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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that there's other islands across the state where they're just not aware of that technology,
- I think that there's other islands across the state where they're just not aware of that technology,
- Well, we should be exploring those viable forms of technology forms that are actually pretty cheap for
- <01:26:19.440><c> development</c> technology development technology development Corp<01:26:22.400><c>
- Yeah, it just depends on the type of technology used, which is determined by the temperature and the
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committee met on March 19, 2025, and first heard SB 137 SD2 HD1 relating to electric utilities. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the Public Utilities Commission said they stood on their written comments, IBEW Local 1260 supported the bill, and Ulupono Initiative also supported it. Hawaiian Electric supported the intent but asked for an amendment, saying the bill’s definition of “acquiring entity” was too broad and could unintentionally cover purely local utility transactions. A later witness from Life of the Land supported the bill only if the merger/acquisition language were removed, arguing the PUC would not have a workable mechanism to let a cooperative intervene in a utility sale process. Committee members questioned whether the bill could still work without that section, and Ulupono said it was open to clarifying language but did not seek to remove the provision; the discussion ended without a vote in the excerpt provided.
The committee then took up SB 1220 SD2 relating to a renewable gas tariff. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the PUC again stood on written comments. HGas strongly supported the measure, saying it would create a faster, more cost-effective path for a voluntary renewable gas tariff without requiring a full rate case, while preserving PUC oversight and consumer protections. The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas also supported the bill, emphasizing that it would expand consumer choice and help Hawaii’s clean energy goals while keeping the program voluntary and shielding non-participating customers from costs.
Henry Curtis of Life of the Land opposed the bill, arguing that HGas already had an active rate case and could have raised the issue there, and that the proposal did not increase renewable gas supply or speed up acquisition; he called it a gimmick. In response, HGas said the bill was mainly a mechanism to speed filing and that the details would be worked out in a PUC docket. Committee members pressed HGas on whether the measure would actually add renewable gas, what source would be used, and whether customers would simply be paying more for the same gas; HGas said it had two projects in development, including banagrass and hydrogen-related work, and that the tariff would be a voluntary opt-in rate for customers seeking renewable natural gas to meet sustainability goals. No vote was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to displace existing technologies owned by large corporations.
- </c><00:14:39.079><c> field</c><00:14:39.360><c> in</c> engineer in the technology field in engineer
- in the technology field in Minnesota<00:14:40.040><c> wrote</c><00:14:40.240><c> to</c><00:14:40.360>
- to displace existing on new technology to displace existing Technologies<00:14:54.000><c> owned</c><
- 00:14:54.440><c> by</c><00:14:54.800><c> large</c> Technologies owned by large Technologies owned by
Keywords:
commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and I might be opening a can of worms here, but today we have technology.
- Um, and I might be opening a can of worms here, but today we have technology.
- Um, and I might be opening a can of worms here, but today we have technology.
- That is, you know, certainly a technology option that we could consider.
- which not technological expertise which not everybody<02:50:12.279><c> has</c><02:50:12.800><c> but<
Committee:
House Election Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We have made significant progress in the technology improvements for Securities staff, but now we're
- is just as maintaining the technology is just as important<01:01:21.599><c> as</c><01:01:21.760><c>
- </c><01:01:40.599><c> improvements</c> progress in the technology improvements progress in the technology
- That technology is probably a little bit more mastered and fine-tuned than the technology that we're
- With that, we're going to go to the last question on this slide. the technology that we're looking at
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- assess the risk and reward of whether or not they continue in that pursuit, the ability to use technology
- By being able to use this type of technology, they can still follow or track where the vehicle goes and
- But currently, this piece of technology, as it’s been determined in some counties, is not permissible
- You can only install it when it's basically with someone in it, particularly with the new technology.
- and I think we should just be technology and I think we should just be very<01:33:47.600><c> careful
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, new alternative technologies are in development.
- </c> about economic and technological about economic and technological feasibility<01:30:30.560><c> and
- </c><01:30:36.600><c> feasible</c> that it's not technologically feasible that it's not technologically
- However, in the report, it's my understanding that you all did more of a surface-level technology to
- However, in the report, it's my understanding that you all did more of a surface-level technology to
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The solvent-based paint typically cannot be recycled; there just isn't the technology available.
- It is an emerging technology.
- available um it I will say technology available um it I will say it's<00:48:47.040><c> an</c><00:48:
- </c><00:48:48.760><c> one</c> it's an emerging technology there is one it's an emerging technology there
- </c><00:48:59.880><c> isn't</c> the most part that technology isn't the most part that technology isn't
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs.
Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled.
Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- As you can imagine, to administer a program of this size, we needed to have the right technology in place
- , and so it took us quite a bit of time to get that technology, the automations, stood up to be ready
- So we needed time to take those adjustments from the law and tweak the program, the technology, and our
- We did some beta testing of those new updates to the technology based on the new additions to the law
- </c><00:32:13.600><c> and</c> the uh program the the technology and the uh program the the technology
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 25, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the technology is changing.
