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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 14th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hold on, Senator Morris, we'll check your computer later.
  • And the Secretary's computer has it up, so we just want to make sure that the map's on there.
  • Cloud, no. McMath, no. Madam Secretary, close the machine.
  • All right, Senator Cloud for the floor on the bill. Senator Cloud. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Senator Cloud mentioned several of them.
Bills: SR122 , SR123 , SR124 , SCR12 , HB940 , HB221 , HCR109 , HCR58 , HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB259 , HB267 , HB288 , HB308 , HB403 , HB405 , HB414 , HB417 , HB478 , HB546 , HB548 , HB555 , HB557 , HB609 , HB670 , HB672 , HB740 , HB779 , HB786 , HB796 , HB812 , HB848 , HB909 , HB915 , HB917 , HB921 , HB930 , HB933 , HB938 , HB971 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1187 , HB1195 , HB1230 , SB121 , SCR22 , SCR24 , SB29 , SB30 , SB32 , SB41 , SB42 , SB43 , SB47 , SB84 , SB93 , SB113 , SB192 , SB199 , SB219 , SB220 , SB221 , SB222 , SB241 , SB253 , SB255 , SB289 , SB292 , SB306 , SB314 , SB351 , SB399 , SB404 , SB14 , SB102 , SB133 , SB151 , SB165 , SB169 , SB170 , SB200 , SB217 , SB280 , SB291 , SB300 , SB303 , SB330 , SB449 , SB489 , SB521 , SB45 , SB156 , SB181 , SB203 , SB274 , SB304 , SB379 , SB396 , SB410 , SB425 , SB427 , SB436 , SB424 , SCR61 , SCR9 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , HCR31 , HB296 , HB299 , HB322 , HB364 , HB519 , HB535 , HB538 , HB568 , HB571 , HB622 , HB635 , HB676 , HB772 , HB784 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1134 , HB1239 , HB62 , HB193 , HB203 , HB210 , HB220 , HB228 , HB246 , HB420 , HB475 , HB486 , HB574 , HB584 , HB750 , HB813 , HB815 , HB826 , HB870 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1045 , HB1092 , HB1151 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1177 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB1241 , HB22 , HB28 , HB33 , HB41 , HB47 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB195 , HB214 , HB217 , HB233 , HB283 , HB290 , HB319 , HB324 , HB345 , HB362 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB382 , HB386 , HB392 , HB406 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB503 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB636 , HB655 , HB664 , HB685 , HB692 , HB707 , HB715 , HB732 , HB738 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB807 , HB822 , HB856 , HB860 , HB868 , HB887 , HB888 , HB905 , HB908 , HB961 , HB980 , HB990 , HB992 , HB999 , HB1000 , HB1010 , HB1146 , HB1157 , HB1233 , HB1236 , HB1243 , HB17 , HB36 , HB73 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB245 , HB271 , HB280 , HB337 , HB351 , HB354 , HB399 , HB677 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB728 , HB759 , HB789 , HB844 , HB850 , HB966 , HB1036 , SB149 , SB382 , SB441 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB782
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 01/23/25

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> embrace uh a number of different Cloud embrace uh a number of different Cloud environments<00:35
  • </c> increase in servers running in the cloud increase in servers running in the cloud so<00:35:41.800
  • </c> workloads to different uh Cloud workloads to different uh Cloud environments<00:36:20.920><c> so
  • </c> way in which it happens not in a cloud way in which it happens not in a cloud but<00:41:03.599><
  • They each have a company-issued computer.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 14, 2025 - 11:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • That doesn't necessarily mean that someone has to be a computer programmer or computer scientist, but
  • computing.
  • computing but one area of opportunity is teaching the parents.
  • We can have all the books in the world, all the computers in the world at school.
  • science major is not necessarily knowing about computer science.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 28 January, 2026; 9:00 A.M.

Judiciary, Division B

Transcript Highlights:
  • They have a cloud service, most of them have some type of cloud service that they use.
