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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Developent Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- methods like in-person delivery, mail, or electronic transmission and even references obsolete technologies
- through any method approved by the Secretary of State, increasing flexibility in adapting to tech technological
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- solution that evolves our current transportation funding sources without singling out a specific technology
- EVs are still a relatively new technology, and you don't see that many of them out there.
Bills:
HF2438
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025 at 09:00 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- And that has to do with information technology. The information technology is $1.4 million.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee met to consider three measures, beginning with Senate Bill 2016 for Job Service. Testimony described Job Service’s workforce, unemployment insurance, and labor market functions, its long-term reduction in FTEs and budget, and its reliance on federal funding that does not keep pace with inflation. The bill included funding for an additional FTE for the H-2A housing inspection program, continued support for the JP3 offender placement pilot, and one-time funding for IT and mainframe costs tied to a system modernization effort. The committee approved the bill 20-0, with Representative Swiontek named as carrier.
The committee then discussed Senate Bill 2305, which would allow family members to be paid as caregivers for certain young people with disabilities instead of only licensed outside providers. Members noted the specialized, 24-hour nature of the care, workforce shortages, waiting lists, and the potential to avoid more expensive institutional care. Questions focused on how the program would be structured, including certification requirements and whether it would remain a pilot or become part of the broader human services budget. The committee passed the bill 20-0, with Representative Roar as carrier and Representative Nelson available as backup.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2024 for the Department of Environmental Quality. The House change was limited to increased special-fund support for water and wastewater operator certification testing to expand availability, while the Senate version already included added FTEs for emerging contaminants and fuel inspection work. Members discussed federal funding uncertainty, including IIJA and ARPA-related concerns, but the department said its major projects, including the new laboratory, were not currently in jeopardy. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended 22-0, with Representative Berg as carrier.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, but it would push us to use technology to cut down on the duplicative paperwork that I have
- We need to use technology to solve that issue, and we may have to fund some of that down the road.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation Education
Keywords:
sales tax, local exemption, Consumer Price Index, tax holiday, clothing tax exemption, school supplies, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- It also, the bill doesn't speak to technological updates, which are being done more and more, that give
- the use of technology in the building of structures and residences.
Committee:
House Appropriations
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Mar 17th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1852 by West relating to the accreditation of automotive technology courses to Education
- Senate Bill 2059 by Parker relating to the recognition of Korean and technology education programs by
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Mar 3rd, 2025
Banking and Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It's going to be to ensure California continues to embrace new financial technology like blockchain and
- I alluded to the continued growth of blockchain technology and digital assets, and I am a firm believer
Committee:
House Banking and Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Threat assessment, training, planning, early intervention, mental health and security technology.
- Threat assessment, training, planning, early intervention, mental health and security technology.
- Threat assessment, training, planning, early intervention, mental health and security technology.
- Threat assessment, training, planning, early intervention, mental health and security technology.
- Threat assessment, training, planning, early intervention, mental health and security technology.
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
PBS Info Briefing - Mon Apr 20, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we're still working on finding that technology for the state.
- So, we're still working on finding that technology for the state.
- </c> technology for the state. technology for the state.
- You said it's 1990s technology. Is there better technology since then that's been developed? Yeah.
- <c> looking</c><01:54:29.560><c> at</c> technology that they're looking at technology that they're looking
Keywords:
healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, health care, interdepartmental collaboration, public awareness, support services, education, health insurance, affordable healthcare, working group, Hawaii Health Plan, Medicaid expansion
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/16/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- These relate to information technology changes that are system-focused and policy-focused.
- I had some other ones I would have stuck in there, as well, but certainly this upgrading technology is
- </c><00:07:07.400><c> is</c> upgrading technology is upgrading technology is one<00:07:08.600><c> of<
- And so, this technology is going to continue to advance, and we want to be sure that our policies are
- ><01:09:05.799><c> continue</c><01:09:06.160><c> to</c> technology is going to continue to technology
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- So, because these technologies are difficult to precisely define, or they are shaped by dynamic forces
- </c> because these technologies because these technologies are<00:21:10.440><c> difficult</c><00:21:11.000
- bill. >> H. 814, an act relating to neurological rights and the use of artificial intelligence technology
- I really appreciate that in a time when technological developments are moving so incredibly fast and
- . technology. technology.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 1/21/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That includes the functional support of some key aspects of the state’s ERP technology, specifically
- </c><00:23:21.560><c> the</c><00:23:21.960><c> ERP</c><00:23:22.720><c> uh</c><00:23:22.800><c> technology
- </c><00:23:23.400><c> supported</c> all of the ERP uh technology supported all of the ERP uh technology
- The work is really organized around key areas of data sharing and use, technology systems, policies,
- ,</c><00:43:11.680><c> um</c> identifying common tools, technology, um identifying common tools, technology
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 5/6/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Jeff Tolson of the Minnesota Technology Association, and I'm here on behalf of all Minnesota
- businesses that rely on access to skilled talent in the science, technology, and engineering fields.
