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MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety 26-06-18

Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Michigan, we have a very decentralized system where every county does their own things.
  • And as you'll see, these organizations work alongside law enforcement instead of supplanting the good
  • And then they became organized and they professionalized their work.
  • And I serve as the founder and chief executive officer of the organization.
  • Our organization is in coalition and partnership with other CVI organizations like Force Detroit.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety met with a quorum and adopted the June 4, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up Senate Bill 712, adopting the S-2 substitute, which expands residency requirements to include adjoining districts and removes a provision allowing a district to appoint someone employed by the district. The committee then reported SB 712 to the floor. It also considered House Bills 4025 and 4026, described as safe storage tax exemption bills; the committee heard one supportive written card and reported both bills to the floor, each on a 5-1 vote. The committee next heard testimony on Senate Bill 885, which would create a statewide Parent and Child Legal Representation Commission and Office within LARA to address child protective legal representation. Senator Singh and Alicia Moon of the Michigan Supreme Court described the current county-by-county system as uneven, with attorney shortages, inconsistent pay, and limited specialized training. They said the bill would set standards for training, caseloads, client contact, and compensation, while requiring public comment and future appropriations before implementation. Testimony and written cards from a broad range of organizations and judges supported the measure, and the committee reported SB 885 to the floor on a 6-0 vote. The committee then heard extensive testimony on Senate Bills 1015 and 1016, which would create an Office of Community Violence Intervention and Prevention within MDHHS and establish a grant program to support community violence intervention efforts statewide. Sponsors and witnesses from Force Detroit, D-Live, Seize the Smoke, Advance Peace, public health, law enforcement, and advocacy groups described CVI as a public health and public safety strategy that reduces shootings, supports survivors, and saves public costs. Several witnesses cited local data showing reductions in shootings and homicides in Detroit and Lansing, while one witness from the Michigan Sheriff's Association opposed the bills as written. The committee voted to report both SB 1015 and SB 1016 to the floor, each on a 5-0 vote with one pass, and then adjourned after additional testimony and reading of support cards.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Summary: The Rural Economic Development Committee first took up HB 2950, which would allow governing bodies to approve tourism improvement areas to promote lodging and tourism as an economic development tool. Supporters from the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, Visit Yuma, and Visit Phoenix said tourism is a major economic driver, especially in rural communities, and argued the bill would give local areas a voluntary, industry-led way to market themselves, attract visitors, and support jobs without raising taxes on residents. Members discussed tourism in places such as Yuma and other rural destinations, and the committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2950 a do pass recommendation. The committee then heard a presentation on rural economic development centered on Lucid Motors’ investment in Pinal County and its partnership with Central Arizona College. Speakers from the Arizona Commerce Authority, Central Arizona College, and Lucid described workforce training programs, including the Drive48 accelerator, which they said has helped train workers for advanced manufacturing jobs and raised local incomes. The committee read proclamations recognizing both Lucid Motors and Central Arizona College for their contributions to job creation, workforce development, and economic growth in rural Arizona. Finally, the committee considered HB 2946, which would revise development fee requirements, including changes affecting the timing and administration of fees and a prohibition on charging development fees for accessory dwelling units. The sponsor and housing advocates said the bill was intended to help address housing affordability and give developers more predictable costs, while city and league representatives opposed it, arguing it would shift costs from growth to existing taxpayers and interfere with local infrastructure planning. After adopting an amendment that removed county-related provisions and made clarifying changes, the committee passed HB 2946 on a 4-1 vote with two members present, and the meeting adjourned.
NH
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  • autonomous organization, it makes sense to have a mechanism by which value can be transferred across
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  • those organizations like DAO LLC's<01:22:53.360> or<01:22:53.679> decentralized<01:22:
  • Um those might be decentralization.
  • ,<01:28:36.719> we're within those organizations, we're within those organizations, we're
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Stable Token Study Commission held its first regular meeting, welcomed all remaining appointed members, and completed brief introductions from legislators and agency designees. The chair outlined the commission’s plan to use the first part of the enabling legislation as a “level-setting” discussion, focusing this meeting on the basics of blockchain, the current landscape for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, and leaving blockchain-based trust for a later meeting. No votes were taken. The main presentation came from Deanna Bario Zales of the Global Blockchain Business Council, who described stablecoins as increasingly converging toward fiat-backed or asset-backed models, with algorithmic designs viewed more cautiously. She said stablecoins are being used for payments, remittances, DeFi activity, cross-border transfers, retail use in high-inflation markets, and treasury functions, while noting risks such as peg instability, reserve transparency, counterparty and network risk, and possible capital flight from weaker banking systems. She cited growth in supply, wallet activity, and transfer volume, and said U.S.-pegged stablecoins dominate the market, with USDT and USDC leading. Zales also discussed tokenized real-world assets, describing them as digital representations of physical assets that can enable fractional ownership, liquidity, and faster settlement. She said the market is growing quickly, with institutional participation from firms such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, and projected continued expansion. She closed with an overview of regulatory developments, emphasizing the new U.S. stablecoin framework under the Genius Act, the proposed Clarity Act, OCC guidance, and similar regimes in the EU, UK, UAE, Singapore, Japan, and elsewhere, all of which she said are shaping compliance requirements and market development.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/23/2026)

State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> International human rights organizations International human rights organizations including<02:18:
  • that very well organized testimony. that very well organized testimony.
