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• There is a strong force rationale backed by data.
• data to manage operations responsibly.
• its independence as a public data source.
• its independence as a public data source.
• So there are multiple sources to find this data.

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• We will get the test data that we need.
• The data centers are doing their thing.
• The data centers are doing their thing.
• I mean, so just another issue in terms of the regulations.
• We have a couple of data centers that are being put out in our district.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from January 14 and January 28. It then considered RS 3-2904, a bill from the DOGE Committee to remove 19 obsolete code sections, including provisions related to hazardous waste facility siting and the Big Payette Lake Water Quality Act. The sponsor urged the committee to print the bill so members could review possible unintended consequences, including whether the changes would shift responsibilities or reduce public testimony. After a question about Department of Environmental Quality involvement, the committee voted to introduce RS 3-2904. The remainder of the meeting was a presentation by Dr. John Wagner, director of Idaho National Laboratory, on energy dominance and security through research, development, and demonstration. He described INL’s role in nuclear energy, critical infrastructure security, and critical minerals, and said the current federal administration has accelerated nuclear policy through executive orders aimed at expanding reactor deployment, reforming NRC processes, and supporting advanced reactor testing. He highlighted INL’s work with private companies on small modular reactors, microreactors, fuel fabrication, and used nuclear fuel research, including projects tied to AI/data center power demand and Department of War applications. Members asked about used fuel storage, Idaho’s potential role in nuclear recycling and reactor development, transmission and water constraints, public acceptance, and the timeline for deployment. Wagner said Idaho’s advantage lies in its expertise, existing infrastructure, and a regulatory environment that provides certainty, while noting that transmission, water use, and workforce remain key issues. He also said the legislature can help by signaling receptiveness, clarifying policy, and supporting infrastructure and workforce development. The committee took no further action after the presentation and adjourned.