  • &gt;&gt; They they have a cloud most of them have &gt;&gt; They they have a cloud most of them have some
  • And I just throw that out there while we're talking about cloud-based warrants.
  • And I just throw that out there while we're talking about cloud-based warrants.
  • By the computer system at that point.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • infrastructure, web hosting, cloud storage, and data processing services.
  • infrastructure, web hosting, cloud storage... ...primarily computing infrastructure, web hosting, cloud
  • An act to amend Title 6 of the Delaware Code regarding communication with a computer.
  • Of the Delaware Code regarding communication with a computer.
  • Saying you're interacting with the chatbot, you're interacting with a computer.
Summary: The committee heard several bills, but much of the meeting focused on House Bill 306, which would require disclosure when a consumer is interacting with a chatbot rather than a human. Sponsor Senator Townsend described it as a consumer protection measure and said the bill is meant to keep pace with rapidly changing AI technology. Committee members and witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s enforcement structure, especially private rights of action and penalties that could apply even without actual consumer harm. The Department of Justice said the bill would apply where the conduct has a Delaware nexus, and that the disclosure requirement is the key consumer protection. Industry witnesses and chambers of commerce opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create broad compliance burdens and expose businesses to excessive litigation risk without a harm requirement or clearer safe harbor language. Earlier in the meeting, the committee discussed House Bill 429, which would update Delaware’s step therapy exception process to include biosimilars and interchangeable biologics. Senator Poore and supporters from Highmark and the Department of Insurance said the bill would modernize insurance law, improve access to effective treatments, and reduce costs; they cited national savings from biosimilars and said the bill has agency support. Members asked about Delaware-specific savings, patient switching, and how the process would work, but no vote was taken during the discussion. The committee also heard House Bill 310, which would exclude large data centers from Blue Collar Jobs Act tax credits; the sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure large energy users contribute more to state and local revenues, while supporters and opponents debated competitiveness and community impacts. House Bill 406, on allowing insureds to choose their auto repair shop, and Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill related to medical debt collection and personal property levies, were also presented without opposition in the hearing. House Bill 253, concerning who may receive letters testamentary or of administration, was described as a cleanup to align statute with existing practice. The committee approved the meeting minutes, but the transcript does not show final votes on the bills discussed.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 216, 12 March, 2026; 10:30 AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • That accounts for increases due to computer support, LBO reapportionment, and Senate contingent fund.
  • support uh LBO reaportionment computer support uh LBO reaportionment and<00:01:29.680><c> Senate</c>
  • a new computer system and expenses.
  • </c> &gt;&gt; And most of those changes were for cloud &gt;&gt; And most of those changes were for cloud
  • That's for new evaluators and for IT services, cloud migration.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Information Technology Committee Jul 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Information Technology Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our peers, for example, for end user compute, which is desktop support.
  • We don't charge out the cloud administrator's time or those types of things.
  • in the cloud at this point?
  • We also have a cloud footprint of our own as well.
  • or adopting new cloud-based systems.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cloud with a pregnant woman. The St. Cloud with a pregnant woman.
  • quantum computer.
  • It takes 6 seconds to compute and what a computer would do in 47 years.
  • quantum computer.
  • quantum computer.
Bills: HF1392 , HF2233 , HF695 , HF2228 , HF1289
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • c> in</c> are in cloud-based computing just not in are in cloud-based computing just not in the<00:04
  • to really do cloud, even compared to the corporate sector.
  • computing.
  • </c><00:18:27.679><c> cloud-based</c><00:18:28.320><c> computing.
  • </c> uh you know cloud cloud-based computing. uh you know cloud cloud-based computing.