  • > global Decentralization itself is a global Decentralization itself is a global trend.<04:34:
  • Would that be an acceptable response to you and your organization?
  • example, there's a lot of autonomous example, there's a lot of autonomous territories<05:08:08.480
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Utilities also have, through an organization called the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council, a group
  • We are a decentralized agency here in the state of Florida.
  • If you look at our organization historically, we hovered around 4% in our best times.
  • all of those background systems and technologies also set the stage for the future of connected autonomous
  • This was the first community organizations as well as our private partners that we have through building
Summary: The committee heard introductory remarks from Chair LaMarca and members, then received presentations on electric utility planning, transportation infrastructure, and broadband deployment. Public Service Commission staff explained how Florida’s utilities plan for reliability and cost through 10-year site plans, demand forecasting, and economic dispatch. The presentation emphasized Florida’s residential-heavy load, growing EV demand, expanding solar and battery storage, continued reliance on natural gas combined-cycle plants, and the role of nuclear power. Members asked about energy efficiency, rates, renewable options beyond solar, cybersecurity, grid resilience, data centers, and small modular nuclear reactors; the witness said efficiency programs are reviewed every five years, utilities must balance reliability and affordability, and large new loads like data centers generally must pay for their own infrastructure needs. Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue described FDOT’s five-year work program, decentralized district structure, and funding mix, noting that the agency is predominantly state-funded and prioritizes maintenance and preservation before expansion. He highlighted record investment levels, major congestion-relief projects, toll-road revenues, seaport and airport partnerships, spaceport investments, workforce and equipment needs, and emerging technology such as advanced air mobility. Members asked about project timing, MPO planning, rail and ferry funding, airport governance, winter storm preparedness, and flooding/sea-level rise; Perdue said faster delivery depends on resources, local governments lead transit operations with FDOT as a capital partner, and coastal and drainage projects are designed around storm surge and resiliency. The Office of Broadband reported on six grant programs supporting infrastructure, community facilities, digital connectivity, and future digital capacity and broadband expansion. Director Leo Garcia said the office has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars across most counties, leveraged significant private investment, and focused heavily on rural areas. He noted that broadband efforts are intended to support telehealth, education, workforce development, and economic growth, and said the state has reduced the number of unserved locations from more than 400,000 to a projected 170,000 after current awards are completed. He also said the office needs additional budget authority for the upcoming digital capacity program and that the larger federal/state broadband deployment program will be used to reach remaining unserved and underserved areas.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 11th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • educational assistance. educational assistance organization.
  • Organization, is that family enrolled? Uh, they are. Their application is pending.
  • And they apply to the education assistance organization, so the bill is silent on that.
  • Because as I read the bill, the way you and role is to apply to the Education Assistance Organization
  • Building up an organization that still exists today, supporting the concept of school choice.
Bills: HB3, HB3
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 11th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the Milton Friedman organization we heard from earlier.
  • And recruited by advocates of these organizations that were really good schools to come in and make good
  • Adequate fair funding, school funding is yet another, that's the organization.
  • There's an agenda there, and so you're analyzing data for an organization... that is biased towards the
  • And the other thing I would say is, while yours The information from your organization shows much more
Bills: HB3, HB3
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2025-04-07

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intent is that we aren't saying—I'm not saying that organizations can't invest.
  • That's established in case law, and that's a generally accepted concept for care in organizations.
  • Beauty Well is the only community-based organization in Minnesota, and probably the nation, focused on
  • House File 3046 is about our communities and the organizations that we all know and want to support with
  • In a year instead of these multiple for the same organization, that would make a little bit of sense
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And to be able to say, what is the reputation of the organization that owns and funds this?
  • across<00:13:34.160> the uh different organizations across the uh different organizations
  • You don't want to care in organizations.
  • organization that owns and funds this? organization that owns and funds this?
  • That would make a same organization.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So if it becomes present, then it could infect most multicellular organisms.
  • Part of this World Health Organization goes on and on and on about, oh, is this a pandemic threat?
  • Part of this World Health Organization goes on and on and on about, oh, is this a pandemic threat?
  • And then the last thing is it doesn't have to be a private organization.
  • It could be a government organization that is sufficiently independent and recognized.
Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-EIG, TRS Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hawaii Bicycling League is a 50-year-old nonprofit organization actively committed to helping people
  • Uh, Tina, um, Transportation HD, your organization? >> Hawaii Transportation Association.
  • Uh Tina um transportation HD your your<00:59:41.040> organization your organization your organization
  • The Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization is in support.
  • Ampo Metropolitan Organization in support. Edwalder Hernandez?
