes as high as 350, 400 percent, just depending on the
• We show you registered as Scott Stewart on behalf of Innovative Lending Platform Forum Association.

Bills: HB245, HB700, HB2783, HB3526, HB3900, HB4061, HB4124, HB4166, HB4395, HB4534, HB4609, HB4641, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HJR175, HB245

Keywords: military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees, payroll deductions, retirement plans, fiscal transparency, local government, bond issuance

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• <00:47:12.120> payment<00:47:12.600> platforms.
• digital payment platforms. digital payment platforms.
• <00:47:21.920> platform.
• <00:47:23.080> Every goes through a digital platform.
• Every goes through a digital platform.

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• The Clarity Act would exempt any platform that is the network for crypto transfers from any regulation
• They've created these digital mixers that co-mingle lots of crypto together and spit out a clean, or
• of those platforms. of those platforms.
• They've created these digital tracks.
• I couldn't get all the digits down. Only three sources of water per cage.

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