Video & Transcript Research : 'connectivity'
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Nov 19th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And so all the projects that we do that support connectivity in this area are very critical.
- Pete that are just connected by a few bridges.
- , particularly with the Southwest 10th Street project and the I-95 at Oslo Road. ...in connectivity,
- When you start to run out of space to expand, you have to make sure that your connectivity is effective
- And again, being from this area, there is not an easy connection point to move through that area.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to hear presentations from the Department of Commerce and the Florida Department of Transportation. Jason Mahon of Florida Commerce outlined the state’s economic development strategy, emphasizing Florida’s GDP growth, business formation, and strengths in manufacturing, high-tech, life sciences, defense, and financial services. He described the department’s tools for small business lending, rural investment tax credits, venture capital support, infrastructure and workforce grants, performance-based incentives, and disaster recovery loans, and highlighted examples such as ServiceNow, Williams International, Asteris, and Point Blank Enterprises. Senators asked about grant availability for small businesses, foreign companies relocating to Florida, workforce shortages in manufacturing, and whether additional tools may be needed; Mahon said most small-business support is loan-based and noted ongoing workforce and infrastructure challenges.
Jennifer Marshall of FDOT then reviewed major transportation projects and the Moving Florida Forward initiative, describing the state’s large portfolio of active contracts and major congestion-relief projects across Florida. She highlighted early completions and accelerated timelines on projects including the NASA Causeway Bridge, I-95 at US 1 in Volusia County, I-4 congestion relief lanes, the First Coast Expressway, the Howard Frankland Bridge, I-4 interchanges in Central Florida, A1A coastal protection work, I-75 improvements in Southwest Florida, and the I-395 reconstruction in Miami. Senators asked about how express lane projects are selected, whether toll revenues are used for local maintenance and improvements, the status of the Miami I-395 project, and the impact of losing electric-vehicle express lane exemptions. Marshall said FDOT works with local long-range plans and congestion data, and that she would follow up on several specific funding and project questions.
Committee members generally praised both agencies for project delivery, cost savings, and coordination with local partners. Senator Mayfield noted the importance of using savings and working with local governments, while Senator Wright commended Commerce’s role in economic development and FDOT’s work on major road projects. The meeting concluded with no further business, and the committee adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- with local partners in 2023 Senate Bill 106, enacted changes to the Sun Trail statute to include connections
- This funding loudest program, master plans connecting Polk Collier, Su Glades, Hardee, Hendry and Highlands
- that it's are you going to basically try to tie in areas where you can have different like have a connection
- And you can add to it again, increase the Connectivity Co bit the building for a report Symetra Sops
- We want to work with cities say where your gaps and connectivity and where can we start to develop our
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits Sep 17th, 2025
JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits
Transcript Highlights:
- identify those low-hanging-fruit items that may be present for essentially anyone with an internet connection
- For a nation-state actor that's halfway across the world, what would they be able to see just by connecting
- And additionally, we also try to provide other free resources and connect folks with other system administrators
- So we'd make sure that that has no connectivity to you... That must contact that system.
- So we'd make sure that that has no connectivity to the Internet, for example, that only those people,
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office cybersecurity performance audits for fiscal year 2025, covering both state agencies and local governments. SAO staff explained that the audits are conducted independently under Initiative 900 and are kept confidential at the entity level, with detailed findings shared directly with the audited organizations. They reported that state agency audits found nearly one-third of assessed safeguards fully implemented on all systems and 227 vulnerabilities across seven agencies, including three critical and 21 high-severity issues. For seven local government cybersecurity audits, nearly a quarter of safeguards were fully implemented on all systems, and auditors identified nearly 300 vulnerabilities, including nine critical and 47 high-severity issues.
SAO also summarized its ransomware resiliency audits and critical infrastructure audits for local governments. In six ransomware audits, a little over 35% of assessed safeguards were not in place, while about 60% were at least partially in place. In 39 critical infrastructure audits, focused largely on water and sewer providers, auditors found over 260 vulnerabilities and said more than 10% were critical or high. Staff highlighted that these audits have led to improvements, including one vendor making security changes after SAO testing that were later echoed in a federal advisory. They also described related services such as cybersecurity checkups, policy guidance, and other cyber-related work by the office.
