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• We also support the new provisions for data collection that both safeguard customer data while ensuring
• What we have seen as one example are data centers.
• And to the point on data centers, we've been in conversation with a number of groups looking at data
• And to the point on data centers, we've been in conversation with a number of groups looking at data
• Aggregation customers are automatically renewed.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on H. 4144, the Governor’s Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation Act, with the administration arguing the bill would lower bills in the short and long term while expanding clean energy supply and innovation. The Governor and Secretary said the bill would reduce or restructure charges on customer bills, reform Mass Save, expand securitization as a financing tool, speed interconnection, create energy-ready zones, strengthen consumer protections in competitive supply, and allow broader state procurement of energy resources. They said the package could save consumers billions over time and would help address high energy costs, especially during extreme heat and winter spikes. Committee members pressed the administration on several provisions, especially securitization, asking whether the bill requires an apples-to-apples comparison of total costs over time, including interest and lost tax revenue, versus paying through rates. Administration witnesses said DPU review and public comment would be required and said they would work to clarify the language if needed. Members also questioned the bill’s solar and procurement provisions, including reduced net metering compensation for some large facilities, the scope of all-resource procurements, and whether hydro, solar, and nuclear would be included; the administration said those resources were contemplated and that procurement would still be reviewed by DPU. Other questions focused on the short-term relief from bill changes, the treatment of low- and moderate-income discounts, and whether the bill’s heat pump and Mass Save reforms would help customers who cannot afford upfront costs. Several witnesses and committee members discussed Mass Save reforms, including securitization of program costs, on-bill financing, pre-approval of rebates, and shifting program administration away from gas utilities. Administration witnesses said the changes were intended to reduce volatility, lower administrative costs, and better align costs with long-term savings. Questions also touched on geothermal permitting, municipal participation in offshore wind procurement, and the proposed repeal of the ballot requirement for nuclear power, which the administration defended as preserving future options under heavy review. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described. Supportive testimony came from labor, environmental, business, planning, and development groups. The AFL-CIO, NECA, and the Environmental League of Massachusetts backed the bill, emphasizing lower bills, job creation, labor standards, just transition protections, and cleaner energy. NAIOP, the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and MAPC supported provisions on energy-ready zones, interconnection reform, microgrids, extreme-heat shutoff protections, and Mass Save improvements. A HEET representative praised the bill’s use of securitization, geothermal, and utility financing tools but urged guardrails and workforce protections. Overall, testimony was broadly favorable, with most witnesses calling for refinements rather than opposing the bill outright.

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• for municipal and County aggregations for municipal and County aggregations and<00:19:32.880>
• <01:22:35.000> of goal of that is to allow aggregations of goal of that is to allow aggregations
• <01:33:25.520> management Network to our meter data management Network to our meter data management
• aggregation aggregation communities<01:36:51.159> in<01:36:51.440> the<01:36:51.880>
• <01:47:28.800> would serves a community aggregation would serves a community aggregation would

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The aggregated data are total incurred claims.
• The aggregated data are total incurred claims.
• The aggregated data are total incurred claims.
• The aggregated data are total incurred claims.
• The aggregated data are total incurred claims.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• getting a lot less money in aggregate getting a lot less money in aggregate back<00:27:18.159>
• hospitals in aggregate that is a<00:30:19.480> heavy<00:30:19.880> burden<00:30:20.640
• by a hospital like uh a aggregate by a hospital like uh a Catholic<00:46:22.480> Medical<00:46
• So there's some conflict when they're doing audits and how to get data moved across.
• <01:10:35.560> and wait and go back and find out data and wait and go back and find out data

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• $10 million aggregate $10 million aggregate aggregate,<00:30:42.560> you<00:30:42.640>
• know, aggregate, you know, aggregate, you know, does<00:30:45.240> do<00:30:45.440> we
• Do you have clear economic data revenue.
• you were to chart that the that data you were to chart that the that data from<00:59:53.480>
• credits aggregate of the tax credits aggregate of the tax credits for<01:30:59.400> all

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Statewide online energy data Statewide online energy data platform<00:05:49.840> at<00:05
• energy data energy data Hub<01:35:47.600> these<01:35:47.840> items<01:35:48.679><
• So it is basically a data hub.
• And lastly, we need to have a lot more data to justify the expense of building a data platform.
• And lastly, we need to have a lot more data to justify the expense of building a data platform.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's then LCD data that don't really help me or you either one, but it doesn't help me a bit.
• As far as I know, with the data that I have, the oldest structure in that particular neighborhood is
• That's just dealing with aggregates. So, follow up. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• And, matter of fact, when I was given a presentation of what the aggregates do, I applauded them for
• I understand That, as in construction myself, I appreciate the aggregate industry as far as concrete,