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• to incorporate CEC analysis and regulations.
• They do all the regulations around it.
• The processes add some additional data and some data requirements, and utilizing CEC.
• Today, data is split across two separate systems.
• You know, this one is—we deal with a lack of the proper data on a regular basis.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We took a look at nationwide data, and our research team also did some Texas data too.
• They are getting that data. Where else are they getting that data?
• data analytics piece.
• Lining up the data networks—I mean, you've got a sharing of data in a way that hasn't occurred to this
• So what does our data show?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Rabarge says the data is available.
• </c> says the data is available. says the data is available.
• </c> security regulator security regulator environments<01:55:01.920><c> should</c><01:55:02.159><c>
• </c> stakeholders come in there's data stakeholders come in there's data requests<03:37:14.960><c> they're
• Um so aspects of utility regulation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• You calculated as $52 million, if we were accurately reflecting data from new reflecting data from new
• And that is simply because the regulations just came out yesterday and the existing data infrastructure
• We have very sensitive student data and financial data in those servers.
• In terms of data collection and data analysis on the outcomes?
• to sign the participation agreement for the purpose of data sharing with the C2C data system.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c> to municipal regulation of agriculture. to municipal regulation of agriculture.
• </c> your genetic data. your genetic data.
• </c> consumers genetic data. consumers genetic data.
• </c> Consumers can delete their data. Consumers can delete their data.
• . data. data.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• </c><00:07:41.560><c> modernization</c> bit about our regulation modernization bit about our regulation
• </c><01:00:46.599><c> uh</c> state agencies and regulated uh state agencies and regulated uh regulated
• You know, there's not a licensing regulation violations authority to stop payments.
• You know, there's not a licensing regulation violations authority to stop payments.
• We have some of the highest regulations and mandates on our child care facilities.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill revises Florida law regarding the regulation of large-scale data centers and certain other
• This is a very strong step in the right direction of regulating data centers.
• Do local governments retain full authority to decide whether a data...
• But we've had data centers here in the United States since the 1940s.
• on data centers.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several introductions and announcements before moving to a long special-order calendar. Early bills passed included a trust law measure allowing a nonjudicial process for trustee settlement and discharge, a military affairs bill expanding leave protections and retirement eligibility for certain Guard and Coast Guard-related public employees, a penny-rounding bill for cash transactions, a podiatric medicine bill restricting certain cellular/tissue-based products and adding notice and consent requirements, a veterans’ courts bill expanding access to those courts statewide, an RV assessment clarification bill, a military-installation jurisdiction bill giving juveniles on bases access to state juvenile justice resources, an alcohol-tax deduction bill restoring DBPR’s authority to allow deductions for unsellable alcohol, a bail bonds bill revising training, fees, remission timing, and electronic procedures, an eyewear insurance bill updating definitions for modern products, a nursing education fund bill expanding support to health science programs, a recovery residences bill streamlining regulation and background-check rules, a felony battery bill adding resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense, a child welfare bill extending visitor definitions, making the Step Into Success program permanent, and creating a best-practices repository, and a candidate qualification bill tightening party-affiliation requirements and, via the House version, adding a name-change disclosure provision. Most of these bills were substituted with House companions where applicable and passed on near-unanimous votes, with one recorded dissent on the bail bonds bill. Several measures drew brief debate or explanation. Senator Wright’s military affairs bill was amended to restore two Florida National Guard special project officer positions to retirement eligibility, and Senator Gates’ veterans’ courts bill was described as a way to better address PTSD, brain injury, and substance-abuse-related offenses through problem-solving courts. Senator Trunow’s bail bonds bill prompted questions about charitable bail bonds, with the sponsor saying the current statute would remain in place and that further discussion could occur later. Senator Massullo’s podiatric medicine bill was framed as a bipartisan patient-protection measure, and Senator Leak’s felony battery bill was presented as closing a loophole that allowed repeat violent offenders to avoid enhancement. The chamber also took up a candidate qualification bill that would create an enforceable party-affiliation requirement and, in the House version, restrict recent petition-based name changes for candidates. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a farewell ceremony for Senator Lori Berman, with family, staff, former colleagues, and guests in attendance. Senators from both parties offered extended remarks praising her leadership, collegiality, policy work, and advocacy on issues including voting rights, women’s rights, Israel and antisemitism, school safety, breast cancer, Everglades restoration, and other constituent services. Berman’s own remarks reflected on her 16 years in the Legislature, her family, and her belief in dignity, respect, and practical problem-solving. The Senate then adopted a motion to spread her remarks upon the journal and recessed before returning to continue the calendar.

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• Moreover, based on my personal experience analyzing non-publicly available data, we identified data that
• Moreover, based on my personal experience, analyzing non-publicly available data, the identified data
• What we hear on our helpline is borne out in the data.
• The research and data have been clear for decades.
• This is putting the regulations...

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hybrid hearing on a wide range of bills focused on patient safety, workforce development, health equity, and access to care. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 2362/S. 1491, which would require health care providers to offer trained chaperones for sensitive exams. Sponsors and supporters said the bill is a common-sense safeguard prompted by cases of physician sexual abuse, and survivors gave emotional testimony describing grooming, isolation, and abuse during exams when no chaperone was present. Support also came from a health services researcher, a physician, and a RAINN representative, all arguing that trained chaperones and clearer documentation would improve transparency and protect patients. Committee members asked about clarifying who may serve as a chaperone and whether the bill would apply to other clinicians such as PTs and OTs. The committee also heard testimony on H. 2401/S. 1485, which would require explicit informed consent for certain educational exams performed on unconscious patients. The bill’s supporters said patients should know in advance if students or physicians will conduct non-medically necessary exams while they are under anesthesia, and that the measure would protect survivors from retraumatization. The hearing then moved to H. 2537, a primary care access bill. Health Care for All, the Massachusetts Medical Society, pediatric and internal medicine physicians, and a patient advocate described long waits, provider shortages, and difficulty finding primary care, especially for low-income people and people of color. They supported the bill’s proposed primary care spending target, payment reforms, Medicaid graduate medical education funding, and a commercial payment floor for health centers. Another set of bills addressed workforce and safety issues. H. 2397/S. 1593 would establish a nursing workforce center; nursing leaders said Massachusetts should make the current workforce council permanent to support data collection, apprenticeships, and long-term planning for the state’s largest health care workforce. H. 2396/S. 1535 would require safe patient handling and mobility programs in health facilities; nurses described serious injuries from lifting patients and said better equipment and programs would reduce staff injuries and improve patient outcomes. H. 2501/S. 1505 on LGBTQ+ health disparities drew support from a medical student and Doctors for America, who urged collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data to improve care and school outcomes. Finally, H. 2448/S. 1522 on patient safety and equitable access to care drew strong support from nursing organizations and individual nurses who described unsafe staffing, burnout, and patient harm, while the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems opposed the bill as redundant for psychiatric facilities already regulated by the Department of Mental Health.

