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• There isn't a solution.
• And that's based on this health technology assessment.
• You need to complete an analysis, develop a plan, and select technology.
• And so, you need to select that technology.
• There's no one easy solution.

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• One other thing I want to share is that technology moves really fast.
• And I think if we have the most innovative people that know how to wield that technology and they're
• You know, I use it for the technology aspect of it.
• I think it's a technology, and we have to recognize that, and we have to train in using it to the best
• So, you know, there's always the technology that's going to be ahead, and we just have to stick with

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Arts held an informational hearing on California’s first sector-specific creative economy strategic plan, “California’s Future: Creative Strategies for Cultural Resilience, Economic Growth, and Global Leadership.” Chair Allen opened by framing the creative economy as a major state asset and urged support for arts funding in the May Revision, including California Humanities, museums, public media, cultural districts, LA28 arts programming, and AB 2319, which would create a $100 million post-production incentive. He also emphasized the need for next-step funding to implement the strategic plan and noted concerns about federal headwinds and declining creative-sector jobs. California Arts Council Director Danielle Brazel, Institute for the Future’s Rachel Hatch, CDE’s Allison Frenzel, and Workforce Development Board representative Michael Weoff described how the plan was developed through AB 127 and related legislation, a 30-plus-member work group, and an interagency process. They outlined the plan’s phased approach and six priority areas, including preparing the workforce, stabilizing businesses, increasing revenue through cultural tourism, leveraging state incentives, defining and tracking ROI, and building state capacity. Testimony highlighted workforce pipelines, apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, digital badging, and cross-agency coordination, with speakers stressing that the sector is shaped by AI, climate change, affordability, capital access, and social cohesion. A second panel of artists and advocates described on-the-ground implementation and the need for better data and support. Ricarlo Handy discussed the Handy Foundation’s apprenticeship pipeline into film and TV jobs and the difficulty of capturing freelance and 1099 creative work in state data. Joanna Reynolds described Arts for LA’s Creative Jobs Collective, which aims to create 10,000 living-wage creative jobs in Los Angeles County by 2030. Alejandro Gutierrez Chavez urged the state to embed artists in health, aging, behavioral health, and climate resilience systems, and Roxanne Messina Kaptur spoke about the need to treat arts careers as viable professions and expand residency and school-based artist programs. Senator Rubio, who joined the hearing later, shared her own background in teaching and the arts, supported arts education and small theaters, and raised concerns about AI, asking how schools and educators can adapt. In the final panel, Rebecca Ratzkin reported on 26 town halls across eight regions, where more than 1,100 people attended and generally affirmed the plan while asking for better access to information, new financial models, clearer definitions and data, and stronger networks. Julie Baker of California for the Arts and California Arts Advocates argued the plan is an urgent blueprint for a sector that generates $288 billion and more than 820,000 jobs, but remains below pre-pandemic employment levels and is losing market share. She and others called for funding, statewide definitions, better data collection, and cross-agency implementation, while committee members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that the plan will require political will and resources to move from strategy to action.