Bills: SB1246, SB1510, SB1979, SB1929, SB1930, SB1976

Keywords: environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations

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• Uh, you know, the generic data to have it, uh, collective data—>> aggregated —>> aggregated —>> aggregated
• —>> yeah, aggregated data, you know, to maybe there's a way to do that more cheaply and easily, just
• have it uh collective data have it uh collective data >> aggregated >> aggregated >
• ;> aggregated >> yeah<00:57:44.000> aggregated<00:57:45.119> data<00:57:45.599
• data you know to maybe >> yeah aggregated data you know to maybe there's<00:57:46.640> a

Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• About 40% of that budget is based on aggregate and materials.
• Where does the aggregate come from? So the aggregate is going to be coming in from Mexico.
• And what this bill would allow us to do is to cross the aggregate right where the projects are being
• And you do agree that there's And the aggregate thousands of trucks traveling 60 miles to bring that
• And if you look at the Texas data, Over the 10 year period of 2015 to 2024, there were 11 school bus

Bills: HB 767, HB 1242, HB 1373, HB 1404, HB 1708, HB 1936, HB 2041, HB 2198, HB 2270, HB 2315, HB 2415, HB 2427, HB 2455, HB 2457, HB 2522, HB 2523, HB 2686, HB 2763, HB 2775, HB 2944, HB 3034, HB 1683, HB 1695

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• different types of aggregate um need all different types of aggregate um for<01:14:55.920> building
• It says you get you aggregate, right?
• I would imagine there's data available, and I think it's a great question.
• That's the latest data we have.
• Um the attached 25 latest data we have.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• As chair of the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorder, I see the data.
• AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, I SEE THE DATA.
• If you look at the graph of where community choice aggregation prices were last year, before the PSC
• in its infinite wisdom decided to kill the community choice aggregation, the graph looks like this.
• in its infinite wisdom decided to kill the community choice aggregation, the graph looks like this.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal, and then recognized several guest groups, including the Shenendehowa High School girls varsity cross country team and tennis champion Jolie Chichak, as well as the Downsville Central School Student Council. Senator Tedisco introduced the Shenendehowa athletes, highlighting their state and federation championships and strong academic records, and Senator Oberacker introduced the Downsville students. The chamber extended courtesies to the guests. The Senate then moved through the calendar, passing a series of bills and resolutions. Among the measures approved were a bill designating Overdose Awareness Day, a real property tax bill, a public authorities bill, several education-related bills, a private housing finance bill, a workers’ compensation bill, and a labor law bill. Some items were laid aside before later being taken up, including the cannabis bill and the environmental conservation bill. Votes were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, with a few recorded negatives on certain bills. The most extensive debate centered on Calendar 261, Senator May’s environmental conservation bill concerning renewable energy installations and transmission on state reforestation lands. Senator Walczyk and others questioned whether the bill would allow solar, wind, battery storage, tree cutting, herbicide use, and reduced environmental review, while supporters argued the bill was mainly about transmission corridors, climate goals, and preserving flexibility for DEC oversight and mitigation. After debate, the bill was restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed 42-13. The Senate also passed Calendar 353, Senator Ramos’s labor law bill addressing class action wage recovery and statutory damages. Supporters said it would clarify the law so workers can recover full wages in class actions, while opponents warned it could encourage litigation against small businesses over technical payroll errors. The bill passed 47-8. The Senate then completed the calendar and adjourned until March 4, 2026, with intervening days as legislative days.

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• building and tenant data to drive up rents and increase their profits. ...to aggregate building and
• They're looking at data, and we're trying to criminalize them looking at data.
• And right now they're relying on aggregation of data.
• Again, these are a third-party service who said, 'We'll aggregate the data for you and present it to
• Large landlords increasingly rely on software that aggregates market data and recommends rent increases

Keywords: 1146, all

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• How soon can you get to that data? And is that data being kept in a data center type environment?
• But it needs to be fed data, and that data needs to be accurate.
• Aggregate data, so we'll talk, well... We can come back to that.
• or where your data is not good because all this data is getting aggregated and analyzed.
• Our data is just data from New Mexico.