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• </c> hours just talking about data centers. hours just talking about data centers.
• We are not a regulator.
• Um, the regulator is first.
• We are not a regulator. Uh we project. We are not a regulator.
• Um the regulator is fir. So judgments. Um the regulator is fir.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , they went ahead and did a regulation to include veterinarians in the reporting requirement.
• , they went ahead and did a regulations, they went ahead and did a regulation<00:35:08.160><c> to</c>
• </c> through regulation or any other means. through regulation or any other means.
• As demonstrated by recent data, rabies cases are on the rise in Kentucky.
• House Bill 593, Representative Bray, an act relating to data centers.

Keywords: Convene 00:00:00 Senate Message 00:05:34 Calendar/2nd Readings 00:06:28 Orders of the Day 00:08:10 HB 542 00:08:34 HB 565 00:23:06 HB 611 00:25:32 HB 657 00:28:39 HB 762 00:31:07 HB 108 00:34:54 HB 67 00:39:02 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 00:46:48 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 00:58:42 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 00:59:12 ConC/Rules Report 01:02:18 Floor Amendments 01:03:42 Adjournment 01:04:02, 958, all

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• , including the personal data of millions of Americans.
• , including the personal data of millions of Americans.
• , including the personal data of millions of Americans.
• Our nation's data and security is at risk.
• Our nation's data and security is at risk.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Protecting Transportation Network Driver Data, Privacy, and Integrity.
• This isn't about data security. Existing laws already covered that.
• All the data that you want to know about rideshare is on there.
• I don't know why we have this issue of data integrity.
• This bill masquerades as a data privacy measure, but don't be fooled.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy opened its hearing with testimony on several broadband, towing, and rideshare-related bills. The first major issue was H. 3470/S. 2259, which would add data privacy and integrity protections for transportation network driver information. Rideshare drivers and labor advocates strongly opposed the bill, saying it would delay implementation of Question 3, which Massachusetts voters approved to give rideshare drivers a path to unionize. Drivers described low pay, deactivations, harassment, safety risks, and the need for a union to negotiate fairer working conditions. Legal and labor experts testified that the bill was largely duplicative of existing law and regulations and would unnecessarily postpone drivers’ organizing rights. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee also heard extensive testimony on broadband affordability and access bills, including S. 2318/H. 3527 and related measures. Supporters, including legislators, digital equity advocates, senior advocates, and service providers, said low-income households need a permanent affordable broadband option after the federal Affordable Connectivity Program ended. They argued that internet access is now essential for jobs, school, health care, housing, and daily life, and supported a flat-rate low-income plan around $15 per month with protections such as no installation fees or termination fees. Opponents from cable and wireless industry groups argued the bills would impose artificial price mandates, discourage investment, and reduce consumer choice, noting that providers already offer discounted programs. The committee also heard support for broadband deployment and pole-attachment streamlining bills, with providers and municipal broadband advocates saying permitting delays and pole access bottlenecks slow expansion and raise costs. Additional testimony covered H. 3566, which would exempt municipal broadband projects from surety bond requirements, and towing-related bills including S. 2235, H. 3507, H. 3516, and H. 3482. Insurance and anti-fraud witnesses supported stronger towing protections, saying some towers charge excessive fees and hold vehicles hostage, while one witness urged broader consumer safeguards. The hearing ended after the chairs shortened testimony to fit the room schedule, asked for final comments on remaining bills, and then adjourned by motion and voice vote.