Summary: The Information Technology Oversight Committee met to hear a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials David Couch and Mike Lingham on the history and current status of Kentucky’s K-12 internet network, including its relationship to KentuckyWired. They described the original KETS design from 1995, when KDE established district internet hubs and left local districts to connect to them, and said that model helped Kentucky become a national leader in school connectivity and cloud-based services. They also emphasized the importance of E-rate eligibility, saying it has saved the state substantial money and remains central to KDE’s network contracting. Couch and Lingham said the current “next generation Kentucky K-12 internet” contract with Education Networks of America is more reliable, offers more functionality, and costs less than the prior system, including lower bandwidth and firewall costs. They explained that the transition was complicated by build-out and provisioning issues, especially the need for more “type two” connections through local providers, which pushed some implementation past the June 30, 2024 E-rate deadline. As a result, 39 sites remain on type two connections, and KDE absorbed the loss of federal discount dollars for the portion of the transition that extended into July. The witnesses also discussed home internet access for students. They said KDE has tracked home access for about 20 years and estimates about 4.5% of students still lack adequate internet at home, with roughly 3% able to reach access nearby and 1.5% having no access. They said the biggest barrier is usually cost rather than lack of available lines, and noted that temporary hotspot support during COVID helped students continue schoolwork. Senator Williams asked about the costs of the transition, the current type two sites, and the potential cost of any future transition, but the transcript cuts off before a full answer was given.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Jan 28th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and moving Enterprise Justice, the court's case management system, to the cloud.
  • , we still have the same case management system, but we moved it from an on-premises system to the cloud
  • In addition to that, our digital audio recording of proceedings is being moved to the cloud.
  • The other thing, probably the most expensive part of this project, is that we are building... ...the cloud
  • Sometimes it just means that them coming into the office and sitting down on the computer and, you know
Summary: A joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee heard presentations on the Idaho judicial branch budget, beginning with court operations. Legislative staff reviewed the branch’s structure, staffing, recent technology upgrades funded with ARPA dollars, and prior budget enhancements, including support for court technology, judicial compensation, and additional judges in several districts. Court officials explained a late budget request for an additional $800,700 from a dedicated magistrate retirement fund to cover unexpected retirement bonuses and purchase-of-service costs for seven magistrates, as well as the impact of a governor holdback and reduced federal support for some treatment and domestic violence court-related services. Committee members asked about the timing of the revised retirement request, the purpose and success of the magistrate retirement bonus program, the court’s technology modernization, and the effect of losing federal and other outside funding. Court officials said the retirement timing could not be known earlier because magistrates had until January to notify the court, and they described the bonus as helping judges complete their terms. They also said the court had moved case management and recording systems to the cloud and built a statewide network, and that cuts to treatment court and peer support funding would likely force reductions in non-constitutional services. The committee then heard the Guardian ad litem division request, including a $77,900 general fund enhancement for the Second Judicial District CASA program. The CASA director said the money would support a recruiter/trainer/data supervisor position and required compliance costs such as financial review, office space, and liability insurance. She described volunteer shortages across a large rural district, declining VOCA and grant funding, and the need to spend more time fundraising instead of serving children. Members asked about the decline in VOCA funds, the share of funding coming from donations and fundraising, the number of children served, and the role of CASA for older youth. The director said about 30% of the program’s funding comes from fundraising, that the district serves children over age 12 and some older youth, and she gave an example of a case where CASA helped stabilize a family and reunify children with their parents. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned until the next day.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But we really have a platform that leverages everything from cloud and on-prem.
  • And then we also have cloud services, which are consistent.
  • And then we also have cloud services, which are consumption-based, so we have two things.
  • It's a cybersecurity company that does cloud security and through zero-trust architecture.
  • It's a cybersecurity company that does cloud security and through zero-trust architecture.