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• That's in aggregate.
• and so kind of moving a little Aggregate and so kind of moving a little bit<00:06:26.319> further
• we saw in this report an aggregate we saw in this report an aggregate increase<00:15:17.279>
• <00:21:30.120> from with providers and getting data from with providers and getting data from
• it would be $10 million in aggregate it would be $10 million in aggregate spending<01:25:57.159>

Bills: HF1005

Keywords: health insurance, medical assistance, behavioral health, reimbursement rates, primary care services, physician fee schedule, managed care, residential services, 1183, house

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• Aggregate data: if our website doesn't answer the question, we'll be happy to aggregate data in a special
• <00:47:20.160> Aggregate<00:47:20.560> data.
• <00:47:20.800> If<00:47:20.960> our levels of data. Aggregate data.
• If our levels of data. Aggregate data.
• <01:03:36.400> data years and again I'm using aggregate data years and again I'm using aggregate

Keywords: 00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 00:02:17 - Approval of June 18, 2025 Minutes 00:02:33 - Introductions and Discussion on Priorities 00:07:27 - Health Data Discussion-KY Health Information Exchange (KHIE) 00:34:02 - Health Data Discussion-Public Health Data 01:19:24 - Health Data Discussion-Other Health Data Platforms 01:42:40 - Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations (Except 201 KAR 005:010) 01:44:48 - Discussion of Optometry Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 02:25:29 - Hearing on Unified Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application for FFY 2026 - 2027 Funds 02:33:40 - Administrative Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 Vote Clarification 02:34:03 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action. Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions. Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.

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• the data to be shared throughout the state longitudinal data system.
• It requires data shared by DOAX as well as DBED to be aggregated and anonymized. add do tax as well as
• state agencies required to share data state agencies required to share data and<00:22:31.840>
• > be<00:22:33.679> shared and determine the data to be shared and determine the data to
• aggregated and well as DBED to be aggregated and anonymized.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The conference committees reconvened on April 25, 2025, and worked through a series of measures, mostly public employment cost items, appropriations, workers’ compensation, data sharing, and retirement-related bills. Several bills were briefly held for later action because Finance/FIN-WAM or related release had not yet been received, including SB 382, HB 423, HB 480, HB 214, HB 828, HB 717, HB 1065, and HB 1036, with some of those rolled over to a 2:30 p.m. meeting in Conference Room 16. HB 1424, relating to appropriations, was described as requiring the Director of Finance to report on transfers between position funding and operating expenses; the conferees agreed to a CD1 and voted to pass it. HB 430, relating to internships, was also agreed to in CD1 with technical amendments removing certain appropriation language and was passed after clarification that the funding covered both years and included the Helima program. The committees then moved through a block of public employment cost items. HB 1026, HB 1027, HB 1028, HB 1029, HB 1030, HB 1032, HB 1034, and HB 1035 were each reported as having CD1 agreement and Finance/WAM release, with appropriations tied to various bargaining units and governor’s messages; each was voted out. HB 1036 and HB 1037 were held over due to release issues, while HB 1038 was noted as having CD1 and Finance/WAM release and was passed for bargaining unit 13. HB 1039 was also rolled over for lack of release. Later, SB 336 on defense of state employees was agreed to with technical cleanup and passed as a CD, and SB 1491 on departmental data sharing was amended to add agencies to the state longitudinal data system and require aggregation/anonymization of certain data before being passed as a CD. Additional measures were also resolved. SB 935, relating to government, was amended to reduce the ERS multiplier for judges beginning in 2031, remove sheriff and deputy sheriff language, and require a DHR study on changing vesting from 10 to 5 years; it passed as a CD with no appropriation. SB 1567 required DERT to complete a comprehensive review of classification and compensation systems by October 31, 2026, allowed a third-party contractor, required legislative reports, and included $1.75 million in the budget; it passed as a CD. SB 855, relating to the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act, clarified covered employers, required automatic enrollment unless employees opt out, repealed a fee cap, and added funding for FY26 and FY27; it passed as a CD. SB 743 established a data sharing governance working group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and required a legislative report; after a brief recess it was passed as a CD. SB 717 and SB 1065 were both continued to the later 2:30 p.m. meeting because release was still pending.