- Um the<00:03:01.920><c> technology</c><00:03:02.400><c> is</c><00:03:02.640><c> changing.
- So, it was the technology is changing.
- </c> EO technology they're using. EO technology they're using.
- I'm pretty sure that was the flood technology, not the production technology, but see what law says.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Info Briefing - Wed Dec 3, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a new technology.
- </c><00:56:06.480><c> there's</c><00:56:06.720><c> a</c> technology.
- Um, I understand there's a technology.
- Can you de-technology your online banking account?
- </c> technology all of this stuff once? technology all of this stuff once?
Summary:
The committee held an informational briefing on fraud in the community, with presenters from ARP, CoinFlip, HPD, the Hawaii Bankers Association, DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection, and the Department of Law Enforcement. The chair described widespread scams targeting kupuna and other residents, including impersonation of grandchildren, lottery/inheritance schemes, romance scams, online shopping fraud, investment scams, and tech-support scams. Members emphasized the emotional manipulation used by scammers, the difficulty of getting victims to report losses, and the need to educate the public on warning signs and available resources.
ARP said scams are an epidemic and highlighted national data showing major losses among older adults, including $4.8 billion lost by people age 60 and over in 2024. ARP focused especially on cryptocurrency kiosks as a growing scam channel in Hawaii, citing 64 complaints totaling $922,000 in 2024 and noting that complaints nearly doubled from the prior year. ARP urged stronger safeguards such as limits on transactions, refunds, live customer support, and a law-enforcement contact for operators, and said its Fraud Watch Network can help victims freeze credit, identify next steps, and track current scams. The chair said he intends to introduce legislation to lower and ultimately eliminate the amount of Bitcoin that can be purchased through ATMs.
CoinFlip said it supports consumer-protection regulation and described its compliance practices, including scam warning screens, anti-money-laundering controls, blockchain analytics, wallet pinning, transaction monitoring, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company said it is registered as a money services business, files suspicious activity and currency transaction reports, and holds money transmitter licenses in many jurisdictions. It also pointed to Illinois-style refund protections for new users and said it refunds fees to scam victims, though not the underlying funds. In response to committee questions, members and the company discussed whether crypto kiosks are necessary, how scams can be traced, and whether banks and kiosks can better intervene when suspicious activity is detected.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And with that, I see he's still getting his technology ready, but I'm honored to welcome Brian Swanson
- And with that, I see he's still getting his technology ready, but I'm honored to welcome Brian Swanson
- And with that, I see he's still getting his technology ready, but I'm honored to welcome Brian Swanson
- </c><01:30:28.480><c> like</c><01:30:28.800><c> predictive</c> cutting edge technology like predictive
- cutting edge technology like predictive analytics,<01:30:30.159><c> big</c><01:30:30.400><c> data,</
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And if technology works the way we hope, I think my colleague John Poe is on the Zoom link.
- And if technology works the way we hope, I think my colleague John Poe is on the Zoom link.
- As you can tell, as health care becomes more and more remote, things like remote device technology, remote
- </c><00:46:42.119><c> behind</c> but also all the technology behind but also all the technology behind
- that we use for all of our um technology that we use for Grant<00:46:51.440><c> Administration</c><00
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- that comes from the OT River technology that comes from the OT River Valley<00:27:02.799><c> in</c><
- In 2001, Winona County, or actually MnDOT, used this Otta seal technology, which involves laying down
- They used this technology successfully in 2001.
- Chair, I think you know we're open to it as a technology or appropriate, as Senator Drowsky said, when
- We were open to it as a technology or appropriate, as Senator Drowsky said, when we used it here.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 1/22/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- From our perspective, we try to be as technology-neutral as possible.
- From our perspective, we try to be as technology-neutral as possible.
- From our perspective, we try to be as technology-neutral as possible.
- We still have a financial responsibility to do things like technology and courtroom upgrades.
- </c><01:22:52.440><c> courtroom</c> to do things like technology courtroom to do things like technology
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 7, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Chair. it what type of Technology we'd have to it what type of Technology we'd have to use
- I just think sometimes you get distracted by the shiny technology solutions that really just take care
- ><01:17:44.880><c> the</c><01:17:45.560><c> the</c><01:17:45.639><c> shiny</c><01:17:46.040><c> Technology
- </c> distracted by the the shiny Technology distracted by the the shiny Technology Solutions<01:17:46.960
- </c> introducing more Innovative technology introducing more Innovative technology and<01:39:10.840><
Summary:
The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before the Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Chair Nicole Lowen and other legislators opened the meeting by framing the issue as important statewide and encouraging recycling, composting, and proper use of the curbside bins. The city’s Department of Environmental Services, led by Director Roger Babcock and Deputy Director Mike O’Keefe, then presented the background and siting process.
