Transcript Highlights:

• Certainly, data for you on that.
• Now, what we've come to learn is that the data backs up these anecdotal examples.
• So, you know, the privacy concerns—I mean, it's scary, right?
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, released crash data reporting...
• Importantly, data shows no impact on insurance rates in states that have adopted this change.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on a wide range of auto insurance and vehicle-related bills. Testimony focused heavily on autonomous vehicle regulation, auto insurance rating by ZIP code, rental car liability coverage, and surcharge thresholds for minor accidents. Representative Polito supported a bill to regulate autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, arguing for school-zone restrictions, slower speeds, a remote kill switch, and minimum insurance requirements to protect the public. Representative Mendez and Senator Payano testified for legislation to reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in auto insurance pricing by limiting the weight insurers may place on territorial loss costs, while the Mass Insurance Federation and Consumer Federation of America offered opposing and supporting views, respectively, on the fairness and actuarial impact of geographic rating. The committee also heard support for a bill to remove inspection-sticker violations from license-point calculations, and for a bill to raise the damage threshold for insurance surcharges and minor/major accident classifications. A substantial portion of the hearing addressed House Bill 1301 on rental car liability. Enterprise Mobility, the American Car Rental Association, and a small Massachusetts rental company supported the bill, saying personal auto insurers should be primary when their insureds drive rental cars, that Massachusetts is an outlier compared with most other states, and that the change would reduce costs and simplify claims handling. The Mass Insurance Federation opposed the bill, arguing that current Massachusetts law already clearly makes the vehicle owner’s policy primary and that shifting liability would raise costs for private-passenger policyholders. Committee members asked detailed questions about how rental coverage works, whether premiums or rental rates would change, and how other states handle the issue. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to adjust surcharge rules for at-fault accidents, with sponsors arguing that repair costs and vehicle values have risen sharply and that the current thresholds are outdated. Members discussed how the point system affects drivers, whether the proposal should apply cumulatively or per incident, and how Carfax and out-of-pocket repairs factor into consumer costs. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted written testimony could still be submitted and, during a brief personal privilege, recorded support for two underinsurance bills, H. 1109 and S. 748. The committee then moved and seconded a motion to adjourn, and the hearing ended without any votes on the bills themselves.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um does NAIDA have data?
• Can I go to NAIDA does NAIDA have data?
• privacy issue? privacy issue?
• This is not about denying teenagers privacy.
• The last thing I’d like to point out is the risk of patient privacy.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In recent years, Texas companies under 250 employees have been sued for exemplary damages following data
• So 2610 provides a legal safe harbor from exemplar damages in data breach lawsuits for businesses that
• Ohio's 2018 Data Protection Act and Utah's 2021 cybersecurity Affirmative Defense Act prove incentives
• Senate Bill 1540 enhances the safety and privacy of our election officials and their staff.
• We thank you for hearing our concerns, taking this step to ensure the safety and privacy of the folks

Transcript Highlights:

• I've collected a lot of data. And I was alarmed.
• Collect the data.
• But they actually see that data, and if they see a violation, then that is actually in turn sent back
• But they actually see that data, and if they see a violation, then that is actually in turn sent back
• But they actually see that data, and if they see a violation, then that is actually in turn sent back

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the more light we can shine on it while maintaining reasonable privacy, uh, I think helps to avoid
• Sometimes he enters the data, sometimes I do it, so I'm fairly familiar with how it works.
• If the data entry screen could have as little as a modification where the treasurer, whoever is doing
• the data entry, would indicate whether the individual or association was located within the district
• Treasurer whoever is doing the data Treasurer whoever is doing the data entry<00:09:25.360> would

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And I appreciate the House is taking action to improve data privacy.
• I appreciate the House is taking action to improve data privacy.
• privacy, particularly with regard to data obtained from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and
• privacy, particularly with regard to data obtained from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and
• <05:55:09.040> privacy what has happened to data privacy what has happened to data privacy

