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• So they are posted on our website as well. So you can find those on our website.
• So they are posted on our website as well. So you can find those on our website.
• You've made a reference that in the discussion with the lab, he had a comment about the liability of
• So how much of this, is this a question of reducing their liability or transferring their liability with
• “To ensure the architect would have future liability. There you go.”

Committee: Joint Government Finance Committee

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• These categories are how NCSL tracks AI legislation on our database and on our website.
• Missouri had a comprehensive AI liability bill.
• Which will be available on the legislative website.
• And it's on ND Commerce's website right now.
• And you can ask questions about what— And it's on ND Commerce's website right now.

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, established a quorum, and heard introductory remarks from Majority Leader Hogue and the chair about the committee’s charge. Members said the goal was to build a factual foundation on AI, hear from experts and stakeholders, and develop practical North Dakota-focused recommendations rather than simply produce a large volume of bills. Legislative Council also reviewed interim committee rules and procedures before the informational presentations began. Staff and NCSL presenters then gave overviews of AI concepts and the state and federal policy landscape. The background memo and presentations covered AI categories and terms, state laws in areas such as consumer protection, algorithmic discrimination, deepfakes, chatbots, children’s safety, health, education, and government use, as well as data center siting and economic impacts. NCSL described a growing number of AI bills introduced and enacted across the states, with comprehensive laws in places like Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois, and noted recurring issues around transparency, privacy, liability, and protections for minors. A major focus of the discussion was federal preemption and the tension between state regulation and national AI policy. NCSL said a recent White House executive order and related federal framework seek a light-touch, innovation-friendly national standard, with possible challenges to state laws and possible funding conditions tied to compliance, though no broad federal preemption has yet been enacted. Members asked about Commerce Clause concerns, industry pushback, oversight models, and whether AI policy is bipartisan; presenters said the issue cuts across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfake restrictions but more disagreement on broader regulatory approaches. No votes or formal actions were taken at the meeting, and the committee recessed briefly for technical issues during the second presentation.

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• Feel free to submit written testimony through the position portal on the committee's website.
• The position portal on the committee's website. This will become an official record of the bill.
• who is currently the primary resident of a single-family home, or the owner or member of a limited liability
• These three subregions represent 71... ...model ordinances, a website, and how-to guides.
• These three sub-regions represent 71. auto ordinances, a website, and how-to guides.

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

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• I know that it says here that a health care provider is going to be held harmless if there's liability
• At the time, the American Red Cross had the PDF donor-directed form on the website.
• When you look at the website now, it's just information; you just have to send an email.
• Yeah, it's actually a website, so you can go to our website, and I can give you that link.
• Yeah, it's actually a website, so you can go to our website, and I can give you that link.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

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• This notification can be provided through written communication, email, or posting on a school's website
• And so that would be more of a kind of a permanent instance, on a website, an email communication, or
• The only question I have is I was looking at the application on the Secretary of State's website. website
• Do y'all have, are y'all like forgiven of any liability as long?
• As long as the FDA, if the FDA says it's okay, does that mean you have no liability?

Bills: HB367 , HB497 , HB549 , HB983 , HB 1188 , HB 1290 , HB1368 , HB2243 , HB2310 , HB2849 , HB3099 , HB3546 , HB3629 , HB3627

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• we also partner up them to provide them with the yearly injury report that is published on their website
• Yeah, right, so Leitech... tax credits against federal corporate income tax liability and so this July
• You also have the inspection power. is public and posted on our website so counties can take a look and
• Wood's website is 1,184, 1,184 is our paper capacity for our jail.
• We buy all kinds of insurance. of insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, health insurance

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

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• The complaint does claim that the pension board's study of the medical benefit liability study should
• Posting stuff to the website these days, just because of the way technology has advanced, can expose
• There is a form available on the Select Committee website.
• Is it possible for you on your website? If you were for everyone.
• Is it possible for you on your website to lay out what you would recommend people sending letters?

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy

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• The complaint does claim that the pension board's study of the medical benefit liability study should
• Posting stuff to the website these days, just because of the way technology has advanced, can expose
• There is a form available on the Select Committee website.
• Is it possible for you on your website? If you were for everyone.
• Is it possible for you on your website to lay out what you would recommend people sending letters?