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation-related measures. SB 2356, relating to parking, drew support from the Office of Planning, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Appleseed Center, Realtors, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. Members discussed the bill in the context of the planned stadium-area mixed-use development, with questions about whether parking would be built in structures rather than as large surface lots. Senators expressed support and noted the measure’s broader housing and parking-reduction goals, but no vote was taken during the hearing. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2699, which would create a fare-free youth transit program, a special fund, annual evaluations, and appropriations tied to the environmental, energy, and food security tax. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about whether the special fund met statutory requirements. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the bill, as did the City and County of Honolulu DOT, Appleseed Center, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Hawaii Bicycling League, Our Children’s Trust, and numerous youth testifiers. Supporters emphasized reduced family transportation costs, better school attendance, improved health and mobility, and environmental benefits. One senator raised emergency-planning concerns about how children using free transit would be handled during events like tsunamis; DOT and DOE responded that emergency procedures are being developed. The chair said the committee would work on language changes, including a delayed effective date to July 2027, and defer decision-making until the 12th. The final measure discussed was SB 2470, which would require leading pedestrian intervals, accessible pedestrian signals, and other safety improvements at state-controlled intersections, and create a process for community requests for accessible pedestrian signals. Appleseed Center, the Hawaii Association of the Blind, and the Disability Rights Center supported the bill, citing pedestrian safety, reduced collisions, and the need for audible cues for blind and low-vision pedestrians. Testifiers urged a phased-in approach that prioritizes high-traffic intersections. The hearing ended with the bill still under consideration and no final vote announced.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And he really encouraged that we use student-sponsored organizations like the College Democrats or the
  • And he really encouraged that we use student-sponsored organizations like the College Democrats or the
  • And he really encouraged that we use student-sponsored organizations like the College Democrats or the
  • And he really encouraged that we use student-sponsored organizations like the College Democrats or the
  • And he really encouraged that we use student-sponsored organizations like the College Democrats or the
Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889
Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:40:16.400> and departments, organizations, public and departments, organizations, public
  • recommendation as for organizations recommendation as for organizations specifically<00:48:16.960
  • Uh, so at the Hawaii Worker Center, we organize the over 70% of workers in Hawaii that are not organized
  • Uh, so at the Hawaii Worker Center, we organize the over 70% of workers in Hawaii that are not organized
  • Hawaii Worker Center, we organize the over 70% of workers in Hawaii that are not organized.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • collaborative across sectors because the scale and complexity of this work is far greater than any single organization
  • collaborative across sectors because the scale and complexity of this work is far greater than any single organization
  • 00:08:22.400> than<00:08:22.720> any<00:08:23.039> single<00:08:23.360> organization
  • <00:08:24.080> can greater than any single organization can greater than any single organization
  • There are a lot of efforts being put in place to make sure a human driver is in the cab if there’s autonomous
Bills: HF1316, HF4369
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the chairman of the Greater O'Gala Santa Cruz County Port Authority, which is an organization comprised
Summary: The committee began with a presentation on the modernization of the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. Testimony from the port authority chair, a county supervisor, and the Nogales mayor emphasized that the port is outdated, flood-prone, congested, and a safety concern because CBP facilities and traffic lanes sit on or near the international boundary and stormwater infrastructure. Speakers said the port is critical to local and state commerce, tourism, and tax revenue, and requested state support and letters backing federal funding efforts. Members discussed the sewer/stormwater flooding issue, the estimated $1.5 billion to $2 billion cost, and the need for federal action; the chair said a letter of support would be prepared for committee members to sign. The committee then heard and passed HB 2237, which appropriates $4.5 million for Apache Junction’s Superstition Trails and visitor gateway project, and HB 2926, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act. HB 2926 would create expedited permitting for workforce housing, provide a single point of contact, reduce the state portion of prime contracting tax for qualifying projects, and lower the population threshold for certain industrial development authority bond actions. After an amendment, the bill passed 6-1. Testimony in support came from the sponsor and housing advocates, who said the bill would help address Arizona’s missing-middle housing shortage and reduce regulatory delays. The committee also passed HB 2113, which would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when proposed residential rate increases are 100% or more. The sponsor argued RUCO should focus more on rural customers facing large percentage increases, while RUCO’s director said the office has only nine staff, a $1.9 million budget, and limited capacity, warning the bill could increase costs and delay cases. Members discussed rural ratepayer impacts, and the bill passed 5-1-1. HB 2824, authorizing local C-PACE programs for voluntary financing of commercial property improvements, also passed unanimously after testimony that it would support energy, water, and infrastructure upgrades without state general fund exposure. Finally, HB 2939, a rural investment tax credit bill tied to large qualifying investments and net new jobs, passed unanimously after Lucid Motors testified in support. The committee held HB 2950 due to time and adjourned, noting it would be heard first next week.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • secret of the people... ...be keeping a secret of the people that they ensure in their member organization
  • A nonprofit agricultural organization may not impose or amend any annual or lifetime benefit limitation
  • any plan for health benefits unless the nonprofit... benefits unless the nonprofit agricultural organization
  • Care, the nonprofit agricultural organization shall pay the out-of-network provider one of the following
  • 80% of the maximum allowable charge for any service not covered by the nonprofit agricultural organization
Bills: HB445, HB477, SB274, HB441