- And in the end, it's really Minnesota that benefits as we build the technology-proficient and skilled
- the state who are doing a lot of investment um spending a lot of money to grow to provide uh new technology
- state who are doing a lot of investment, um, spending a lot of money to grow, to provide uh new technology
Keywords:
workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I saw the technology going very, very quickly and the laws were not keeping up.
- I saw the technology going very, very quickly and the laws were not keeping up.
- Um, we've put a half a million dollars into the IT technology fund, or technology improvement fund, so
- </c><01:24:25.360><c> fund</c><01:24:26.000><c> or</c> into the IT technology fund or into the IT technology
- ><01:24:27.600><c> that</c> technology improvement fund so that technology improvement fund so that child
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:45:25.480><c> manufacturing</c><00:45:26.160><c> Aerospace</c><00:45:26.680><c> power</c> Technology
- manufacturing Aerospace power Technology manufacturing Aerospace power Sports<00:45:27.839><c> and</
- </c> Forefront of technological Forefront of technological advancement<00:46:14.119><c> at</c><00:46:
- Recent economic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the State Science and Technology Institute
- Recent economic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the State Science and Technology Institute
Committee:
House Taxes
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> relating to information technology relating to information technology modernization<02:23:42.479
- </c><02:54:54.319><c> SBIC's</c><02:54:55.279><c> are</c> security technology sector.
- SBIC's are security technology sector.
- </c> we live in the most technologically we live in the most technologically advanced<04:30:18.479><c
- They're using new technology to gain access to sensitive information.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability Jul 20th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability
Transcript Highlights:
- But there are emerging risks that lawmakers need to be ready for, whether that's things like technological
- Three categories that we see are demographic shifts, climate risks, and technological advancements.
- And then there are technological advancements.
- Three categories that we see are demographic shifts, climate risks, and technological advancements.
- And then there are technological advancements.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Apr 28th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- With an order to destroy their copies, return those copies to the court, or, now with technology, quite
- Because I can see every little town and village say, well, I don't have the technology, I don't have
- the technological expertise to say when this was posted.
- big the, if it's an ordinance of 10 pages, sometimes they'll hand-deliver— We're talking about technology
- big the, if it's an ordinance of 10 pages, sometimes they'll hand-deliver- We're talking about technology
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
Compensation Commission, elected officials, salary evaluation, government accountability, Louisiana legislature, compensation, independent commission, salary adjustment, consumer price index, official journal, public notices, government transparency, local government, municipal website, school board notices, parish council, police jury, special districts, levee district, drainage district
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Public Employment and Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- This policy has not been amended or updated in over 30 years and does not reflect the technological opportunities
- According to the technological opportunities or workplace realities of 2026, according to the State Auditor
- Current telework law dates back to 1990, long before secure networks, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, mobile technology
- I'm Shawna Rodriguez, Department of Education Information Technology Associate, and I support this bill
- I work at EDD as an information technology specialist, and I support this bill.
Committee:
House Public Employment and Retirement
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Commerce Apr 7th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- .in providing parental consent as these applications have been added to just about every single technology
- in providing parental consent as these applications have been added to just about every single technology
- Technology changes daily.
- And so as technology changes, we have to hold people accountable, but we also have to understand that
- This technology changes, and we need, as parents, to have the tools to where we can make informed decisions
Summary:
The committee met on April 7, 2026, and first handled several fire marshal-related bills. HB 917, a licensing and regulatory cleanup for life safety and property protection work, was amended with technical changes and reported favorably. HB 565 clarified that the State Fire Marshal, rather than local authorities, would handle fire safety inspections for early learning and child daycare centers; members adopted an amendment limiting the standards to state or federal codes and addressing ventilation and suppression requirements for small facilities, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments.
The committee then took up HB 937, which would shift amusement ride setup inspections back to the State Fire Marshal, require licensing and insurance for rides and inspectors, and repeal provisions related to inflatable amusement devices. The author and fire marshal cited a serious festival ride accident in Pointe Coupee Parish as the impetus, and members discussed inspection timing, insurance costs, and whether background checks or public inspection certificates should be required. After technical and agreed-upon amendments, the bill was reported favorably.
HB 799, a boiler inspection consolidation bill, was presented as a cleanup measure that would centralize boiler regulation under the fire marshal and rely on licensed inspectors meeting national standards. Stakeholders from industry and the fire marshal’s office described it as an efficiency and safety measure, and the committee adopted a substantive amendment on shutdown procedures and licensing details before reporting the bill favorably. HB 461, which would have allowed parishes and municipalities to adopt fortified roof standards, drew extensive testimony both for and against; supporters argued it could improve resilience and lower insurance costs, while opponents warned it would undermine Louisiana’s uniform building code, add cost, and create inconsistency. The author ultimately moved to voluntarily defer the bill.
Finally, the committee began HB 977, a bill on minors’ use of applications that would require age verification, parental consent, and app store/developer safeguards. An amendment clarified definitions, consent rules, data-sharing limits, and a good-faith compliance defense. Members raised concerns about the 45-day cure period, the lack of a private right of action, and whether app stores would become gatekeepers, but the bill remained pending at the end of the excerpt.