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy

Summary: The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. The committee then received an Attorney General update on several pension-related cases. Counsel discussed the newly filed Dawson class action, which seeks to invalidate Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034 on federal and state constitutional grounds; she said the pleadings were unclear, the committee’s involvement was uncertain, and the case would need monitoring. She also reported that the Dolan case appears concluded after the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s ruling on constructive payment of attorney fees, and that the Fowler case remains pending after an oral ruling for plaintiffs on retroactive interest and possible disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still awaited. The actuarial update said June would include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate discussion, along with commentary on the demographic experience study, and staff noted actuarial resources were limited for additional items until later in the summer or fall. The committee then discussed the interim work plan and correspondence, including letters supporting a Plan 1 COLA recommendation, retiree organization comments, and a request from Senator Robinson to study whether certain animal control technicians should be included in PERS. Members emphasized the need to keep working on an ad hoc COLA for Plan 1 retirees while also exploring a longer-term COLA mechanism, including possible budget proviso language to require COLA consideration each budget cycle. Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling: materials will no longer be posted publicly on the website, but will still be available through public records requests and distributed securely to members by email or form submission. The committee agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS animal control technician issue and an introductory discussion of Plan 3, and to bring back COLA proposals in July for further executive committee review. The agenda was approved as amended, and the meeting adjourned.

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• An archived copy will be made available on the Legislature's website and will be available for future
• Okay, but that's the whole thing I have with the liability: who's making that subjective call?
• And so the Good Samaritan law that we passed relieves them of that liability, or criminal liability,
• The Good Samaritan law that we passed relieves them of that liability, or criminal liability, for being
• I'd also note that on the liability protections, thank you, Chair Domb, for pointing out that the liability

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on several harm reduction bills, including measures to decriminalize simple possession and paraphernalia, authorize overdose prevention centers, and expand access to naloxone for first responders. Chair Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by describing harm reduction as an evidence-based public health strategy and noting Massachusetts’ recent decline in fatal overdoses. They emphasized that testimony would help shape whether and how the bills advance, and explained the hearing process, including time limits and written testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Rep. Kate Donaghue, Sen. Cindy Friedman, Rep. Marjorie Decker, Rep. Manny Cruz, public health professionals, recovery advocates, and people with lived experience, argued that harm reduction saves lives, reduces stigma, and can connect people to treatment. They supported overdose prevention centers and decriminalization as tools to keep people alive long enough to enter recovery, and several speakers described personal losses to overdose or family experiences with addiction. Some supporters also framed the bills as racial justice measures, arguing that criminal penalties for possession have disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities. Opponents, including Sen. Nick Collins and several South End residents, argued that overdose prevention centers and decriminalization would worsen public drug use, crime, and neighborhood disorder, especially around Mass and Cass. They said current approaches such as Section 35, diversion, and police leverage into treatment are more effective, and they urged more treatment beds and recovery facilities instead of harm reduction sites. Committee members questioned witnesses about research, local siting, crime data, and the relationship between harm reduction and treatment, and several members said neighborhood impacts must be considered alongside overdose prevention. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing; it continued receiving testimony and announced a later break before resuming on H. 2196 and S. 1393.

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• with the Superfund laws, liability provisions, and protections.
• Cleanup and financial liability for the contamination of groundwater.
• Speaker, gentlemen, so in this section we deal with liability.
• Just a friendly reminder to the body that the bill is on the website.
• Or PED analysis, at least on the website.

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• than 1% or about 1% are those that have been printed off of the forms that are available on FTB's website
• There is a program in place where we share information to offset those liabilities. at the benefit of
• I think it's critically important. we center them in this conversation because the liability here is
• One is, public agencies are certainly not aware of 100% of their liability.
• Are you concerned about future liabilities that are unidentified? Oh, absolutely.

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• Spoofed bank email addresses, fake websites being promoted on social media, lotteries, too good to be
• And educating customers is something that we try and do every single day. websites being promoted on
• that look exactly like your bank website or, you know, the gentleman had talked about the scam text
• Are you seeing based on that website? Is that what the scammers are using?
• Well, they don't have a policy, or they only have liability coverage.

Summary: A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses. Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively. Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.

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• DHCS's website does have, Madam Vice Chair, the information, the outcomes of violations.
• I know maybe, you know, I would always hate to tell people go to this website and just check it out,
• but it is on a website for the public to check.
• And then finally, my thought is communication via a website.
• They can check a website, they can see, you know, an update.

Committee: Senate Health

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• Do any of these laws require them to make all that information available on their website as well?
• And some of that data is tracked through the state website.
• So you could go out and say, hey, here's all... ...website.
• Also, the state insurance brokers are tracked by the state website.
• when people in the state of Idaho can currently go to the Department of Insurance, go on their website

Committee: House Business

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• Information on how to register for in-person or remote testimony is on the Legislature's website.
• The Commission provided program guidance through multiple channels, including its website, email newsletters
• There may not be a decertification there, but is there consideration given to the liability that is actually
• Agencies, departments, that indeed there is an absolute tremendous liability apart from the very human
• In regard to, does the commission communicate to officers and to agencies about the liability that may