Washington Technology Solutions’ state chief information security officer, Ralph Johnson, praised the audits and said they help protect essential public services. He cited a sharp national rise in ransomware incidents against governments and said Washington has used more than $11 million in federal and state cybersecurity grant funds for over 200 projects. In response to questions from Representative Scott, SAO and WOTEC discussed options for addressing urgent vulnerabilities, including compensating controls, grant funding, and low-cost mitigation steps. The committee also discussed how Washington’s program compares nationally, with Johnson saying Initiative 900 is unusually comprehensive and that local governments often seek audits voluntarily. No votes were taken, and the hearing adjourned after public testimony was offered but none was given.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And the second was to reinvigorate our workforce by connecting them with probably where they took the
- job in the first place, working directly with Floridians to support and connect them with resources
- We in other words, we saw an opportunity to play offense and to connect our team with their why this
- replicated 3 navigation and going beyond the 4 walls of government to provide meaningful and lasting connections
- engagement and skills for independents, like the transfer of the unique abilities business program to connect
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and Gonzalez, concerning changes to the State Workforce Development Council's practices and, in connection
- therewith, reducing appropriation. ... and in connection therewith reducing appropriation.
- It connects the synapses.
- I would invite you though, if you could make a connection to the bill. Thank you, Madame Chair.
- Also, Representatives Bacon and Lukans concerning public schools and a connection there with creating
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- Recovery happens where people live, work, worship, and connect with others.
- What is the connection point?
- How do people connect with your ministry organization if, you know, is it a court order?
- I connect them with NA meetings. I connect them with NA meetings, A.A. meetings in our community.
- I connect these people with those people. I don't have to give them their story.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- people to jobs our community or connect people to jobs or<00:59:18.240>
students <00:59:18.680 - This is going to put a water main through the neighborhood and then individual lateral connections to
- This is going to put a water main through the neighborhood and then individual lateral connections to
- Connect those homes to it. This is because we have seen PFAS and 1,4-dioxane.
- connect those homes to it. connect those homes to it.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:00AM HST - Day 1 Opening Day
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- received During the interim, members assisted and advocated for constituents on issues and connecting
- families to the state connecting families to the state services<01:24:14.320>
and <01:24:14.560 - listen, to learn, to connect listen, to learn, to connect constituents<01:26:15.120>
with - Our communities are walkable and connected. Housing is affordable.
- communities are walkable and connected. communities are walkable and connected.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So that is something I'd be happy to connect with HCA on and learn more. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- The significance of broadband access and enhancing connectivity and digital equity across the state of
- One is the Connect Mexico Fund with state funds.
- So we are distributing that to our most rural, hardest-to-connect households and locations.
- So, in 2021, the Connect New Mexico Fund was established by the legislature.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Jul 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Oftentimes, we'll serve as a conduit to connect land grant leadership with these different agencies or
- Also connecting them with IPAs.
- So I help them with that and also connect people with all the different.
- We can do everything within OSA Connect. Next, policy and advocacy is important.
- I also have a connection to these communities. communities.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- local law enforcement have also, uh, reached out to us and in support of making sure that there's a connection
- Before Carrizo would somehow at times be in opposition thinking that if we connected along the riverbank
- These troopers and and the Border Patrol will tell you if you connect this route, there's only one way
- The Panama Canal plays a vital role in the world trade by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- We connect with them, and we really guide them to make funeral preparations and to understand their rights
- us with somebody who does that work so that we The city manager actually connected us with somebody
- It's the sense of safety, connection, and the lasting friendships that grow in a close-knit community
- But I really felt connected with many of them, which was something unique. Same with my clinician.
- solutions and really investing in affordable housing are deeply connected.
Summary:
The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides.
Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- it is a good way to make connections it is a good way to make connections with<00:31:22.760>
- <00:40:00.760>
in designed for cultural connectivity in designed for cultural connectivity - with kids, but they also provide a chance for law enforcement to connect.
- the community itself a chance to connect the community itself a chance to connect with<00:44:36.000
- <00:44:40.119>
so <00:44:40.520>this for law enforcement to connect so this for law
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, Representative Lesnar, that's a concern I guess connected also to implementation.
