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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • And I think that getting a handle on this technology and making sure that we are using our resources
  • to regulate and to put guardrails around this type of technology is significant.
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/4/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a former English teacher, technology instructional coach, Director of Instructional Technology, and
  • Technology skills can be acquired quickly later in one's education.
  • Limiting technology healthy development.
  • students to know about technology?" students to know about technology?"
  • How are kid to be exposed to technology.
Bills: HF3776, HF3557, HF3585
Summary: The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion. Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses. After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and then focused first on the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s legacy systems and two specific projects. COT officials said many agencies have made progress moving off legacy applications, with remaining mainframe systems slated to be retired through RFPs or other work orders. They also described a legacy funding pool of $10 million per biennium used to help agencies transition. The two projects discussed were the Kentucky aerial photography and elevation data program, which provides statewide aerial imagery and lidar data for GIS, E911, environmental, transportation, and other uses, and a citizen identity and access management system intended to give residents a single login for state services. Officials said the GIS program costs about $1.2 million annually to host and maintain, with data acquisition costing several million more per year, and that the citizen identity system would cost about $2.5 million per year after an initial three-year COT investment. Members asked about duplication of funding, licensing, local government use, and whether multi-factor authentication would be required; COT said the GIS data is being acquired as statewide unlicensed data and that MFA would be available but not yet mandated statewide. Committee members pressed COT on costs, overlap with cabinet-level IT spending, and the practical benefits of the GIS and identity projects. COT explained that GIS hosting is generally covered through enterprise assessments billed quarterly to agencies, while the new aerial data is intended to benefit the whole state and local partners. On the identity project, officials said it would centralize authentication for citizens who use state systems, improve compliance with zero-trust and NIST-related security expectations, and reduce help desk and maintenance burdens through self-service account tools. Members also discussed whether the system would extend to local governments; COT said it would be a Kentucky.gov-style state login for users inside the state identity infrastructure, not a local-government system. The Department of Education then testified that it does not operate mainframes or major legacy systems, having moved long ago to cloud-based, off-the-shelf products and vendor-supported services. KDE officials described a strong emphasis on staff cybersecurity awareness, standardized statewide systems, vendor risk-sharing, and reducing sensitive data exposure, including efforts to move away from student Social Security numbers. They also highlighted a transition from Microsoft Active Directory to Identity Automation, which they said will improve identity management and make multi-factor authentication universal across K-12. In response to questions about Kentucky Wired and internet service, KDE said all 171 school districts and KDE agencies have been moved to a new next-generation internet service through ENA by Zayo, with strong satisfaction, e-rate savings, and better reliability. Officials warned that any internet disruption would immediately affect attendance, grades, student records, payroll, security systems, and communications across the K-12 system.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As noted, I will now provide a brief overview of the information technology, or IT, security controls
  • As noted, I will now provide a brief overview of the information technology, or IT, security controls
  • We footnote and reference the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  • We footnote and reference the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  • We incorporate that into our operating adjustment asks, keeping up with technology.
Bills: HF1060, HF1062
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's the director of the Technology and Innovation Division at the department, and we are here to talk
  • Fundamentally, this bill begins by changing the makeup of the Technology and Innovation Advisory Board
  • If you'll recall, House Bill 20 from last year set up the Technology and Innovation Division and created
  • Fundamentally, this bill begins by changing the makeup of the Technology and Innovation Advisory Board
  • Okay, staying on the technology side.
Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 14th, 2026 at 10:07 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • What's key of this is we do support the science and technology.
  • Secondly, we Technology for the benefit of New Mexico and frankly, the nation.
  • The most consequential and disruptive technology of the 21st century. And Mr.
  • To your point, it's not always where technology is invented, but how you can support it.
  • The semiconductor was built in Bell Labs, New Jersey, and Silicon Valley commercialized it.
Bills: SB151, HB8, SB177
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 18 in inadvertently prevented some students with disabilities from accessing their assistive technologies
  • and many students with disabilities. disabilities rely on assistive technologies for their IEP or 504
  • Some of the technology and software may be deemed non-compliant under provisions of the SCOPE Act and
  • Assistive technology and software are vital for students with these disabilities.
  • In effect, the technology that they would use was deemed impermissible by the standards and so there
Bills: SB568, SCR5, SB57, SB1447, SB27, SB24
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Bills: HB2388, HB2804, HB2926
Summary: The committee began with short presentations highlighting historic sites in Prescott, including the Arizona Pioneer Home and the First Territorial Governor’s Mansion/Charlotte Hall Museum, framed as ways to showcase rural districts and Arizona history. Members discussed the importance of using committee time to feature district-specific projects and tourism assets before moving to legislation. The main action was on HB 2804, a bill creating a state rural development and housing tax credit tied to the federal low-income housing tax credit for projects in counties under 800,000 population. Supporters, including the sponsor, the mayor of Flagstaff, housing developers, and other local officials, argued the credit would help finance affordable housing for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents in rural areas where projects are otherwise not feasible. Opponents, including the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued the program is inefficient, difficult to police, and disproportionately benefits intermediaries and developers. After extended questioning and debate about whether the bill truly helps veterans and seniors, the committee passed HB 2804 on a 7-0 vote. The committee then heard HB 2388, which directs the Arizona Commerce Authority to study the economic benefits of small modular reactors and data centers and report findings to the governor and legislature. The sponsor described it as a data-gathering measure to inform future policy, while supporters said it could help assess energy and job impacts, especially for Hispanic workers. One member suggested adding information on utility-rate impacts and waste/storage issues through amendment. The bill passed on a 6-1 vote, and the committee adjourned.