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:04:46.000> and reflect the importance of privacy and reflect the importance of privacy
• healthcare data—is it the patient's healthcare data, or is it the person holding the data?
• a data that data could be requested via a data practices<00:20:41.760> request<00:20:42.960><
• that is our it is not Microsoft's data that is our data data data >> okay<00:20:49.200> thank
• Um, probably it's a commission on cybersecurity, data privacy, and, uh, now AI.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:25:23.000> I so that's the only scientific data I so that's the only scientific data I
• It is what the Privacy... Yeah, I'm... You had to ask me the actual acronym.
• <04:54:50.680> driver<04:54:51.680> Privacy Acron it's driver privacy driver Privacy
• Acron it's driver privacy driver Privacy Act<04:54:52.680> would<04:54:52.840> be<04:54
• Representative G: This is an invasion of property rights and privacy.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee opened with an announcement correcting the public hearing list: House Bill 209 was mistakenly listed as a continued hearing, but the chair said that hearing had already been closed and would not be reopened. The committee then moved to House Bill 305, which would allow municipalities to install and use speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement. The prime sponsor, Rep. Jones, said the bill was intended as a tool to address police staffing shortages and erratic driving, and emphasized that municipalities would pay the costs, work with DOT and the Department of Safety, and retain full control without using third-party vendors. He said the bill was meant to target speeding, red-light violations, and similar conduct, with enforcement handled locally and subject to state and federal law. Committee members raised questions about how citations would work, who would be held responsible in multi-driver or rental-car situations, whether due process would be affected, and whether cameras could identify the driver rather than just the vehicle. The sponsor and supporting witness Edward H. of Keene said municipalities would determine procedures, that an officer would still have to review and issue any summons, and that the bill was meant to be a limited enforcement tool rather than a catch-all. Edward H. also described the bill as adding guardrails such as a needs analysis, coordination with DOT, annual reporting, and public records of detections and fines. The Department of Transportation testified neutrally, saying it had no position on the bill and noting that current state systems include speed feedback signs, bridge security cameras, toll cameras that capture plates only, and traffic-signal detection cameras that do not record video. No vote was taken. The committee then held a brief hearing on House Bill 368, which would prohibit smoking tobacco products or e-cigarettes in a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is present and impose a $100 secondary fine. Rep. Miller introduced the bill in the sponsor’s absence, and there was no public testimony for or against it. The chair closed the hearing. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 390, which would add retired fire apparatus to the antique vehicle exemption so old fire trucks can be registered and used in parades without being stripped of their equipment. Rep. Parson explained that a strict reading of current law had led DMV to reject some antique fire engine registrations, and said the bill would fix that while preserving the ban on commercial use and on impersonating emergency vehicles. Members asked about the relationship to existing laws on emergency-vehicle impersonation, and the sponsor said the bill would not affect those laws. The hearing remained open as the transcript ended.

Bills: HB626, SB265

Keywords: tax increment district, economic development, manufacturing zone, local governance, ad valorem tax, data processing centers, tax abatements, construction related taxes, energy infrastructure, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So what this does is it's the companion bill to House Bill 399, which is a data center bill, and it's
• 399<00:09:34.080> which<00:09:34.240> is<00:09:34.320> a<00:09:34.640> data
• ><00:09:35.120> center<00:09:35.600> bill<00:09:35.839> and uh 399 which is a data
• center bill and uh 399 which is a data center bill and it's<00:09:36.240> the<00:09:36.480>

Bills: SB265, HB593

Keywords: data processing centers, tax abatements, economic development, construction related taxes, energy infrastructure, small craft distilleries, wineries, alcoholic beverages, licensing, craft beverage industry, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to cryptobased data mining operations. to cryptobased data mining operations.
• House File 3296 simply data centers.
• has<00:21:35.440> a<00:21:35.679> high or a data data center that has a high or a
• wanted to pass a law so that data wanted to pass a law so that data centers<00:26:33.919> would
• Um and the data that that region.

Bills: HF3296, HF3802

Keywords: energy conservation, data centers, electric sales, energy optimization, utility regulations, energy regulation, certificate of need, renewable energy, power production, energy efficiency, Minnesota statutes, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• share that data. >> Thank you.
• that and can certainly share that data. that and can certainly share that data.
• So I aware of some of this other data.
• <00:48:28.960> as probably could easily get that data as probably could easily get that data
• that we have data that is hardcore that we have data that is hardcore irrefutable<00:49:22.720> that

