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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we have also through our chief data officer created a series of data sharing standards, data governance
  • Um, we have also through our chief data officer created a series of data sharing standards, data governance
  • We have also through our chief data officer created a series of data sharing standards and data governance
  • We have also through our chief data officer created a series of data sharing standards and data governance
  • data sharing comes to data exchange and data sharing if<00:40:22.480> we<00:40:22.720> are
Summary: The committee opened with HB 1813 on taxation and HB 2429 on tax expenditure evaluation, taking mostly written testimony and limited oral discussion. On HB 2429, the Tax Foundation and Department of Taxation raised privacy and federal-law concerns, warning that the bill could require taxpayers to file duplicative returns and could risk disclosure of federal tax information if released publicly. Members and witnesses discussed using anonymized or summary reporting instead of individual public release, with the department saying summarized data would be preferable and that the state can ask for the information as a policy matter, but individual public release could create problems. The committee then heard HB 2423 HD1 on biodiesel, where Pacific Biodiesel said it can supply all biodiesel needed for B5 in Hawaii without imports and asked to move the implementation date earlier to November 2027 to allow rollout planning. HB 1996 HB1 on hearing aids drew broad support; a disability access representative said earlier insurance-based efforts had run into administrative problems and that this bill would immediately lower costs for consumers. HB 1851 HD1, also related to hearing aids, received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, while the Tax Foundation argued the program would be better funded directly rather than through the tax system, citing overhead costs and blank provisions that should be filled in before passage. On HB 2546, the research activities tax credit, HCDC said the credit supports long-term R&D and should be converted from a first-come, first-served system to proration so more applicants receive some benefit; the agency described the credit as helping companies move from idea to commercialization and noted the state is leaving potential jobs and federal dollars on the table. HB 2028 HD1, relating to Labor Day for construction workers, drew support from labor representatives who said it recognizes construction workers and helps offset cost-of-living pressures, while the Tax Foundation opposed it as an industry-specific subsidy and flagged technical issues with undefined terms and blank credit amounts. The committee also heard HB 2583, HB 2490, HB 2545, HB 2114, and HB 1859 HD1. HB 2490, concerning coastal erosion at Mokuhiki Bay, received strong support from a temple representative who described severe shoreline loss, years of temporary emergency work, and the need for a long-term, nature-based solution in coordination with state agencies. HB 2545, involving HCDC and SBIR commercialization, was supported as a way to turn R&D into economic development; HCDC said it had more applications than it could fund and that the bill could help create high-wage jobs. HB 2114, the Hawaii Benefits Hub, received comments from ETS and DHS emphasizing support for the concept but cautioning that operational, policy, cybersecurity, and data-sharing standards must be carefully aligned. HB 1859 HD1 on workforce development drew strong support from workforce and philanthropic groups, who said Hawaii faces a long-term gap between projected living-wage jobs and the number of young people entering the workforce, and argued the bill would create durable infrastructure for coordination and long-term planning. No formal votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 26, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • 05:43.120> has One of the other important needs for White Dot is that it has to be an easy access
  • There's easy access, and it doesn't interrupt traffic as they're pulling off and wouldn't interrupt traffic
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Jan 28th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • to the Department of Law Enforcement for statewide data sharing purposes.
  • access to investigators within the receiving agency's jurisdiction.
  • As a result, transaction data may not be readily accessible to law enforcement officials across county
  • Submission of the data to FDLE would allow the information to be integrated into LInX, expanding access
  • Equally important is access to enforcement.
Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism considered several bills. SB 1338 by Senator Burton would strengthen enforcement of written endowment agreements for charitable gifts and require legislative approval for new filing or reporting requirements on charities. The sponsor and Philanthropy Roundtable testified in support, emphasizing donor intent and protections for nonprofits; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1324, which was expected to address principal offices of LLCs, was temporarily postponed. The committee also passed CS/SB 1080 by Senator DeSigley, which directs FDOT to adopt rules allowing direct payments to first-tier subcontractors in specified circumstances. A transportation industry representative supported the measure, saying the situations are rare but need a statutory remedy. CS/SB 1582 by Senator Yarbrough, as amended, requires secondhand dealers, secondary metal recyclers, and pawnbrokers to submit transaction data to FDLE for statewide sharing through systems such as LInX; the amendment and bill were both reported favorably, with one witness from the Florida Recycler’s Association opposing the amendment. Senator McLean’s SB 1672, creating a home buyer workforce tax credit for employer contributions to help employees with first-time Florida home purchases, was reported favorably with support from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. SB 1112 by Senator Garcia, relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act, drew extensive testimony from workers, reentry advocates, and supporters who argued it would prohibit placement fees when workers are hired permanently, require annual registration of labor pools, improve accountability, and support stable employment and reentry; the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after recording votes and other closing business.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/17/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's important to note that our data practices statutes, which govern our law enforcement data, already
  • To suggest that we should create firewalls or carve out an exception to the sharing of this data with
  • He added that data practices statutes already mandate sharing in many instances and allow it in others
  • to support that a chilling survey data to support that a chilling effect<01:15:55.000> theory
  • Practices Act to of the Minnesota data Practices Act to require<01:26:31.239> all<01:26:31.639
Bills: HF1051, HF16
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Health and the State Department of Education to provide de-identified visual acuity screening data
  • Department of Transportation and Development to study installation of and considerations for safety data
  • And I came home to continue to help others access their records.
  • And I came home to continue to help others access their records.
  • Get data. Let's talk about it.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC Public Hearing 01-30-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • requires the Civil Rights Commission to compile an annual report and hold an annual public hearing on data
  • It refers to a 24-hour access to assist who have been harmed, whose immediate or extended family have
  • , and access to state funded<00:08:30.000> services,<00:08:31.199> then<00:08:31.520>
  • , and access to state funed<00:14:33.360> services.