- <00:42:31.400>
also that's a concern I guess connected also that's a concern I guess connected - One is to continue our successful career pathway trainings that do connect lower-skilled job seekers
- pathway trainings that does connect pathway trainings that does connect lower<01:00:07.359>
skilled - with incubators and connect with connect with incubators and connect with uh<01:24:12.280>
small<
Keywords:
nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 21 January, 2026; 2:00 PM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- treasury to help support connecting treasury to help support connecting participants, participants
- I do know that most of the hospitals in our state are already connected to an HIE. Not all of them.
- <00:43:42.000>
Not are already connected to an H.IE. - Not are already connected to an H.IE. Not all<00:43:42.319>
of <00:43:42.480>them. - . >> But correct me if I'm wrong, but I think we all are connected to Epic is what I'm trying to say.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a quorum call, and several guest introductions, including a pastor, a doctor of the day, medical students and physicians for MSMA White Coat Day, and visitors in the galleries. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up House Bill 314, the Ibogaine Treatment Drug Development Grant Program Act. The sponsor described ibogaine as a potential treatment for opioid use disorder, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, depression, and related conditions, emphasizing that the bill would not legalize the drug but would authorize the State Department of Health to fund a consortium for FDA-regulated clinical trials with private matching funds, a university and hospital partner, and a requirement that at least 20% of commercialization revenue go to the state. Members asked about VA involvement, whether the trials would serve veterans or civilians, how the drug would be administered and monitored, why a statute was needed, and the source of the proposed state funding. The bill passed by a vote of 110 yeas and 1 nay.
The House then considered House Bill 534, as a committee substitute, creating the Mississippi Health Exchange, a statewide health information exchange for real-time sharing of admission, discharge, transfer, and related patient information among hospitals, clinics, payers, and public health officials. The sponsor said the system would improve continuity of care, help with bed availability and mental health placements, and support public health analysis while protecting privacy through HIPAA compliance, an opt-out process, and limits on access to identified data. The bill would require hospitals, community mental health centers, and state hospitals to participate as a condition of licensure, designate a single nonprofit operator selected by the Department of Health, and create a fund for implementation and cybersecurity costs.
Members questioned the bill about privacy protections, the opt-out process, whether data could be sold or shared improperly, costs to hospitals, whether hospitals and the hospital association supported the measure, and how the exchange would work in transfer scenarios. The sponsor said the bill would make unauthorized sharing illegal, that most hospitals already participate in some form of HIE, and that the exchange would not cost the state anything immediately because there was no appropriation attached. The discussion also noted possible help from rural transformation funding. The transcript ends during continued questioning of House Bill 534, before final passage or other action is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/17/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And this was my ticket in Chair Bliss to connect with veterans in my community in a new way.
- and build bridges with folks that I hadn't had a chance to connect with in the past.
- and build bridges with folks that I hadn't had a chance to connect with in the past.
- and build bridges with folks that I hadn't had a chance to connect with in the past.
- and build bridges with folks that I hadn't had a chance to connect with in the past.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- If the roofing contractor wants to be able to provide roof-to-wall connections, he would have to do the
- The current roof-to-wall connection would be part of the current building code.
- The roofers currently do not have the ability to be able to do... ...roof-to-wall connection, and it
- If the roof-to-wall connections are not done properly, Senator Gaetz, maybe this goes a little bit to
- Our watersheds, our water systems in Florida, are all connected, and we see that impact at our coast.
Summary:
The committee took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1422 on unmanned aircraft systems. The bill increases penalties for flying drones over critical infrastructure, prohibits drones equipped with weapons or explosives, creates a first-degree felony for drones carrying a weapon of mass destruction, and includes a law enforcement exception. A lay-filed amendment by Senator Pizzo warning against the use of force to shoot down drones was debated but failed, and the bill was then reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SB 846 addressing notary public fraud in immigration-related services, SB 650 on hazardous walking conditions for school transportation, SB 922 on employment agreements including non-compete and garden leave provisions, and SB 1820 on motor vehicle manufacturer and dealer relations, covering performance measures, retaliation, and franchise termination standards.