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee subcommittee heard three State Auditor’s Office performance audits: implementation of the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act, Washington’s digital equity planning, and the Department of Commerce’s Digital Navigator Program. In the law enforcement training audit, the State Auditor found the Criminal Justice Training Commission had developed most required training content but had not developed all required topics, lacked a systematic project management approach, and had weak tools to ensure participation and compliance. Auditors said most officers had not completed the required 40 hours, patrol tactics training was a major bottleneck, and the Commission’s reporting did not clearly show statewide compliance. The Commission said it generally agreed with the recommendations and had begun implementing some changes. Committee members raised concerns about staffing, liability, incentives, and whether the law had enough enforcement “teeth.” In the digital equity audit, auditors said Washington lacked a comprehensive, unified statewide plan, a designated leader, and reliable funding for digital equity efforts. They said existing plans were fragmented, with the NTIA-approved plan the most complete but no longer fully funded after federal changes. The State Auditor recommended the legislature establish oversight authority and require a lead organization to coordinate and evaluate statewide digital equity efforts and develop a unified plan. The Department of Commerce and Office of Equity agreed with the need for clearer leadership and coordination, and a public witness described ongoing coalition and local planning work. Committee members asked about best practices from other states and whether the auditor could provide additional research on coordination models. In the Digital Navigator Program audit, the State Auditor concluded Commerce did not consistently follow core grant-management practices, including competitive award processes, vetting of grantees, clear contracts, performance monitoring, and reimbursement controls. Auditors said Commerce expanded grants without a new competition, lacked adequate documentation and reporting, and paid out millions without sufficient support; they also cited management decisions that overrode staff concerns. Commerce said it had already begun major contract-management reforms, created a new contracts and compliance structure, and was working on risk assessments, documentation standards, and staff training. Members pressed Commerce on accountability, possible recoupment of improper payments, ethics issues, and whether the agency had clear performance metrics for the program. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended after public testimony and committee discussion.

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• So you can go to that website.
• So you can go to that website.
• So you can go to that website.
• You can go to that website.
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Bills: HB60

Committee: Joint Judiciary

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• Liability protection for state employers and officials for purposes of the pilot project.
• Liability protection for state employers and officials for purposes of the pilot project.
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• If time permits, decision-m website.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2567, a Judiciary package measure concerning temporary restraining orders for threats and harassment tied to a public employee’s official actions. Representatives from the Attorney General’s Office and the Judiciary said they had worked out a compromise to address earlier concerns, including a two-year pilot project, broader coverage for state officers and employees across all branches and counties, a special fund to pay for private counsel in some cases, and authority for Judiciary staff attorneys or Judiciary funds to represent Judiciary personnel. Members asked about coverage for retired judges, funding limits, and whether the measure could be used for workplace disputes; the witnesses said retired judges and per diem judges could be covered if the harassment related to their work, the fund would be limited and subject to available appropriations, and petitions would not be allowed between employees in the same branch. The chair recommended passage with amendments, and the committee adopted the recommendation unanimously. The committee then heard SB 2448, which creates a civil remedy for the unauthorized disclosure of intimate images under the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. The bill’s proponent from the Uniform Law Commission explained that a plaintiff would need to show intentional disclosure or threat of disclosure of a private intimate image without consent, and said the privacy question would be fact-specific. Supporters, including the Commission on the Status of Women and Imua Alliance, favored giving survivors civil recourse. Opponents from the Sex Abuse Treatment Center and others warned that the term "private" could invite victim-blaming and broad discovery into a survivor’s past, while still acknowledging the need for some privacy limitation to avoid overbreadth, especially for people who intentionally distribute intimate content online. Committee members questioned whether the definition of "private" should be tightened. The bill’s proponent said the term should remain because it aligns with the related criminal statute and helps keep the measure focused on classic revenge-porn situations, while still allowing Hawaii-specific changes if needed. The committee did not take final action on SB 2448 in the portion provided, but testimony and discussion centered on balancing survivor protections with concerns about discovery and the scope of liability.

Bills: SB5223 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, medical debt, interest charges, consumer protection, healthcare, financial burden, mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

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• additionally the amendment removes the requirement that the one million reports on ADE's website.
• As Molly alluded to earlier, $525 million or so in additional unfunded liabilities that are created as
• However, the true valuation of the actuarial liability would be $64 million, which would be a reduction
• However, the true valuation of the actuarial liability would be $64 million, which would be a reduction
• I'm looking at all the pictures; it's, oh, there's two women, never mind, on the website.

Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

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• The website for the recruitment is up.
• You can go see that anytime, see how many job openings there are on the website.
• There'll be a couple of changes to the website, just moving from the GIS to the NG section of the website
• Please visit our website under the programs tab. Ok.g go/91.
• Each agency that has applied or put their information on the website.