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and the Committee on Emergency Management held a joint informational hearing on maximizing the value of state cybersecurity investments, with a focus on whether California is fully using the security features already included in vendor contracts. The first panel included Microsoft, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks, whose representatives described the products and services they provide to the state, including endpoint protection, data loss prevention, zero-trust access, attack surface management, incident response, and AI-enabled security tools. They generally said utilization is strong in some areas but that underuse can occur because of limited staff, lack of awareness, overlapping tools, audit-driven purchases, and the difficulty of keeping up with rapidly changing threats and products. They also emphasized the need for training, leadership buy-in, and coordination among IT, procurement, budget, and mission staff. Members pressed the vendors on risks such as ransomware, data loss, IoT and operational technology vulnerabilities, major events like the World Cup and Olympics, and the role of AI in both attacks and defense. The vendors said AI is already changing both sides of cybersecurity, speeding attacks but also helping defenders triage alerts and improve response times. They also discussed workforce shortages and the challenge of retaining trained staff in state government. One public commenter argued that restrictive software licensing can worsen cybersecurity by locking customers into vendors and limiting flexibility, integration, and modernization. The second panel featured the Department of Technology, Cal OES/CalSIC, and the California Military Department. CDT said its audits, maturity metrics, independent security assessments, continuous monitoring, advisory services, and vulnerability disclosure program are helping improve statewide security, and that departments are making progress but still vary in maturity. Cal OES and CalSIC described training, advisories, cyber advisory services, and statewide exercises like Cyber Dawn, while the Military Department said its assessment teams have seen significant score improvements over time. Officials said underutilization is not always due to lack of awareness; sometimes features are intentionally disabled to reduce attack surface or because tools overlap. The hearing also covered federal funding concerns, including the reduction of MS-ISAC support and the final year of the state and local cybersecurity grant program, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 28th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal government produces the servers and computers it uses, not to go off on a tangent, companies
  • And I don't see Senator Cloud or Senator Andrews. And I don't see Senator Cloud or Senator Andrews.
  • And this made us work with Senator Cloud to create this legislation.
  • We just worked with Senator Cloud to create this legislation that would place a sign in every public
  • I'll just have them on my computer. Oh, I'll offer those amendments out. Sure.
Committee: House Education
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass, which would create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council to review and potentially block certain gifts, contracts, academic partnerships, and research partnerships involving foreign adversary sources. Bass said the bill is intended to protect university research, intellectual property, and students from foreign influence, and would also require public disclosure of certain foreign-linked arrangements and a plan to eliminate foreign-adversary-linked software. Supporters from State Armor argued Louisiana universities have been vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party influence and intellectual property theft. Representatives from Tulane University and Lenovo raised concerns that the bill could create duplicative review, delay research, raise costs, and sweep in legitimate private or multinational entities; a proposed amendment to exempt entities operating under a CFIUS national security agreement failed 4-8. After debate, the committee moved SB 399 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 310 by Senator Cloud, presented by Representative Carlson, which would require public school and college health centers to display information about pregnancy resources available in Louisiana. Supporters from Louisiana Right to Life said the bill would help connect pregnant students with existing state and private assistance programs, while the ACLU submitted a red card in opposition without speaking. The bill was moved favorably without objection. The committee also advanced House Resolution 171 by Representative Turner, which calls for a study of the workforce-oriented TOPS Tech and M.J. Foster programs, with business and workforce groups supporting the study as a way to measure outcomes and return on investment; it was moved favorably. Next, the committee took up House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner, a tuition autonomy bill for public post-secondary institutions. An amendment was adopted to add a conceptual framework for tuition-setting considerations, but the bill would still remove the existing 10% over two years cap and allow institutions to set tuition more freely. Turner argued universities need more flexibility because state funding has declined and campuses face deferred maintenance and operating pressures. Several members, especially Representative Carlson, warned that higher tuition could reduce access and that the bill did not address broader structural problems in higher education. Despite those concerns, HB 1084 was moved favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 351 by Senator Jackson Andrews, which would let families apply for child care assistance through CCAP once pregnancy is known, rather than waiting until after birth, to help move them up the waiting list. An amendment was adopted to have BESE, rather than the department, handle rulemaking and to allow the House and Senate education committees to approve the implementation process. The bill was then discussed as a way to help parents return to work sooner, and the hearing continued with questions from members.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Conference Committee on Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a lot, or compute a top-tier public cloud by 2029.