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• I got the explanation, but it just doesn't seem like most of that data is there.
• I got the explanation, but it just doesn't seem like most of that data is there.
• I got the explanation, but it just doesn't seem like most of that data is there.
• I got the explanation, but it just doesn't seem like most of that data is there.
• I got the explanation, but it just doesn't seem like most of that data is there.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• your campaign year, that would be nice, and that the amount of donations from that individual are aggregated
• when you do each report... ...amount of donations from that individual are aggregated when you do each
• donations over the course of year, some in greater than 200, some less than 200, and they're all aggregated
• Secretary of State, is it possible if that data is put into the system that it could be hidden from the
• Is it possible if that data is put into the system that it could be hidden from the public? Mr.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee resumed discussion of a campaign finance reporting bill and related amendments, focusing on whether the new reporting system should require beginning and ending fund balances for candidate committees and other entities. Representative Koppelman said he supported the modernization and software improvements, such as auto-populating donor information and aggregating contributions, but opposed making running balances mandatory because he viewed them as unnecessary for reporting and potentially burdensome. He also raised questions about language on contributions and expenditures, including whether certain uses of property or deposits were being classified correctly. Secretary of State Mike Lau responded that the questioned language on pages 5 and 6 was existing law, but said the beginning and ending fund balance on page 13 was important to the new system because it would allow amended reports to populate correctly across years. He said removing that requirement would effectively create two separate systems, and that the vendor could implement changes only if required by law. Members discussed whether the balance information could be hidden from the public, whether a zero-start approach would work, and whether an opt-in checkbox could avoid requiring all filers to use the same format. The committee did not take a final vote. Instead, the chair said the bill would go back to the subcommittee, with Representative Steiner and the Secretary of State’s office to continue working on the issue, and Representative Koppelman included in further discussions. The chair indicated the group would meet again later in the week to try to move the bill forward.

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• Modern reporting systems allow for anonymized or aggregated data that inform policy without imposing
• Modern reporting systems allow for anonymized or aggregated data that inform policy without imposing
• , so I would suppose that their data analysis process is flawed, because they don't have all the data
• data.
• That's what the data is.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And requires DAT to partner with a regional aggregator to support the aggregation and processing of Native
• So, they'll help the small farms as far as aggregation, with food safety certifications, with distribution
• So, they'll help the small farms as far as aggregation, with food safety certifications, with distribution
• bill brings high-demand skills like GIS, drone technology, climate-smart farming, and agricultural data
• > agricultural climate-smart farming, and agricultural climate-smart farming, and agricultural data

Bills: SB2706, SB2320

Keywords: workforce development, agriculture, biosecurity, pilot program, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, Leeward Community College, DHRD, training, apprenticeship, career pathways, credentialing, job training, internship, hands-on experience, state employment, workforce pipeline, agricultural jobs, biosecurity jobs, general fund appropriation

Summary: The committees first heard SB 2371, which would prioritize lease offers on agrivoltaics parcels for beginning farmers, require annual compliance reports to DAB, authorize penalties for noncompliance, and allow solar facilities on certain agricultural lands. DAB, the State Energy Office, PUC, and Hawaii Farm Bureau generally supported the intent, while OPPSD recommended amendments to preserve agricultural lease affordability and strengthen food-production language. Members questioned whether the bill would meaningfully encourage solar on ag lands, whether beginning farmers would have enough information to use such parcels, and how the bill would interact with Land Use Commission review. The Farm Bureau said agrivoltaics remains challenging and largely in pilot form, and noted the Mililani project as a promising example of dual use. The committees voted to pass SB 2371 with amendments, with one member expressing a preference that it be opened to all farmers rather than only beginning farmers. The next measure, SB 2800, appropriates funds to DAB, DLNR, and ADC for acquisition, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems. All testifying agencies and the Farm Bureau supported the bill, and members pressed them for estimates of needed funding and the condition of existing systems. DAB cited major repair needs, including Waimea, Molokai, Kahuku, and Kawailoa, and said its backlog could total roughly $65 million; ADC estimated about $35 million for several systems; and DLNR said its current needs for three systems were about $35 million, with the largest cost tied to piping in Kekaha. The committees amended the bill to defer its effective date to July 1, 2050 and to blank out the appropriation amounts in the bill text, with the agencies’ requested amounts to be included in the committee report for consideration. SB 2800 then passed in AEN, Water and Land, and EIG. The final measure discussed was SB 2718, a food hub pilot program beginning in 2028 that would require state departments and UH to source 30% of certain food purchases from local agricultural products, create a nutrition- and ʻāina-based school program, and have DAT partner with a regional aggregator for Native Hawaiian staple crops. DAT, DOH, the Farm Bureau, Food Plus Policy Group, HAPA, and others supported the bill’s intent, while the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed it, saying it is already struggling to meet the current local procurement percentage and faces procurement and quantity barriers, especially for staple items used daily. The testimony focused on whether agencies could realistically meet the higher local purchasing target and whether smaller farms could supply the needed volumes.