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The working group approved the prior meeting minutes with one correction to reflect Laura Ziggler’s attendance. Staff then outlined the report due February 13, 2026, which must summarize the group’s activities and include findings and recommendations adopted by the group; the report will go to the governor and legislative transportation leaders. The chair emphasized that the group’s charge is broad and includes analyzing electricity used as vehicle fuel infrastructure opportunities and barriers, developing policy and funding recommendations for sustainable transportation funding, and reviewing other states’ laws and policies. Discussion focused heavily on how to replace declining gas tax revenue as more vehicles become electric. The chair framed the issue as a fairness and implementation challenge, noting that EVs are a growing share of the fleet and that the group should consider both policy and funding, not just one or the other. Members and guests raised several ideas already submitted, including a road user charge, changes to the EV charging tax, ending or modifying the EV surcharge, broadening the tax to publicly owned charging stations, reducing the charging level threshold to level 2, ending sales tax on electricity, addressing off-road use, and expanding the definition of auto parts to include charging equipment. Representative Elkins argued that charging based on electricity used at home is impractical for most vehicles, that public charging is already much more expensive than home charging, and that the current sales tax plus surcharge amounts to double taxation for public-charging users. He said a mileage-based user charge modeled on Utah’s approach is workable, could be phased in, and could preserve privacy by allowing a voluntary or alternative method for home charging estimates. Senator Howe responded that home electricity use can be estimated similarly to mileage deductions on taxes and said the state should tax all electricity used as fuel, regardless of charger level, if it can be identified. Other speakers echoed that all road users should pay a fair share and that the main challenge is implementation. Tony Kis of Quick Trip asked that a late letter be included in the record and urged clarification of the sales, use, excise tax, and collection rules to avoid double taxation and reduce administrative burden, noting the current monthly collection date and suggesting the group should streamline collection methods. No final policy decisions or votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:13:47.880> actually accurate data about who's actually accurate data about who's actually
• , data, inventory and sales data, data, inventory and sales data, proprietary<00:23:09.280> business
• , remain protected to preserve privacy, remain protected to preserve privacy, safety,<00:23:27.520
• , classifies data reported through the statewide monitoring system as not public data, which includes
• the privacy of Minnesotans. the privacy of Minnesotans.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, unfortunately that data is all in one place now, right?
• It'll just be a lot easier and actually be better for privacy issues. Okay.
• So this will be a much more difficult way to get access to this data.
• We passed House Bill 4 last session, which some of this data would offer.
• Chairman King, does this bill have anything to do with women's privacy?

Bills: HJR34, HB 113, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB576, HB632, HB1395, HB2225, HB2582, HB2494, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB3609, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4909, HB4665, HB4895, HB3395, HB3157, HB4762, HB4395, HB4325, HB4952, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2697, HB2820, HB1828, HB1768, HB1579, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HCR126, HB38, HB 104, SB1008, SB1106, SB1172, SB2629, SB2964, SB616, HB2214, SB552, HB3181, HB3628, HB589, HB3529, HB3354, HB333, HB2914, HB4130, HB4131, HB24, HB 1160, HB3962, HB4115, HB2295, HB5398, HB1407, HB3800, HB2613, HJR138, HB42, HJR34, HB 129, HB677, HB426, HB668, HB1699, HB2017, HB2128, HB2038, HB3783, HB3717, HB2316, HB3686, HB2563, HB3883, HB4021, HB2788, HB2663, HB3305, HB3173, HB3474, HB 1105, HB3531, HB3490, HB3597, HB 1295, HB3512, HB3010, HB3112, HB4215, HB3223, HB3464, HB3120, HB4214, HB4511, HB3704, HB4081, HB4783, HB4063, HB2783, HB4937, HB5085, HB2510, HB3426, HB4361, HB 1169, HB2516, HB2347, HB4034, HB4700, HB3560, HB5150, HB3860, HB3146, HB3924, HB 113, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB576, HB632, HB1395, HB2225, HB2582, HB2494, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB3609, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4909, HB4665, HB4895, HB3395, HB3157, HB4762, HB4395, HB4325, HB4952, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2697, HB2820, HB1828, HB1768, HB1579, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HCR98, HCR92, HCR126

Keywords: HJR 34, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, real property, border counties, U.S.-Mexico border, United Mexican States, border security, border security infrastructure, landowner, county tax base, local government, tax relief, property value increase, infrastructure improvements, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, statutory construction

Transcript Highlights:

• She said Section 2 plaintiffs must provide heightened evidence and use or not use racial data in very
• I mentioned the contract claim, the SNAP contract claim regarding data of beneficiaries.
• Data—we talked about data privacy—and so we're still looking at, you know, what information is the state
• We are still supporting the state's ongoing enterprise data audit.
• And then working throughout, just even outside of the data audit, looking at data privacy and protection

