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FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • I would ask that everyone silence their electronic devices if they haven't already done so.
  • And then basically if a CPI is assigned to a case, and that case has come in through the online portal
Summary: The Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee held a panel discussion on Florida’s child protection teams (CPTs), child advocacy centers (CACs), and related state systems. Testimony came from the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, a local CAC director, the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, a CPT medical lead, and a Jacksonville sheriff’s sergeant. Witnesses described how DCF investigations, CPT medical and forensic services, CAC multidisciplinary coordination, and law enforcement work together to assess abuse allegations, provide interviews and exams, and connect children and families to services. Several speakers highlighted telemedicine, co-location, and Jacksonville’s specialized investigative model as examples of stronger coordination. Committee members focused heavily on communication gaps, staffing shortages, and delays in forensic interviews and medical evaluations. Senators asked about implementation of Jordan’s Law, the timing of DCF and law enforcement notifications, whether law enforcement is always included in decisions about forensic interviews, and how quickly children are seen after a report. DCF and DOH representatives said referrals are generally made within 24 hours and that multidisciplinary staffings are used to share information, but law enforcement described cases where interviews were scheduled weeks out or reports arrived late, creating problems for probable cause and safety decisions. Members also raised concerns about turnover among CPIs and CPT staff, caseloads, and the need for more specialty providers. CAC representatives said the model reduces trauma by bringing services together in one place, but noted uneven access across the state, especially in rural areas and in counties without CACs. They said sustainable funding and workforce development are needed to maintain and expand services, and one speaker noted that some CACs have closed due to funding challenges. DCF said there are about 1,500 CPIs statewide and an average active caseload of about 12 per investigator, while CPTs serve roughly 22,000 to 23,000 children annually. The committee did not take any formal vote or action, but members requested follow-up information on staffing numbers, communication practices, CAC locations, and recommendations for statutory or budget changes. The meeting ended with adjournment.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 21st, 2025

Banking and Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • there are any, a couple of logistical items: we accept written testimony through the position letter portal
  • Good afternoon, Brian Yates with the Electronic Transactions Association, respectfully opposed.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Mar 31st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Silence all electronic devices.
  • I did the beta testing for the online portal.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • deconfliction, each task force, when those cyber tips come in, the only deconfliction that is set up is the portal
  • Evidence on electronic devices could never be.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 26th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Homeowners may not check email or online portals frequently, leading to confusion.
  • So if you're, you can opt in under your insurance policy now to get everything electronically.
  • Received electronically seems to make sense.
  • I submitted some electronic testimony about some personal experiences we had with these what we would
  • We are, I think we have the electronics, so we greatly appreciate you being here today. Thank you.
Committee: House Insurance
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 313 by Senator Jackson-Andrews concerns the Code of Criminal Procedure, electronic filings
  • Senate Bill 313 by Senator Jackson-Andrews concerns the Code of Criminal Procedure, electronic filings
  • compile and publish an annual report regarding anonymized outcomes for juveniles who are subject to electronic
  • compile and publish an annual report regarding anonymized outcomes for juveniles who are subject to electronic
  • A lot of our birth certificates are available electronically.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by guest minister Reginald Tate, and adopted the journal and several leave requests. The chamber received Senate messages, including concurrence in HCR 44 and Senate adoption of SCRs 19 and 26, and referred a number of Senate resolutions and bills to committee. It also reported and adopted several House resolutions honoring individuals, schools, and organizations, including H.R. 112, 113, 114, and 52, and referred HCR 51 to Appropriations for a study of assessor and clerk compensation. The House then processed many bills on second and third reading, with numerous measures reported favorably or amended and advanced without objection. Topics included criminal justice and public safety (including hit-and-run as a crime of violence, video voyeurism, intentional exposure to HIV, bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and post-conviction custody rules), health and insurance matters (AI disclosure in health care, hearing aid coverage, anti-cancer medication parity, pharmacy benefit managers, Medicaid/SNAP integrity, and rare cancer treatments), education and governance (special education due process, school funding, campaign finance, public records, and legislative website transparency), and natural resources and transportation items. Several bills were substituted or renumbered, and many were engrossed and passed to third reading. Two floor debates drew extended discussion. HCR 15, urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act and require voter identification in federal elections, passed 65-32 after questions about voter roll purges and documentation requirements. HCR 14, supporting federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, prompted extensive debate over federal education funding, Title I, special education, student loans, land-grant institutions, desegregation oversight, and whether federal functions could be shifted to other agencies; it was adopted 59-28 with 23 coauthors. Later, HB 108, barring persons convicted of violent crimes or sex offenses from jury service, passed 68-32 after debate over jury pool size, second chances, and whether the bill would apply to civil and criminal trials. The House also passed HB 98 on penalties for unlawful release of victim information, HB 131 on custody pending appeal, HB 161 on bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and HB 288 requiring “miscarriage” to appear alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical records and billing.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 313 by Senator Jackson-Andrews: Code of Criminal Procedure; electronic filings in criminal
  • compile and publish an annual report regarding anonymized outcomes for juveniles who are subject to electronic
  • A lot of our birth certificates are available electronically.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 6th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can go on the civic clerk portal to see the justice center contracts.
