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• those are getting sadly used more frequently and it's more difficult to distinguish between those AI-generated
• These are things like domestic violence shelters, sexual assault advocates, general crime advocates,
• provision from the Senate related to AI provision from the Senate related to AI images<00:04:06.480
• AI generated images and real children. AI generated images and real children.
• <00:05:24.160> crime sexual assault advocates, general crime sexual assault advocates, general

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• I want to thank Attorney General Campbell for her leadership on this legislation.
• All right, if we could now hear from Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
• I am not only the Attorney General.
• Thank you very much, Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
• AI and all its challenges are here.

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Summary: The committee opened a public hearing on 41 bills related to school climate and safety, with chairs Jason Lewis and Ken Gordon outlining procedures and noting more than 125 witnesses. The first major topic was the “Study Act” on cell phones in schools and related social media restrictions (House 666/Senate 335). Secretary of Education Pat Tutwiler and Attorney General Andrea Campbell testified in strong support, arguing that bell-to-bell phone-free policies would improve student focus, reduce anxiety and distraction, and support mental health. Several legislators also supported the approach, though Representative Jeff Turco and Senator John Keenan emphasized narrower bills focused only on school-day phone restrictions rather than broader social media regulation. Senator John Velis likewise backed a comprehensive school-hours restriction, citing student distraction and mental health concerns. Representative Tarsky described successful implementation of a Yondr pouch system in a school where he served as principal, saying it improved engagement and reduced bullying and discipline issues. The committee then heard testimony on a bill to prohibit Native American mascots in public schools (Senate 312/House 575). Senator Joe Comerford, Brittany Wally, and Rhonda Anderson all urged passage, saying Native mascots are dehumanizing, harmful to Native youth, and inconsistent with civil rights and educational values. They described support from tribal nations and noted that many Massachusetts schools have already changed mascots, but some still resist. The hearing also included testimony on school start times (House 647/Senate 360), where middle school students Caroline Duffy and Emery Jarvis described exhaustion and survey data showing widespread sleep deprivation. Former educator Telia Jacobs, former principal Rep. Tarsky, and others argued that later start times would improve health, learning, and student well-being, while acknowledging transportation and scheduling challenges. Zoriana Petrosian, who helped write one of the bills as a student, said the state already has enough research to act now. Additional bills drew testimony on related school issues. Dr. Raul Fernandez supported a bill promoting racially integrated schools (Senate 324), citing a recent advisory council report showing large disparities in segregated schools and urging DESE to develop a statewide integration strategy. On safe firearm storage education (House 548/Senate 397), multiple witnesses from Grassroots for Gun Violence Prevention and school communities supported annual school-based education about secure storage, saying it would help prevent child access to unsecured firearms and build on local resolutions already adopted in some districts. The committee also heard testimony on bills to expand career and academic plans (House 533/Senate 438), with speakers saying more structured planning would help students make informed college and career choices. Later, testimony on child sexual abuse prevention and survivor support bills described the prevalence of abuse, the need for training in schools and youth-serving organizations, and the importance of extending compensation and prevention measures. Throughout the hearing, chairs repeatedly closed bills with no witnesses and moved the agenda forward, but no votes were taken in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• You can see the general cost estimates of those products there.
• In general, the two filters that we've...
• Into the general fund at the closeout of the fiscal year.
• I'm just saying in general there's just a lot of hurry. I can wait.
• generals.

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• knowledge, does the attorney general knowledge, does the attorney general have<02:11:19.280>
• I'm Major General Steve Logan, the Adjutant General of the State of Hawaii Department of Defense.
• I'm Major General Steve Logan, the Adjutant General of the State of Hawaii Department of Defense.
• I'm Major General Steve Logan, the Adjutant General of the State of Hawaii Department of Defense.
• general funds to offset these costs. general funds to offset these costs.

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• AN EFFORT TO ENSURE CCRC'S SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUT MAKE SURE CCRC'S FULFILL OFTEN GENERATIONAL
• STEP WHETHER IT WENT TO MARKET CONDUCT AND WHETHER IT WAS MORE OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM THERE WAS GENERALLY
• CHAIR, CEO AND GENERAL COUNSEL FLORIDA SENIOR LIVING ASSOCIATION.
• TO SPEAK ON ALL THE TECHNICAL IMPACTS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS LOOKED AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR AI
• AI TOOLS ARE ADAPTING AND CHANGING VERY QUICKLY AND THUS WEAKER A POLICY SURROUNDING IT IT IS A VERY

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• generation and it predates, obviously, the way in which you can, through AI and other mechanisms, recreate
• <00:49:13.040> predates AI generation uh and it predates AI generation uh and it predates
• Um I thought it was the right of AI.
• Um, you know, because generally speaking, those are off limits.
• To my knowledge, there's not another state that allows just general transportation of feral hogs.