  • Do we have a statutory definition of top-tier public cloud?
  • This is all—I am not an IT person. ...of top-tier public cloud.
  • And the second one is that we need to move to 100% cloud computing.
  • to a top-tier public cloud by 2029, right?
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Information Technology Committee Jul 8th, 2026

Information Technology Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our peers, for example, for end user compute, which is desktop support.
  • We don't charge out the cloud administrator's time or those types of things.
  • in the cloud at this point?
  • We also have a cloud footprint of our own as well.
  • or adopting new cloud-based systems.
Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 28th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal government produces the servers and computers it uses, not to go off on a tangent, companies
  • And I don't see Senator Cloud or Senator Andrews. And I don't see Senator Cloud or Senator Andrews.
  • He said that experience led them to work with Senator Cloud to create this legislation.
  • Borne said she had them on her computer and would offer them.
  • I'll just have them on my computer. Oh, I'll offer those amendments out. Sure.
Bills: HR171 , HCR49 , HB632 , HB1084 , SB310 , SB351 , SB399
Committee: House Education
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public meetings are required so communities can be aware of proposed cloud seeding efforts.
  • Silver iodide is the most commonly used chemical for cloud seeding.
  • Another method of cloud seeding uses flares, which contain additional chemicals.
  • It's an update of Arizona's existing cloud seeding framework.
  • They can use computer modeling now to do this type of thing.
Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the minutes from January 20 and January 27, 2026, and then heard several bills dealing with water policy, environmental regulation, wildlife management, and cosmetics testing. SB 1278 would ban intentional solar radiation management activities in Arizona and bar public entities and recipients of public funds from supporting such technologies; supporters argued it was needed to stop geoengineering, while opponents said it would block research and distract from real pollution problems. The committee voted 5-2 to give SB 1278 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1279, which updates Arizona’s weather modification/cloud seeding permitting process by adding ADWR and ADEQ review, public notice and meetings, and a licensing database. A nine-page amendment shifted complaint enforcement to ADWR, added cease-and-desist and fine authority, and changed rulemaking timelines; the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 5-2. Testimony was mixed: supporters emphasized transparency and safety, Salt River Project was neutral after stakeholder work, and ADEQ said it was neutral but warned it lacked standards, resources, and time to develop the required chemical limits and rules. SB 1005, which would prohibit the sale of cosmetics developed with animal testing beginning in 2027, received a do pass recommendation 4-2 after supporters cited cruelty concerns and the availability of non-animal testing methods. SB 1202, requiring ADWR to include outline data in five-year groundwater supply-and-demand assessments, also passed 4-2 despite agency concerns that the bill would require extensive hydrologic modeling, significant resources, and could produce misleading conclusions about available water. SB 1280, barring state transport or use of public resources to move Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona, passed 4-2 after testimony split between conservation advocates, who said it would hinder recovery, and supporters concerned about livestock impacts; Game and Fish was neutral. Finally, SB 1287, with a conforming amendment, passed 5-1 to extend a groundwater-use provision for irrigation grandfathered rights from initial AMAs to subsequent AMAs, which ADWR said would reduce burden and create parity across management areas.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Natural language processing and computer vision are tools used by AI.
  • It really is a whole different way of viewing how computing works.
  • You would tell the computer how to follow these steps, and that's how computing was done.
  • How does that really affect how things are done computably?
  • We're seeing a lot of scams and fraud that are computer-generated.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Got the computers working again.
  • cloud seeding, and he's never been a fan of cloud seeding, especially aerial, which is gone now.
  • </c> we've seen an evolution of this cloud we've seen an evolution of this cloud seating<00:53:57.280
  • :58.640><c> seating,</c> seating story from aerial cloud seating, seating story from aerial cloud seating
  • :01.200><c> and</c><00:54:01.599><c> uh</c> the groundbased cloud seating, and uh the groundbased cloud