  • You can go to the civic clerk portal to see the justice center contracts.
  • So, no electron left behind—that's what we want. All right. Thank you. Thank you for that.
  • But we also need to make available to Texans every single electron that we can.
  • Maybe it's a really hot or really cold day and there's not enough electrons to support the entirety of
Committee: House State Affairs
Keywords: 1184, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Require financial reports to be submitted through the commission's grant portal and make updates and
  • Thank you. through the commission's grant portal through the commission's grant portal and<00:02:43.680
  • 8022010 is being amended to require the use of a claim form or submission of claims through the online portal
  • Add the online portal as one of the methods to file a claim.
  • amended to outline the direct-to-consumer shipping form accessible on the agency's online licensing portal
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection. Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved. The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, just a couple of items I got off the budget portal.
  • I think what you're looking at on your portal—you were looking at it on the portal, and I think what
  • Looking at the GA portal, and you're looking at last year's budget work program from the agency, not
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • TDHCA will then publish the compiled data sets to the Texas Open Data Portal established by the Texas
  • Open Data Portal. in the past.
  • So that's why using the Open Data Portal will bring it down. And it should be fairly modest.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are under sentence on electronic home monitoring, finishing out the last 15 months, 18 months, however
  • He was placed on electronic home monitoring, where he was sent home with his family.
  • You can submit it on the portal, but you could also send it to me or any of the committee members, and
Bills: SB6062
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 22nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • local cash payment ordinances that prevent us from having different costs for the cash versus the electronic
  • Rounding applies only to cash transactions, as was mentioned, while electronic payments continue to reflect
  • We do have a portal. You can enter written testimony.
Summary: The committee held public hearings on several bills. HB 2140 would exempt land sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax when removed from open space classification in certain circumstances. Staff explained the current use property tax system and said the bill would likely have minimal but indeterminate revenue effects, with about $30,000 in one-time Department of Revenue costs. Representative Lowe said the bill was intended to fix a niche problem where a farmer loses a small frontage strip to a county and is then charged back taxes despite no change in land use. FutureWise testified in support of the bill’s intent but asked for small language changes to ensure transferred land remains compatible with agricultural or open space use. The public hearing on HB 2140 was then closed. HB 2326 would allow a fire protection district that is partially overlapped by another district’s EMS levy to impose its own levy on the portion not already covered, subject to voter approval in the affected area. Staff said the bill would have no state general fund impact and about $28,000 in one-time Department of Revenue costs. Fire district and fire chief representatives testified in support, describing situations in Clark County and Kittitas County where most residents cannot vote on an EMS levy because a small overlapping area already has one. Opponents, including Washington Citizens Against Unfair Taxes, argued the bill would add to property tax burdens. The hearing on HB 2326 then closed. HB 2334 would require rounding of cash transactions to the nearest five cents as pennies are phased out of circulation, while leaving non-cash payments unchanged. Staff said the bill would apply to the final total after taxes and fees, with an indeterminate but minimal state revenue impact and significant Department of Revenue implementation costs. The prime sponsor said the bill was needed because the federal government ended penny production without giving states guidance. Retail and grocery groups generally supported the concept but requested amendments for clarity, consumer protection, SNAP compliance, and flexibility while pennies remain in circulation; one witness opposed the bill as another tax burden. The hearing on HB 2334 was then closed. The committee then heard HB 2100, a proposed statewide payroll expense tax on large operating companies to fund a new Well Washington Fund for higher education, health care, cash assistance, energy, and housing. Staff said the proposed substitute would apply to employers with at least 250 employees and $7 million in annual payroll, exclude certain public and health care entities, and generate substantial revenue, with the fiscal note estimating about $7.6 billion to the general fund and $4.2 billion to the new fund in the 2027–29 biennium under the revised threshold. Supporters, including poverty, housing, labor, education, disability, and faith advocates, said the bill would help offset federal cuts and protect vulnerable residents. Business, retail, hospitality, construction, and technology groups opposed it, warning of job losses, higher costs, reduced competitiveness, and broader impacts on consumers and employers. The prime sponsor said the bill was a response to federal divestment and that the state needed a progressive revenue source now; no vote was taken in the transcript.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • they've made a variety of points, and I know time is short, so I've actually submitted through your portal
  • 250,000 boxes of paper records and 300 million... 250,000 boxes of paper records and 300 million electronic
  • As an example, we have millions of electronic voter registration records.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with House Bill 2333, which would expand protections for elected officials, candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants by allowing address confidentiality, redacting campaign and property records, increasing some penalties for threats, and authorizing security assessments and reimbursement for personal security measures. The prime sponsor and supporters described rising political violence and personal threats, while opponents and agency staff raised concerns about implementation, constitutional issues, public-records transparency, costs, and whether the bill would actually prevent determined actors from finding addresses through other sources. The Secretary of State’s office, county officials, and the Public Disclosure Commission said the bill would create major logistical and fiscal challenges, while prosecutors, judges, and advocacy groups testified that the protections were needed for safety and retention in public service. House Bill 2176 would make collaborative drug therapy agreements confidential under the Public Records Act except when the agreement is the basis for a disciplinary action, in which case only relevant information would be disclosed with personal information redacted. The sponsor and supporters, including pharmacists, physicians, and reproductive-health advocates, said the bill would protect clinicians from harassment and out-of-state targeting while preserving accountability for misconduct. News media representatives and open-government advocates said the underlying agreements should remain accessible only in limited circumstances and emphasized the balance between privacy and transparency. Committee members also discussed how the bill would affect access to the agreements and the scope of disclosure. House Bill 2120 would eliminate two JLARC reporting requirements: the biennial report on municipal lodging-tax revenues and the periodic evaluation of the training benefits program. The bill’s sponsor and JLARC leadership described it as a cost-saving measure that would free staff for other audits, while the hospitality industry supported tourism funding but warned that the lodging-tax report provides useful oversight and accountability. The committee also received staff briefings on House Bill 2244, which would implement multiple Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee recommendations by changing confidentiality rules in 13 areas, including grand jury reports, accident reports, driver case records, certain health and social-service records, corporate interrogatories, family court files, and other records.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to note that we are accepting written testimony through the position letter portal on the committee's
  • it's connection there where we're trying to, you're being using somebody's kind of individualized electronic
  • Electronic information. I find that seriously, you know, uh, yes.