Several bills focused on education, health care, and disability issues. SB 540, the Evan B. Hartzell Act, would require disability history and awareness instruction across grade levels; it drew emotional testimony from the bill sponsor, family members, and supporters, and was reported favorably. SB 998 would allow advanced practice registered nurses to certify deaths and file death certificates in hospice settings under physician protocol, and SB 1412 would modernize home health agency rules by expanding administrative flexibility and contract service use; both passed. SB 1736 would allow direct support professionals and relatives to administer insulin in group home settings for individuals with developmental disabilities, and it was also reported favorably.
The committee also advanced several regulatory and court-related measures. SB 1650 expands Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including allowing designation based on conduct in a single case and extending the look-back period, while SB 1652 creates a public records exemption for certain stricken non-criminal court filings; both were approved. SB 1076 on roofing contractors was amended to require continuing education for roof-to-wall connections and then passed, and SB 1078 on fire prevention was amended with stakeholder-agreed language before being reported favorably. SB 1080 on local government land regulations, after multiple amendments and significant debate over agricultural enclaves and local control, was also approved.
Other major measures included SB 818 on utility relocation, which creates a relocation fund funded by a portion of communications services tax revenue and was supported by multiple industry and local-government groups after a compromise amendment; SB 868 on social media use by minors, which would require a decryption mechanism for law enforcement access under subpoena and prohibit disappearing messages for minors, remained under discussion as the transcript ended. The committee also heard SB 96, a claims bill for Jacob Rogers against the City of Gainesville, and reported it favorably after testimony that the city would pay the settlement amount.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes it's less obvious and connected, but the big thing on 14 is making it a felony to dispose of
- but the the big thing on 14 is connected but the the big thing on 14 is making<00:07:15.919>
it <01:02:31.480>- Our ability to continue making these gains will be severely compromised. connected with illegal drug
- That's 14 times. connections Foster a sense of um connections Foster a sense of um networking<00:49:42.119
into um and hard for folks to to connect into um and hard for folks to to connect
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 52 Morning Session May 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She gets connected to a pregnancy test and an ultrasound, which has to be done here.
- It's important for me to have wherever we give money for Oklahoma mommies to be connected to Oklahoma
- It could be connecting them with the resources or the entities that can help them.
- Lot of those phone numbers that no one's at the end of here to connect to anymore, but wouldn't it be
- We are the ones that's that first connection, right? Don't overlook the care of the.
Bills:
HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503
Keywords:
SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Latino Caucus Press Conference 4/29/26
Transcript Highlights:
- And we will connect our members with the Latino community across the state, and conservative Latinos
- <00:04:07.960>
And <00:04:08.720>we <00:04:08.880>will <00:04:09.120>connect - And we will connect our of course.
- And we will connect our members<00:04:10.680>
with <00:04:10.920>the <00:04:11.040>Latino - making those connections more solidly. making those connections more solidly.
Summary:
House Republicans announced the formation of the Minnesota Latino Caucus as a sub-caucus of the House Republican Caucus. Chair John Koznick said the group is intended to give Latino conservatives a voice, promote “common sense” and right-of-center policies, and reach Latino communities across Minnesota, especially around affordability, lower taxes, less regulation, and government accountability. Representatives Bedell Duran and Erica Schwartz joined Koznick as founding members and described the caucus as a response to the diversity of Latino communities and the need for representation beyond a single political viewpoint.
The members emphasized personal backgrounds and constituent outreach. Koznick discussed his adoption from Colombia and his long involvement with Latino advocacy groups, while Duran and Schwartz spoke about their districts, family histories, and experiences that shaped their politics. They said Latino Minnesotans live throughout the state, work in many fields, and should not be viewed as a monolithic voting bloc. They also highlighted issues such as education, postsecondary achievement, entrepreneurship, public safety, and the economic impact of immigrants and Latinos.
In response to questions, the lawmakers said the caucus was not created solely because of recent Latino voting patterns, but they acknowledged Republican gains among Latino voters and said they want to continue competing for Latino support. They also said immigration policy should be clearer and more transparent, while supporting secure borders and reform. Koznick said he has bipartisan relationships with Latino legislators and pointed to support for a Hispanic or Latino art museum in St. Paul as an example of possible cross-party cooperation. No formal votes were taken; the event was a caucus launch and press availability, and the members said they would hold a celebratory kickoff later that evening.