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• the approved project plan that are needed to further implement and support the new information technology
• solution, HCD Connect, for monitoring and management of loan and grant programs and housing element
• HCD Connect has implemented an enhanced replacement solution for housing elements and annual progress
• reports in November 2024, implemented a new solution for the Home Key Plus program in January 2025,
• Only migration of existing data to a new system is a viable solution.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration heard a series of budget change proposals and trailer bill items, beginning with Housing and Community Development (HCD) requests. HCD sought permanent authority for seven existing temporary positions to support the HCD Connect IT system, and a separate proposal to fund implementation of eight 2025 housing-related laws with $4.2 million General Fund and 16 positions, plus $470,000 one-time General Fund. Members asked about how HCD Connect would interact with programs moving to the new Housing Development Finance Committee, and HCD also explained that the estimated cost to implement AB 1053 had been revised downward from about $6 million to $1.9 million because of shared implementation with CalHFA and the new committee structure. The committee also heard a Cal ICH proposal for $339,000 one-time General Fund to implement AB 678 on LGBTQ+ inclusive and culturally competent homelessness services, with testimony emphasizing data gaps and the need for a contract-based approach because HMIS cannot be changed unilaterally. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation presented three continuation proposals: $15.34 million and 53 positions for the California Consumer Financial Protection Law program, $13.5 million and 51 positions for the Debt Collector Licensing Act program, and $49,000 ongoing for two positions in the broker-dealer/investment adviser education program. Members and the public raised concerns about the size and fairness of debt collector assessments and licensing fees, while DFPI explained the pro rata fee structure, the current license count, and how larger assessments fall on larger firms. Public testimony also supported retaining funding for the Student Loan Empowerment Network and requested funding for a franchise broker registration program. The committee also considered a mandate item involving suspension of a disclosure requirement related to property taxation, and trailer bill language from the Government Operations Agency to amend AB 91 on MENA demographic data collection, with the administration emphasizing data nondisclosure, protection of federal funding, and delayed implementation. The Secretary of State’s office then presented Help America Vote Act funding requests: $10.3 million for VoteCal maintenance and operations and $4.492 million for HAVA spending plans supporting voter education, training, accessibility, auditing, and county assistance. The office also requested $660,000 General Fund to implement AB 1392, which would make voter registration information for elected officials and candidates confidential, and explained the need to modify VoteCal and county election systems. The committee also heard requests to continue the Cal-Access Replacement System with $11.8 million General Fund and to continue the Notary Automation Program Replacement Project with $9.75 million from the Business Fees Fund. Members asked about total project costs, testing, data migration, and the expected November 2026 go-live date for Cal-Access replacement. Votes were taken on the vote-only items once quorum was established, and the committee approved the items considered. The final informational item was an overview from the California Arts Council, which highlighted the agency’s 50th anniversary, its statewide grantmaking, and the economic impact of arts funding. Council staff described Creative Corps, cultural districts, and the role of arts funding in local economies, while members and public witnesses urged increased support, including a request to raise local assistance grant funding to $50 million and to provide additional funding for cultural districts. Testimony emphasized the arts as economic infrastructure, community infrastructure, and a source of civic and cultural vitality across California.

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• We cannot come up with solutions.
• technology.
• Well, I don't know a lot about technology, but I know that technology can sure help in this way.
• We didn't have today's technology.
• Does the technology exist?

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness and flooding hearing opened with quorum calls, prayer, testimony time limits, and remarks from legislative leaders emphasizing decorum, respect, and the goal of learning from the July 4 flood to prevent future loss of life. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows said the special session and hearings were intended to hear directly from local officials and residents, and that the state would pursue immediate and longer-term legislation and continue working beyond the current session. The committee then heard invited testimony from Kerr County, Kerrville, Kendall County, Real County, and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, followed by member questions. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, and emergency management coordinator William B. Thomas described the flood as a sudden, unprecedented event that overwhelmed local systems before many officials or residents understood the danger. They said the county received multiple National Weather Service and IPAWS alerts, but the rain fell in remote upstream areas with limited gauges, and the flood rose too quickly for normal response. They detailed the emergency response, including dispatchers handling heavy call volumes, deputies and volunteer firefighters conducting rescues, and state and federal partners assisting. County officials said 108 people died, including 37 children, and two remained missing. They called for better real-time flood detection, stronger rural emergency management resources, improved broadband and cell coverage, and more funding for swift-water rescue and warning systems. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring and City Manager Dalton Rice said the city had floodplain rules, emergency plans, and prior preparedness efforts, but the event exposed gaps in communications and regional warning capacity. They urged the Legislature to fund a flood warning system, whether sirens, automated alerts, or a hybrid, and asked for support for predictive weather modeling, broadband expansion, a hazard mitigation fund, and disaster recovery resources. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority said it had long funded gauges and pursued flood-warning and mitigation projects, including a new software-based flood prediction system and possible retention dams, and planned to dedicate reserve funds to feasibility studies and infrastructure improvements. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said his county’s emergency action plan and early alerts helped prevent deaths there, and he recommended easier access to alerting tools, a river-wide warning system, simpler grant applications, and regional coordination. Real County Judge Bella Rubio said rural counties face major challenges because of limited cell service, broadband, staffing, and funding, especially for camps and visitors along the Frio and Nueces rivers, and argued that reliable alert systems should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury. Members asked about the timeline of the flood, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and funding, and several witnesses said the key lessons were better communications, better warning systems, and more investment in rural flood mitigation and emergency response.