Summary: The committee hearing covered several bills related to privacy, consumer protection, and online harms. SB 259 by Senator Wahab would prohibit surveillance pricing based on device data such as geolocation or battery level; supporters argued it would curb discriminatory and predatory pricing, while opponents raised concerns about geolocation definitions, legitimate location-based pricing, and impacts on discounts and loyalty programs. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to the Judiciary Committee and passed 8-1, with members noting amendments and ongoing discussions with stakeholders. SB 22 by Senator Laird would raise the amount of gift cards that can be redeemed for cash, with the author saying the goal is to update the long-standing $10 threshold for inflation and preserve consumer value. Consumer advocates supported the bill, while retailers, restaurants, grocers, and chambers of commerce opposed or opposed unless amended, citing fraud concerns, safety issues, and the need for clarification on donated or returned gift cards. The committee voted the bill out on a 6-1 vote and kept it on call. SB 576 by Senator Umberg would apply broadcast-style loudness rules to streaming advertisements. The author said the bill is intended to prevent ads from being much louder than programming, especially for children, while the opposition argued that streaming ad insertion is technically different and that existing industry standards and FCC oversight already address the issue. The bill passed 8-0. SB 683 by Senator Cortese would clarify that people can seek injunctive relief, including a TRO, for unauthorized use of name, image, or likeness; supporters said it strengthens privacy protections, while opponents warned about prior restraint and First Amendment concerns. The bill was moved out on a due pass motion and kept on call. The final bill discussed, SB 771 by Senator Stern, would clarify that existing civil rights and hate-related laws apply to social media platforms and their algorithms, with higher penalties for intentional or reckless violations. Supporters, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Islamic Networks Group, described online hate as fueling real-world violence and urged stronger accountability; opponents argued the bill could conflict with Section 230, chill lawful speech, and create vague standards. Members raised questions about constitutionality, definitions, and whether the bill would be workable, but several expressed support for the author’s goals.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 38.9 is Representative Kraft's bill having to do with transit assistance and tying it to the web portal
  • providing more self-service options to help taxpayers access their information and interact with us electronically
  • providing more self-service options to help taxpayers access their information and interact with us electronically
Bills: HF2783
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Input portal, and as we've mentioned in all the prior hearings, at the beginning of the session, actually
  • I think before it, we reopened up the committee's portal, which you can find on the committee website
  • They'll stay in that portal indefinitely.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 12, 2026 @ 1:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> to convert from paper to electronic to convert from paper to electronic forms<00:19:58.960><c> uh
  • </c><00:20:33.520><c> process</c> converted that to an electronic process converted that to an electronic
  • Another significant project was modernizing our electronic health record for environmental health.
  • health uh record for our electronic health uh record for environmental<00:28:38.080><c> health.
  • It has a national electronic health record and a very low prevalence of, for example, hepatitis.
Keywords: 910, house, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Technology - Room 409, 5 March, 2026; 8:00 A.M.

Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • to provide all those services in one portal instead of going to agency to agency to agency.
  • tried to create a portal to provide all<00:13:40.200><c> those</c><00:13:40.440><c> services</c><00:
  • > all those services in one portal instead all those services in one portal instead of<00:13:42.200><
  • </c><00:14:09.240><c> The</c><00:14:09.400><c> other</c> they showed it in one portal.
  • The other they showed it in one portal.
Committee: Joint Technology
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jul 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In general terms, the past practice has been to have a portal.
  • We've already reopened the old redistricting portal on the Texas Senate website, and that allows anyone
  • Well, first off, again, we've opened the portal that anyone in Texas can access, and there's a pretty
  • All portal submissions are shared with each of you and publicly posted. on the website.
  • The portal will remain active throughout the redistricting process, and I encourage you to share it with
Bills: SR5 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SR5