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• They haven't been acquiring these other giant companies or the data um the data uh um companies.
• </c> uh with the data. uh with the data. &gt;&gt; Thank<00:01:01.440><c> you.
• c><00:04:17.359><c> um</c> companies or the data um the data uh um companies or the data um the data
• The bill regulates what it defines as surveillance data, automatic decision systems, and surveillance
• data.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• data centers hyperscale data centers and<00:45:58.720><c> their</c><00:45:58.840><c> needs</c><00:45:
• c> in</c> data hyperscale data center in data hyperscale data center in Farmington<00:48:21.840><c> uh
• The goal of our group is to put a pause on hyperscale data centers in Minnesota until regulations to
• </c> hyper scale data center. hyper scale data center.
• regulate regulate Excuse<01:31:21.758><c> [clears throat]</c><01:31:21.760><c> me.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• THE INCLUSION OF PROVIDENCE DATA.
• THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME REGULATION HERE.
• THOSE ARE REGULATED BY THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION.
• DEVICES HAVE TREMENDOUS ROLE AND DATA LIFE.
• , STATE REGULATIONS, GET BOGGED DOWN BY THE TON OF PAPERWORK, FEDERAL REGULATIONS, STATE REGULATIONS,

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• You didn’t complete the regulations. You had people doing that.
• Right now, our focus is on the resupply regulations and getting those in place. ...on the resupply regulations
• The regulation is with the Energy Commission. It's not with DPMO.
• I've looked at the data probably a bit recently.
• These data points and details.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And the data from the study, it's increased activity and reintegration.
• The data... ...their symptoms. Sometimes they can even go into full remission.
• Everybody's looking at Arizona to see what our data is going to show.
• weigh into that data collection.
• The data is amazing.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Access to Breakthrough Mental Health Therapies met to discuss psychedelic-assisted treatments for serious mental health conditions, with a focus on psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA, and related compounds. The chair framed the issue as a clinical and access problem for veterans, first responders, and others with PTSD, depression, TBI, addiction, and suicidal ideation, emphasizing that these therapies are intended for supervised medical settings rather than take-home use. Members reviewed research claims and policy trends, including FDA breakthrough therapy designations, state-level psychedelic legislation, and the role of Arizona’s right-to-try law in expanding access once federal approval is in place. Testimony came from Alan Mullen, a retired Army Special Forces veteran, who described his PTSD/TBI history and said ibogaine treatment helped him confront trauma and showed promise in reducing symptoms under strict medical monitoring. Dr. Sue Cisley of Scottsdale Research Institute described ongoing FDA-controlled trials in Arizona, said current medications often fail high-need patients, and urged removal of research barriers and preparation for right-to-try and expanded access. Dan Freiberg of the Professional Firefighters of Arizona said firefighters face chronic exposure to trauma, often rely on alcohol or other coping mechanisms, and need effective alternatives beyond traditional therapy. Dr. Chung Trin discussed late-stage psychedelic trials, the FDA breakthrough pathway, safety oversight, and the need for state readiness when approvals occur. Committee members asked about how the treatments work, whether they require psychotherapy support, safety concerns including suicidality and black-market abuse, patenting and synthetic versus natural versions, and costs compared with ketamine and other treatments. Witnesses said the therapies are administered with extensive screening, monitoring, and integration support, and argued that addiction potential appears low under medical supervision. The discussion ended with interest in sending correspondence to federal officials to support right-to-try cooperation and in continuing the research and policy work; no formal vote or action was taken in the portion provided.

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• data center may not double count its RECs.
• That are at data centers to the calendar year of 2027 rather than 2028.
• I think putting reasonable restrictions around the impacts that data centers have is okay.
• You turned us into a bunch of policy nerds who are genuinely excited about data.
• You turned us into a bunch of policy nerds who are genuinely excited about data.

Keywords: 904, all