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• for your part of the country, your region, or your utility because there's no one-size-fits-all solution
• It is a great solution to mitigate wildfires, and it made sense for this large utility to do this in
• Using new technologies, making sure that there's no vegetation close to any of their distribution lines
• This helps in seeing trade-offs between different solutions.
• There's also talk of putting in microgrids and other solutions. specific spots.

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• 22:02.559> and Disability services technology and disability services technology and advocacy
• reassessments,<00:54:03.839> and technology to conduct reassessments, and technology to conduct
• We have worked towards these solutions We have worked towards these solutions for<00:54:19.359><
• to<01:21:51.360> children embrace of solutions to children embrace of solutions to children

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• However, solutions based in emotion do not result in thoughtful long-term solutions.
• This is the only way we'll reach a meaningful and lasting solution.
• Telematics technology is not new.
• As genetic technology advances, so too must our safeguards.
• As genetic technology advances, so too must our safeguard.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• That's not the solution.
• technology.
• the technology timeline in terms of innovation?
• About the ability of this technology to clear folks as well.
• Now that's just such old technology. Anyway, we got it all figured out.

Bills: SB614, SB872, SB1199, SB1212, SB1278, SB1573, SB1588, SB1602, SB1660, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2146, SB2177, SB2373, SB2460, SB2785

Keywords: forensic science, capital writs, criminal justice, case review, Texas Forensic Science Commission, SB 872, burglary of a vehicle, vehicle burglary, theft of a firearm, stolen gun, firearm theft, Penal Code Section 30.04, third-degree felony, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalty enhancement, gun theft, vehicle break-in, property crime, sentencing enhancement, Texas criminal law

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• I'm here today in technology firm.
• <00:21:42.240> in we believe this bill is a solution in we believe this bill is a solution
• <00:29:38.480> If together more and work on a solution.
• If together more and work on a solution.
• and hopefully a solution. and hopefully a solution.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We already know this is an effective solution. Twenty-seven other states already do this.
• Technologies have changed.
• Technologies have changed.
• The Act is the solution. Let's do what's right. Let's pass Senate Bill 911.
• The solution is safe and sensible.

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• Give them willingness to work together and to find a solution to the issues, a solution that will advance
• And Floridians should be able to trust that technology is serving them, not deceiving them.
• And Floridians should be able to trust that technology is serving them, not deceiving them.
• So our institutions that rely on technology can be able to adopt that technology in such a way that it's
• So our institutions that rely on technology can be able to adopt that technology in such a way that it's

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• to the issues, a solution that will advance the state of Florida.
• And Floridians should be able to trust that technology is serving them, not deceiving them.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• So our institutions that rely on technology can be able to adopt that technology in such a way that it's

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then administered the oath of office to newly elected Senator Brian Nathan of District 14, with his family present. The chamber also read the Governor’s amended special session proclamation, which expanded the call to include legislation on artificial intelligence protections, an AI Bill of Rights, related public-records exemptions, and medical freedom, in addition to congressional redistricting and related litigation funding. The Senate took up SB 2D, the Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights, and SB 4D, the accompanying public records bill. Supporters said the AI measure was intended to protect children and consumers from deceptive or harmful AI practices, preserve privacy, and prevent unauthorized commercial use of personal images. Opponents argued the bill was too permissive, especially regarding parental opt-out provisions, and did not provide meaningful protections or remedies. After debate, SB 2D passed 37-1. The Senate then considered SB 4D, which creates public-records exemptions tied to investigations under the AI bill. Questions focused on who would be exempted, and the sponsor explained the exemption would apply to investigative files handled by the Department of Legal Affairs involving minors, parents, and name-image-likeness issues. SB 4D passed 33-4. The Rules Chair announced committee and scheduling updates, including postponing the medical freedom bill, and the Senate adjourned until the next day.