  • analyst, and one investigators, one data analyst, and one program<00:36:41.599> manager.
Bills: SB2055, SB2152
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard SB 2055, which would create a Civil Rights Commission helpline for reports of harms from federal deployments in Hawaii and require annual reporting and a public hearing. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported the concept but said the bill should be broadened to cover civil rights and human rights violations more generally, and recommended using existing 211/Aloha United Way infrastructure. Testimony was largely in support, with a few opponents. Members focused on whether the proposed line was really a 24-hour legal hotline or a reporting/referral mechanism, what jurisdiction the commission would have over federal employees, and the estimated costs. The committee chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including adopting HCRC recommendations and adding appropriations for Aloha United Way, database/website development, and staffing. The committee then heard SB 2152, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age for state judges and justices from 70 to 75. Judge Robert D.S. Kim, the Office of the Public Defender, Earthjustice, Community Alliance on Prisons, the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, United Public Workers, the League of Women Voters, ILWU Local 142, CARES, and others testified in support, arguing that experienced judges improve stability, reduce vacancies, and preserve institutional knowledge. Opponents or skeptical comments were limited, but one member questioned whether the measure was just a temporary fix rather than a broader solution to judicial succession and mentoring. Members also asked about existing retention and fitness safeguards, including Judicial Selection Commission retention hearings and the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s ability to investigate complaints about a judge’s physical or mental ability to serve. The discussion noted that the measure would still leave those processes in place. No final vote on SB 2152 was taken in the portion provided, but the committee appeared to be moving toward decision-making after questions concluded.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 27th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh a a document that we got from a data uh a a document that we got from a data request<00:10:43.279
  • , identities and their data, identities and their data, unfortunately,<00:51:41.119> it<00
  • Some data practices stuff, the stuff with the D1, uh, that'll should be looked at in judiciary.
  • <01:15:05.840> Some<01:15:06.000> data um be looked at in judiciary.
  • Some data um be looked at in judiciary.
Bills: SF856, HF3168, HF3528, HF389
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • That way, it's new data. It's fresh data all the time. We're not holding on to old data that.
  • keep our data and that we keep their data.
  • This is about just keeping up our data and... about just keeping up our data and ensuring our data security
  • We don't quite understand why the data, according to federal law, should be accessible to the states
  • Do you have the data?
Bills: HB479, HB480
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • The data is clear and unequivocal.
  • Including increasing access while controlling costs.
  • information about large-scale data center developments in Delaware.
  • It was a 248-megawatt data center with a much larger accessory-use power plant.
  • LLC, and they were 248 megawatt data center with a much larger accessory use power plant.
Bills: SB268, SB306, SB264, SB312
Summary: The House Administration Committee met to consider a series of resolutions and bills covering arts districts, child care background checks, federal worker relief, health care reform, court transparency, school tax reassessment, municipal charter changes, constitutional amendment procedures, data center nondisclosure agreements, state employee benefits governance, and lieutenant governor vacancies. Members also noted that House Concurrent Resolution 12 had been removed from the agenda and that public comment would be limited to one minute per speaker. The committee released SCR 167 to study arts, culture, and creative districts in Delaware; HB 438 to close a loophole in the child care service letter requirement; SB 268 to provide interest-free loans, free transit, and tax deferrals for federal workers during shutdowns; SS2 for SB 1 to expand and permanently strengthen primary care investment while also addressing hospital cost growth; HCR 147 to request a Court of Chancery report on audio recordings and automated case assignment; SB 322 to replace the current post-reassessment 10% school revenue increase authority with a 2% annual increase option under safeguards; SB 306 to amend the Rehoboth Beach charter; HB 440 to require voter approval for constitutional amendments after legislative approval; SB 312 to bar nondisclosure agreements for large data center projects; SS1 for SB 289 to change State Employee Benefits Committee governance; and SB 264 to require a special election to fill a lieutenant governor vacancy. Testimony was mixed on several measures. Arts, child care, federal worker relief, primary care, court transparency, data center transparency, and the lieutenant governor vacancy bill drew mostly supportive testimony, while SB 322 and SB 306 drew both support and opposition, especially over tax impacts and the proposed spouse/partner restriction in Rehoboth Beach. HB 440 prompted debate over whether 55% voter approval was the right threshold for constitutional amendments, and SB 312 was supported as a transparency measure by residents affected by prior data center NDAs. All of the listed measures were released from committee by roll call vote, with some members voting no on HB 440, SB 306, SB 312, SS1 for SB 289, and SB 264.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh this bill is uh data privacy.
  • private data. private data.
  • Zimmer has access to data, as he's taken quite a look at that.
  • Zimmer has<01:26:57.280> access<01:26:57.679> to<01:26:58.320> data<01:26:59.199
  • data um as he's taken has access to data um as he's taken quite<01:27:00.480> a<01:27:00.800>
Bills: HF1567, HF2809, HF3380
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know about the accessibility of additional reports, so.
  • to the chase they're always gonna have this debate particularly with charters that they don't get access
  • This is going to make the access for her healthcare easier for her. She will entertain emotion.
  • I'm open to any and all good ideals that can help create access points across Oklahoma in general, not
  • or the many other rural communities across this great state that currently do not have healthcare access
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since a necessary change, victims are currently struggling to access vital services including shelter
  • This bill is meant to improve transparency and make government meetings more accessible to the public
  • It simply ensures that Texas policymakers are informed with the proper data. and recommendations with
  • So HB 2578 gives us the data we need to help Texas make informed decisions. I move passage. Mr.
  • HB number 538 by Bernal relating to student access to certain academic records authorizing a fee.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting