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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency May 14th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
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- they've implemented basic safeguards. 250 employees have been sued for exemplary damages following data
- SB 2610 provides a legal safe harbor from exemplary damages in data breach lawsuits for businesses that
- businesses, SMBs, on implementing reasonable cybersecurity controls, safeguarding sensitive personal data
- Several states have already enacted similar laws, such as Ohio's 2018 Data Protection Act and Utah's
Keywords:
election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, cybersecurity, data breach, breach of system security, exemplary damages, punitive damages, liability shield, safe harbor, small business, mid-sized business, Texas Business & Commerce Code, sensitive personal information, personal identifying information, identity theft, fraud prevention, NIST
TX
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grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/18/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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- This is about data. This is a question about this data bill.
- In fact, we meet every two months, and we go through data—police data, our data, judicial data—and we
- In fact, we meet every two months, and we go through data—police data, our data, judicial data—and we
- data police data our and we go through data police data our data<01:12:39.239>
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about data judicial data and we think about data judicial data and we think about the
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HF7
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public safety, criminal justice, sentencing guidelines, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, public sentencing database, felony dismissals, prosecutor reporting, bail notice, bond posting, law enforcement data, arrest data, public records, sex trafficking, human trafficking, mandatory minimum sentence, peace officer assault, police assault, fleeing police, vehicular flight, stolen motor vehicle
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House energy panel OK's bill to lift MN's moratorium on new nuclear power plants 1/21/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- NERC's 2024 long-term reliability assessment highlights the urgent need for firm, reliable power sources
- NERC's 2024 long-term reliability assessment highlights the urgent need for firm, reliable power sources
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- to Minnesota's power system reliability to Minnesota's power system reliability and<00:37:53.839
- This far north, that's reliable.
Summary:
House File 9 was heard as a proposal to alter Minnesota energy policy by creating exemptions and “off-ramps” from the state’s 2023 clean energy requirements. The bill would expand hydroelectric power’s eligibility, end the moratorium on new nuclear plants, delay certain carbon-free energy compliance requirements for utilities that do not meet a retail rate benchmark, restrict demolition of fossil fuel plants under that same benchmark, support carbon capture and sequestration, and expand the sales tax exemption for residential natural gas and electricity used as primary heat year-round. The author moved the A1 amendment, which clarified that the carbon capture policy language does not create a state funding obligation; the committee took up the amendment with no discussion and proceeded to a vote, though the result was not stated in the transcript. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Taxes.
The author and supporters argued the bill is needed to improve reliability and affordability, especially during extreme cold, and said current mandates are forcing coal retirements faster than replacement generation can be built. They cited MISO and NERC reliability concerns, Xcel’s proposed rate increases, and the need for an “all-of-the-above” energy approach that includes nuclear and hydro. Supporters also said the bill would help keep energy costs down for families and businesses and would allow Minnesota to use existing generation assets longer if rate targets are not met.
Testimony from the Minnesota Rural Electric Association and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce supported the bill’s emphasis on reliability, affordability, nuclear power, hydroelectric power, and carbon capture. The Chamber said Minnesota’s electricity costs have become less competitive for businesses and argued that stable, affordable power is essential for economic growth and future technologies such as AI. The Minnesota Utility Investors also supported allowing new nuclear and all hydro power to be considered. In contrast, the Prairie Island Indian Community opposed lifting the nuclear moratorium without a viable long-term waste solution, describing its long history living near the Prairie Island nuclear plant and spent fuel storage and urging continued consultation on the issue. Xcel Energy said it supports low rates and sees nuclear as one option, but emphasized that any support for lifting the moratorium depends on full participation by the Prairie Island Indian Community and that decisions about retiring fossil plants should remain within the existing Public Utilities Commission resource planning process.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25 - Part 1
Energy Finance and Policy
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- The NERC 2024 long-term reliability assessment highlights the urgent need for firm, reliable power sources
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and centered upon cleaner more reliable and centered upon cleaner more reliable- I can just report some of the data that they found.
TX
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- And a lot of that was due to our good friends in the data center business, but also just all the growth
- And a lot of that was due to our good friends in the data center business, but also just all the growth
- review process when PUCT reliability review process when an existing generator was seeking approval
- Now, of course, the PUC has some ability to say, well, it will be reliable.
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So, nobody just—let's say a data center.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met to consider and vote on a committee substitute for Senate Bill 6, which Senator King said was intended to address rapidly growing electricity demand from large loads such as data centers while protecting reliability and keeping costs from shifting to homeowners and small businesses. He described the bill as a response to updated ERCOT and PUC forecasts showing much higher generation needs than previously expected.
Senator King outlined several substantive changes in the substitute: replacing a minimum transmission charge with an upfront interconnection charge for new large loads; requiring the PUC to conduct a more detailed 4CP evaluation and adopt rules based on it; expanding load-forecasting data collection to smaller loads and standardizing criteria for interconnections; removing an exemption from ERCOT/PUC reliability review for certain net metering arrangements; making some PUC conditions temporary and limiting intervenors in those proceedings; and requiring utilities to work with large load customers on protocols and equipment for firm load shed participation. He also noted technical changes meant to close loopholes, including changing references from “duplicate” to “substantially similar” projects and from “affiliated” to “unaffiliated.”
Senator Menendez asked for clarification on several provisions, including whether stranded infrastructure costs applied to generation or only transmission, how “single site” would be defined, how ERCOT-directed curtailment and notice would work, and what “load ramp milestones” meant. King responded that the bill was meant to cover both distribution and transmission-level loads, that the PUC would define certain terms through rulemaking, that large customers would work with utilities in advance on flexible load and backup generation arrangements, and that ramp milestones would help utilities plan for phased growth in demand. After questions concluded, Senator King moved adoption of the committee substitute and passage of SB 6 as substituted. The motion passed on a 7-0 vote, and the bill was reported favorably to the full Senate.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- As a utility, we believe If we can safely, reliably, and affordably serve a data center, or any large
- We are the national association for the data center industry, including leading data center owner-operators
- The data center industry is committed to being a collaborative stakeholder for sustainable data center
- In particular, varies very much by data center company. Data center companies are not monolithic.
- Data centers will actually come.
Keywords:
water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability
NM
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- This bill will prohibit the sharing of the data with a third party if the data is going to be used to
- Our public safety, our law enforcement can use this data, but to be able to sell this data and also to
- When you say private entity, do you mean the party collecting the data or the party whose data is being
- This data can be shared.
- , but there may be other vendors or brokers that do sell this data. this data, but there may be other
Keywords:
cannabis, cannabis packaging, cannabis labeling, cannabis regulation, Cannabis Control Division, adulterated cannabis, artificial color additive, food dye, youth appeal, minor appeal, child-resistant packaging, black-and-white packaging, edibles, product labeling, consumer protection, marijuana, hemp, dispensary, licensed cannabis business, cannabis manufacturer
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
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- And while data centers themselves are users of electricity, I am a user of that data center.
- SB 887 would ensure the data centers comply with CEQA and meet specified, and those that... ...that data
- Data centers aren't just about AI.
- But data centers come in different sizes. The history of the data centers is interesting, right?
- And so, as we've seen data center clusters, data centers have traditionally attracted more data centers
TX
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- Not just personal knowledge alone, but reliable data sources from government agencies or other sources
- Am I a reliable source to find?
- Along with a reliable third-party data source, I think that would be enough to support a challenge.
- The standard for voter registration challenge—third-party data from a reliable source or other data from
- That to also be done based on a reliable source of data.
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HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements
MN
MN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/7/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/4/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House public safety committee unveils $14 million supplemental budget bill 4/14/26
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 085 Part 2 Apr 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 085 Part 1 Apr 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 084 Apr 8th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 057 Mar 12th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
KY