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• IS DEFINED IN LEGISLATION THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOLS SERVES AS A GENERAL REPOSITORY FOR BEST PRACTICES
• BUT GENERALLY THEY ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE POSITIONS.
• IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER FORM OF LAYERED SECURITY, SOME OTHER AI WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM IT WOULD HELP IF
• AS YOU KNOW AI IS AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.
• BUT THE CLASSROOMS, THE PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY UNDER LEAST. BY THE COLLEGE.

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• <00:30:19.600> and particularly around uh AI and particularly around uh AI and [clears throat
• AI performs affords.
• Um, they're, uh, this generation, the younger generation, they're just not traveling.
• , the younger generation, this generation, the younger generation, they're<01:58:02.000> just<
• <03:04:55.827> [snorts] use cases for AI. [snorts] use cases for AI.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So that's Discover Pass, camping, reservation fees, mostly user fee, with about 25% coming from general
• Another item we're going to be doing is participating in a pilot project with LegiTech to use AI.
• So I did mention AI a little bit at the last committee meeting, but we're planning to use AI only for
• the committee meeting, but we're planning to use AI only for the development of our new systems to start
• Kind of to Senator Richelli's point and just in general, what drives the website changes in terms of

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the June 18, 2025 minutes, and heard four proposed budget format changes. Washington State Parks requested a structural change to separate and better track its Stewardship Services Division, including cultural and natural resources, environmental planning, and Climate Commitment Act investments. DCYF proposed moving direct service functions now housed in program support into the child welfare program so operational costs and direct services would be reported separately; members asked how this would help avoid across-the-board reductions affecting direct services, and the agency said the change would improve transparency and prevent that problem. The Department of Transportation sought to create a new Ferries Program Support sub-program to consolidate four related projects and two existing sub-programs into one administrative/project support structure, while the Department of Veterans Affairs requested only a title change for Program 20 from Field Services to Veteran Services and Counseling and Wellness. The committee voted unanimously to approve all four changes. Kevin Feltis then gave an interim work plan and staffing update for LEAP. He said the office is continuing work on the rewritten capital budget application (BuildSUM), updating the transportation bond model, completing carry-forward levels for the 2027-29 biennium, publishing 2026 legislative budget notes, updating 2025 salary data, and participating in a LegiTech AI pilot for system development within the legislative network. He also noted LEAP’s role in supporting the new Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability. Staffing remained steady at 11 FTEs, with no retirements or staffing changes in the past year, though one vacancy may be filled later and two retirements are anticipated over the next four to five years. The committee also discussed updates to the fiscal.wa.gov website. Planned work includes streamlining how budget data is updated when budgets are released, converting more than 100 reports from Microsoft Reporting Services to Power BI because support is ending, and evaluating whether the site’s search tool should be improved or replaced. Senators and representatives raised concerns about the number of clicks needed to reach capital and transportation project maps and about making public-facing budget information easier to find and understand. Staff said the website redesign was based on prior user testing and that they would look at ways to make maps and other top-level information more accessible. Finally, the committee elected new officers under its alternating-chair rule. Representative Gregerson was nominated and elected chair, and Senator King was nominated and elected vice chair. The meeting then adjourned.

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• And so in order to make sure that whatever biomarkers I'm identifying using AI, since AI is just a machine
• Also, I know that AI, at least in my project, was able to do some incredible things, but AI is not always
• Also, I know that AI, at least in my project, was able to do some incredible things, but AI is not always
• You’re not wrong about the AI. Yeah, yeah, it’s exterior. You’re not wrong on the AI policy stuff.
• And that’s also where the AI regulation policy is really needed because the AI model is not a doctor,