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• Give them willingness to work together and to find a solution to the issues, a solution that will advance
• Floridians should be able to trust that technology is serving them, not deceiving them.
• Able to trust that technology is serving them, not deceiving them. That is the bill, Mr. President.
• We are so permissive with the way technology will aggressively attack our children in school.
• So our institutions that rely on technology can be able to adopt that technology in such a way that it's

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then administered the oath of office to newly elected Senator Brian Nathan of District 14, with his family present. The chamber also read the governor’s amended special session proclamation, which expanded the call to include legislation on congressional redistricting and related litigation, artificial intelligence protections including an AI Bill of Rights and related public records exemptions, and medical freedom. The secretary then read the bills filed within the call: SB 2D (Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights), SB 4D (public records), SB 60 (medical freedom), and SB 8D (congressional districts).

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• Amazing, creative things with new technology.
• Very few solutions are simple and straightforward.
• That technology takes money. And that technology... Technology is paid for by whom?
• The technology, how to use it, who pays for it.
• Also, we need to catch up to 21st-century technologies.

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• These soft power tactics technologies.
• Through this innovative solution, Eco Clean Solutions and their beach-cleaning BBOT have cleaned more
• In solutions to this growing concern.
• > Solutions<02:24:07.920> and<02:24:08.240> their solution, Eco Clean Solutions and
• their solution, Eco Clean Solutions and their beach<02:24:08.800> cleaning<02:24:09.120> BBOT

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Two technology, engineering, and math.
• <03:32:38.000> committee, science space and technology committee, science space and technology
• <03:41:47.439> This energy technology development. This energy technology development.
• state-of-the-art facilities, technology state-of-the-art facilities, technology that<04:39:42.638
• is the only fiscal responsible solution is the only fiscal responsible solution to<04:45:56.638>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We cannot come up with solutions.
• The software solution will integrate existing sensors.
• Technology, but I know that technology can sure help in this way as a small business owner the difference
• But we would also recommend that you consider adding additional technology. technology.
• Terry events that have utilized this technology.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• The solution is the 800-pound gorilla in our system, and that's the University of Oregon.
• The solution is the 800-pound gorilla in our system, and that's the University of Oregon.
• Keep throwing money at the problem and hope that there's a solution.
• You have to come up with the solutions. So you're going to have to fix Western.
• to bring them back. ...and how we can write an Oregon solution to bring them back.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The Emergency Board met on June 17, 2026, and approved a series of subcommittee recommendations, mostly on consent, related to federal grant applications, agency funding adjustments, and position authority. Early actions included approval of four federal grant applications from natural resources agencies, three public safety grant applications, a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, retroactive approval for an AmeriCorps volunteer-generation grant, and a $7.5 million allocation to Southern Oregon University from a special appropriation for short-term financial stability. Members supporting the SOU item emphasized the university’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and the need for a long-term higher education plan; several members voted no or raised concerns about sustainability, but the motion passed. The board also approved a federal apprenticeship expansion grant for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a school nutrition equipment grant for the Department of Education, and an Oregon Health Authority request tied to Medicaid community engagement requirements under H.R. 1. Public safety items included funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a report on the stalled juvenile justice information system modernization project with a follow-up viability report due in 2026, and a statewide evacuation planning tool for emergency management. The evacuation tool drew strong support as a wildfire preparedness measure, with members noting it could significantly reduce alert times and save lives. A major point of debate was the Department of Justice request to add 16 permanent positions and increase other funds limitation for antitrust enforcement. Supporters argued the federal government has pulled back and Oregon needs capacity to pursue active cases and protect consumers; opponents objected to the process, the size of the expansion, and the incentive structure tied to settlements and awards. Despite those concerns, the motion passed. The board also approved Water Resources Department requests for the Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement program, an assistant water master position in Washington County, and federal funding for Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater data collection. The water master item prompted questions about county cost shifts, but staff said the position would remain externally funded and would not be filled without those resources.

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• The technology is better, but it still relates back.
• in injuries um or death and the solution in injuries um or death and the solution that<01:09:00.279
• technology.
• technology.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Technology expansion and adoption.
• You know, a lot of what drives the form is old technology.
• mission of the agency that is intermediated by the technology. technology.
• makes possible or what limits exist with technology.
• Technology undergirds nearly all government initiatives.