Summary: The House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee held a virtual work session focused first on federal actions affecting elections. A representative from NCSL reviewed recent U.S. Supreme Court and pending cases, including a redistricting/Voting Rights Act case and a case on whether mailed ballots received after Election Day can be counted. She also discussed a Trump executive order directing USPS to draft mail-ballot rules, the federal SAVE system’s expanded use for voter list maintenance, DOJ requests for unredacted voter rolls, and reduced federal election-security support. Committee members asked about proof of citizenship requirements, whether DOJ requests are compulsory, and how federal election funding and grants may be changing. The Attorney General’s Office then described Washington’s litigation challenging two election-related executive orders and DOJ’s lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration lists. State lawyers said courts have already enjoined parts of the executive orders, including documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements and voting-system changes, and have upheld Washington’s ballot-receipt deadlines so far. They said DOJ’s voter-roll demands have been rejected by multiple courts and that Washington’s position is that state law limits disclosure of sensitive voter data. Members asked about the legal basis for DOJ’s requests, the risk of immigration-enforcement use, and whether attestation on registration forms counts as proof of citizenship; the office said it does under state law and that no evidence of mass voter-fraud problems in Washington has been shown. Deputy Attorney General Todd Bowers then gave a broader overview of the Attorney General’s federal litigation, saying Washington has filed 61 cases since January 2025, often with other states, and has had notable success obtaining preliminary injunctions and favorable summary judgments. He highlighted cases involving election rules, environmental and energy disputes, public health funding, student loans, housing, and data privacy, and said many challenges involve executive-branch conditions added to congressionally appropriated funds. He also described a growing number of federal audits and inquiries directed at state agencies. Finally, Office of Equity Director Megan Matthews discussed how federal actions are affecting state and local equity work, community organizations, and public confidence. She said the office is coordinating more closely with the Attorney General, governor’s office, other agencies, and local governments through the immigration subcabinet, while also working on data privacy, Keep Washington Working compliance, and community outreach. Committee members asked about the office’s human-trafficking work and how it is encouraging agency compliance; Matthews said the focus is on clearer guidance, technical support, and consistent expectations across agencies. The committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• , making sure that um you know privacy, making sure that um you know data<00:15:51.519> is<00:
• for more data. for more data.
• And just a data, super valuable data.
• Um, and I do want to just say that like he said, data privacy is our fundamental.
• want to just say that like he said, data want to just say that like he said, data privacy<01:48:

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Intelligence Task Force met with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the August 14 meeting. The first presentation was from the National Retail Federation on artificial intelligence in the retail sector. NRF described AI use cases in three areas: consumer-facing tools such as chatbots, product descriptions, and marketing; employee-facing tools such as company-specific apps trained on employee manuals; and internal uses such as supply chain forecasting, inventory planning, fraud detection, cybersecurity, and coding support. The presenters said retail has been among the top deployers of AI and emphasized that the goal is to improve both customer and employee experience. NRF also outlined its principles for responsible AI use, organized around governance and risk management, customer engagement and trust, workforce applications, and business partner accountability. The group said retailers should maintain strong internal oversight, be transparent with customers, ensure compliance with existing laws, closely review workforce-related uses because they can be high-risk, and clearly define responsibilities between retailers and third-party developers. In policy discussion, NRF urged a tiered approach focused first on high-risk uses such as hiring, health care, financial, mortgage, and rental decisions, warned against fragmented rules that could favor only the largest firms, and encouraged voluntary standards and worker upskilling incentives. In response to a question about dynamic pricing, NRF said its members do not target consumers based on pricing and offered to follow up with more information. The committee then moved to a follow-up discussion on energy policy and data centers, hearing from Bartley Cleland of NetChoice. He explained that AI runs largely in data centers and that cloud computing shifts processing and storage away from individual devices, which he argued improves efficiency and can reduce costs. He said electricity demand has been rising over time and that AI will increase compute-related electricity use, but framed electricity as a normal input to economic growth. No votes or formal actions were taken after these presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• that data.
• The data needs to be available.
• Senator, how long is this, I think you talked about data before. How long is this data kept by law?
• Senator, how long is this, I think you talked about data before. How long is this data kept by law?
• Of why we don't have that data.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the privacy concern is on birth dates. the privacy concern is on birth dates.
• new sensitive data into the voter file. new sensitive data into the voter file.
• quality while maintaining improves data quality while maintaining existing<02:46:51.600> privacy<
• Uh, could a political committee that got this list with this data then sell this list with this data
• out transparency and personal privacy. out transparency and personal privacy.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:03:45.400> of<00:03:45.519> a instruction health and privacy of a instruction health
• :56.599> instruction<00:03:57.599> health<00:03:57.799> and<00:03:58.000> privacy
• religious instruction health and privacy religious instruction health and privacy of<00:03:58.560
• Christine Truan continued: This invites conflicts, data privacy violations, and conflation of roles by
• <00:10:42.000> privacy hours invites conflicts data privacy hours invites conflicts data privacy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• STRONG UNBROKEN ENCRYPTION IS INDISPENSABLE TO USER PRIVACY.
• THIS BILL IS A HUGE PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT NOT TO MENTION A SAFETY RISK POTENTIALLY.
• IN CONCLUSION, LOSS OF PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY DUE TO LACKING AGE OR FUSION PROCESS DISRUPTION OF MINOR
• THERE IS AN INVASION OF PRIVACY BALANCE.
• AND THE RIGHT TO MINORS TO HAVE PRIVACY. YES WE HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all