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Summary: The Committee on Science and Technology met to hear a presentation from Ananya Lakaraju, a Hamilton High School junior, on her research project using metabolomics and machine learning to identify potential salivary biomarkers for major depressive disorder. She described using a UCSD saliva metabolomics dataset, statistical methods such as Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U, and PLS-DA, and an ensemble AI model with SHAP and permutation importance to identify metabolites and pathways associated with depression. She said the work suggested several novel biomarkers, with some metabolites and pathways showing stronger associations with depression than others, and noted that her model achieved about 90% accuracy and a 97% AUC in distinguishing depressed from non-depressed samples. Lakaraju also discussed a drug-discovery component of the project, using pathway analysis and molecular docking in UCSF Chimera to identify a target protein and potential compounds that might block a depression-related pathway. She said flupinazine showed the lowest binding energy in her simulations. Members asked questions about what the metabolites were, whether the findings were novel, how the saliva samples were obtained, and how the app she developed would be used. She explained that the data came from an online dataset rather than direct sample collection, that some top-ranked compounds were exogenous and not likely biomarkers, and that the app was intended to supplement AI results with mood and behavioral information because the model is not a doctor and could still be wrong. The committee praised the presentation and discussed the broader implications for AI policy and mental health diagnostics. Lakaraju said she became interested in coding through robotics and later combined that interest with biology, and she emphasized her goal of making mental health assessment more objective and holistic. The meeting ended with members thanking her for the presentation and adjourning without any formal votes or legislative action.

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• We also referred this to the prosecutor and the Attorney General, and it was also certified to the bond
• This finding was referred to the project attorney and the Attorney General.
• This finding was referred to the project attorney and the Attorney General.
• Additionally, 10 of the 50 items tested had documented dates at AIS of being last inventoried two or
• The Attorney General has indicated that he has notified the 100,000.

Summary: The committee met with prayer and approved the January minutes, then heard a series of Arkansas Legislative Audit reports. Reports with findings were presented for the Department of Human Services, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Department of Corrections, and Department of Veterans Affairs, along with a special report on law enforcement racial profiling policy compliance. Several reports without findings were also filed without objection. For DHS, auditors reported apparent thefts involving false benefit claims in disaster nutrition assistance and Medicaid, a nearly $610,000 altered warrant cashed by a California auto body shop, and multiple asset-control issues, including missing equipment, inventory discrepancies, and improper sales tax paid on exempt vehicle purchases. Members questioned DHS about the warrant fraud and whether other agencies or California officials had been notified. For Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, auditors cited missing museum receipts and problems with change funds at Daisy State Park and War Memorial Stadium; department officials said they are considering cashless payment options and provided an update on the museum loss investigation. For Corrections, auditors reported unauthorized personal fuel-card purchases totaling about $4,500 and a delayed disaster recovery test for critical IT systems. Department officials said staffing has been increased for fuel-card oversight and that a full production disaster recovery test is scheduled soon. For Veterans Affairs, auditors found improper pay for employees who were not working, duplicate vendor payment, and numerous overtime approvals that were not properly authorized; the department said it has tightened overtime approval procedures. The special report said only 203 of 383 law enforcement agencies had responded regarding racial profiling policies, and the Attorney General had notified the remaining agencies that they were not in compliance. The committee requested a list of nonresponding agencies and adjourned, with the next meeting scheduled for March 12.

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• the two DFA and LSE recommendations, they added 776,700 in the general fund for a total general fund
• Thank you, Attorney General.
• Attorney General, good afternoon.
• Attorney General, Mr. Chairman, Senator Steinborn.
• It's good to see you, Attorney General.

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• just in general? just in general?
• It's u information basically AI.
• <01:16:40.560> And With AI it turns positive. And With AI it turns positive.
• general fund budget to CIP budget. general fund budget to CIP budget.
• . general. general.

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• In some classes, the use of AI is encouraged, while in others it's punished.
• that human workers could be replaced by AI.
• As AI tool adoption has expanded, its impact on human workers and jobs has grown.
• As AI tool adoption has expanded, its impact on human workers and jobs has grown.
• attempt to have AI tools perform the duties that we have historically done.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard two Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. SCR 82 by Senator Niello would encourage the California higher education segments to convene a work group and share best practices on AI use, including how to address academic integrity and student use of AI in coursework. Supportive comments emphasized the need for intersegmental coordination and faculty/student engagement, while the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges raised concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and governance differences at the community college level. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection on an 8-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which would establish guardrails for AI use at CSU by requiring that faculty employee positions be filled by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications and that instructors of record be human faculty for credit and non-credit instruction. The author and supporters, including the California Faculty Association, Teamsters California, the California Federation of Labor Unions, and the State Building and Construction Trades Council, argued the bill is needed to prevent AI from replacing faculty and to preserve the human role in teaching and student support. Members asked for clarification that the bill would not apply to classified, administrative, or clerical employees, and the author’s office said the definition was intended to mirror CSU faculty classifications and bargaining language. Both measures received unanimous support from the committee after discussion. SB 928 was passed to the Assembly Floor on a 10-0 vote, with several members requesting to be added as coauthors. The consent calendar, which included SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968, was also approved unanimously, and the committee adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.