ENV explained the legal and technical constraints that shaped the search, including the 2019 Land Use Commission decision requiring closure of Waimanalo Gulch by March 2, 2028, and the 2020 Act 73 restrictions on landfill siting near residences, schools, hospitals, conservation districts, airports, and tsunami inundation areas. They said a landfill advisory committee reviewed six candidate sites in 2021-2022 and rejected them because they fell within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. After further evaluation and an extension of the naming deadline, the city selected a site in central Oahu near Wahiawa, on agricultural land currently used as a Dole pineapple field.
City officials said the selected site was chosen as the best of the evaluated options and, in their view, could be permitted under state and federal law. They described planned environmental protections, including a modern sanitary landfill design with double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring, and said the existing Waimanalo Gulch landfill has operated for 35 years without leachate leaks. They also emphasized that the site would still require a special use permit, Department of Health approvals, an environmental impact statement, and other public permitting processes, and that public engagement would continue over the next several years.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (7-6-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:26:19.440><c> and</c><00:26:19.679><c> then</c> our partners combo technology and then our partners
- combo technology and then get<00:26:20.000><c> our</c><00:26:20.159><c> standard</c><00:26:20.480><c
- able to provide the full cost of attendance, transportation dollars, the dollars allocated for technology
- > and</c><00:48:09.440><c> and</c><00:48:09.839><c> other</c><00:48:10.079><c> services,</c> uh technology
- and and other services, uh technology and and other services, roughly<00:48:11.040><c> $7,500</c><00
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01
Approve Minutes from June 11, 2026- 00:00:40
Staff Report on 2026 Child Fatality Panel Update- 00:01:17
Panel Staff Response to Report-00:21:12
University of Kentucky Name, Image, and Likeness-00:44:34
Kentucky State Police Update on SERVS-01:17:55
Adjornment-01:33:05, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first established a quorum and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members then received a staff report on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, including an annual LOIC evaluation of the panel’s operations, statutory compliance, case management system development, member experience, and written procedures. The report noted recent House Bill 778 expanded the panel’s access to records and to TWIST/I-TWIST, and recommended that staff request access and training promptly to avoid implementation problems.
Analysts reported the panel has met statutory membership and meeting requirements, and that agency responses to the panel’s 2025 recommendations improved, with all responses meeting statutory content requirements though some were late. They also said the panel still lacks formal written procedures, so a prior recommendation was reissued. The report discussed the panel’s new case management system, now in testing with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a survey of panel members showing generally positive views of meetings and case discussions but recurring concerns about SharePoint access, time demands, virtual meetings, and the panel’s lack of enforcement authority. The report included a matter for legislative consideration suggesting the General Assembly may wish to seek additional testimony from agencies when responses are unclear or more information is needed.
Panel staff responded that the work is difficult but important, said they are optimistic about gaining TWIST access, and acknowledged that written procedures have not yet been completed because they wanted to align them with the new system. They said both the system and procedures are hoped to be finished by the end of the year, with the new case management system expected to be implemented by September 1 after further testing and migration. Members also discussed trends in child fatality and near-fatality cases, including increases in reported cases since 2013, substance abuse, safe storage of firearms, and concerns about THC/CBD gummies reaching children. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- However, the success of these systems is not defined by the app or the technology.
- , but then everything that describes the technology and everything following it uses the word must and
- , technology, technology, uh<01:06:42.760><c> but</c><01:06:42.960><c> then</c><01:06:43.360><c> everything
- /c><01:06:45.080><c> and</c><01:06:45.160><c> everything</c><01:06:45.440><c> following</c> the technology
- and everything following the technology and everything following it it it um<01:06:46.920><c> uses</
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so under the open meeting law currently um, a public body is authorized to use interactive technology
- doesn't override um those other requirements currently in law regarding the use of interactive technologies
- Um, so under the open meeting law currently um, a public body is authorized to use interactive technology
- doesn't override um those other requirements currently in law regarding the use of interactive technologies
- doesn't override um those other requirements currently in law regarding the use of interactive technologies
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- But if there is a new design, that we'll just say, um, finger grip, um, fingerprint technology.
- gun in your house and uses it, they don't want you to then say, "Oh, you didn't have fingerprint technology
- But if there is a new design, that we'll just say, um, finger grip, um, fingerprint technology.
- gun in your house and uses it, they don't want you to then say, "Oh, you didn't have fingerprint technology
- But if there is a new design, that we'll just say, um, finger grip, um, fingerprint technology.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The problem is magnified by rapidly advancing digital technology.
- <00:36:19.760><c> ethical</c><00:36:20.240><c> use</c><00:36:20.400><c> of</c><00:36:21.240><c> technology
- </c><00:36:22.240><c> And</c><00:36:22.720><c> uh</c> uh and ethical use of technology.
- And uh uh and ethical use of technology.
- students; three, responsibility to the school community; and four, responsibility and ethical use of technology
Committee:
Senate Education