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• We do not use any General Fund. We are a generator of General Fund.
• Municipal general.
• If you look at municipal general A lot of our municipal general employees that aren't part of Santa Fe
• So, because municipal general overall kind of pays a little bit less generalized benefit, that's why
• That The baby boomer generation is taking over.

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• >> [applause] Look, nobody doubts the rise of AI is good news for tech companies who are making
• <00:59:14.280> and Minnesota is a generous and Minnesota is a generous and compassionate<00
• We are generous. We are compassionate, and we're in this thing together. Our work in St.
• We are resilient.<01:04:07.320> We<01:04:07.480> are<01:04:07.640> generous.
• We are generous. We are resilient. We are generous.

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Summary: The joint convention opened with the House and Senate assembling, a prayer by Reverend Mariah Furness-Tollgard, and roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber then welcomed the Minnesota Supreme Court, constitutional officers, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Governor Tim Walz before the governor delivered his final State of the State address. The convention later adjourned by motion. In his address, Governor Walz reflected on recent tragedies and political violence, including the deaths of Melissa and Mark Hortman, the Annunciation Church shooting, and the federal immigration operation he described as causing fear and disruption. He said Minnesota remained strong because of its people and highlighted accomplishments over the past seven years, especially in education, child care, free school meals, workforce development, housing, infrastructure, clean energy, climate initiatives, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ protections, voting rights, workers’ rights, paid family leave, and public safety measures. Walz also proposed new actions for the current session, including a significant expansion of the dependent care tax credit, a $907 million bonding bill, support for sustainable aviation fuel, a social media tax on big tech companies, a governor’s council on the future of the AI economy, additional gun violence prevention measures, and a stronger anti-fraud and human services oversight system. He urged legislators to pass the fraud and oversight bills and said he would sign them immediately. The House then voted to adjourn until April 30, 2026, after the joint convention ended.

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• Members, this, this is Speaker Plin's bill that addresses AI ad disclosures.
• So other electricity generators face numerous regulations regarding, involving their waste stream.
• Um This is, this is an AI overview. So let, let Chairman Capriglio know I'm.
• Using my AI skills here, but, um, laughter, a hair dryer, a vacuum cleaner.
• OK, so I guess, according to my AI overview here, but um.

Bills: HB 246, HB 796, HB 1056, HB 1544, HB 1846, HB 2001, HB 2618, HB 2625, HB 2869, HB 2898, HB 3069, HB 3114, HB 3157, HB 3228, HJR 98

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• us, once in a generation.
• first draft cannot be written by AI.
• The documentary space is just not that well funded generally.
• How do we protect that for tomorrow's generation?
• AI or no AI, we still need human beings. So it's all long-studied and tested. We're proven.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.

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• In some classes, the use of AI is encouraged, while in others it's punished.
• that human workers could be replaced by AI.
• guardrails on the integration of AI tools in CSU classrooms and campuses.
• While there is room for AI to contribute to CSU classrooms and campus...
• attempt to have AI tools perform the duties that we have historically done.

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Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met to hear several Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. Senator Niello presented SCR 82, which encourages California’s higher education segments to coordinate on best practices for AI use, including academic integrity, teaching standards, and faculty/student engagement. Testimony was generally supportive, with one community college faculty representative raising concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and segment-specific governance. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on an 8-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which seeks to protect CSU faculty employees from being replaced by AI and to clarify that faculty positions, including instructional and certain non-instructional roles such as librarians, counselors, and coaches, must be held by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications. Support came from the California Faculty Association and labor groups, who argued that AI should augment rather than replace faculty and that guardrails are needed to protect jobs and student support. Members asked for clarification about the bill’s scope, and the author and witnesses explained that it was intended to mirror CSU faculty definitions and not apply to classified or administrative workers. The bill passed the committee on a 10-0 vote and was sent to the Assembly Floor. The committee also approved a consent calendar containing SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968 on a 7-0 vote, with the roll kept open for additional members to add on. Several members also requested to be added as co-authors on the AI-related measures. The chair announced the next hearing date and then adjourned the meeting.

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• So that means, is it going to generate enough money, and is it going to generate money stably?
• Well, it does generate significantly more revenue.
• So what this will generate to do that?
• In 2024, it was $120,000, and $80,000 of this was general fund revenue.
• I'm just a little concerned around how the AI tools can manipulate information, and we're seeing in AI

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