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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • Thank you, staff. Mr.
  • Thank you, staff. Mr.
  • Activities that undermine national security.
  • Let's say you buy a security camera system to protect your home and loved ones.
  • This is both consumer fraud and a national security problem.
Bills: SB1097, SB1308
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on March 11, 2026, and considered two bills. The first, SB 1097, was described as the annual name claimants’ bill, appropriating $370,211.08 from the General Fund and $33,021.08 from other specified funds to pay claims against state agencies in fiscal year 2026. There was no public testimony, no questions from members, and the committee voted 14-0 to give the bill a due pass recommendation. The committee then heard SB 1308, which would create a Foreign Adversary Fraud Office and Fund in the Attorney General’s Office to pursue consumer fraud involving technology produced by foreign adversaries. The bill also appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2027 and establishes a mechanism to transfer excess fund balances to a new Foreign Adversary Technology Rip and Replace Fund administered by the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly Curry testified in support on behalf of State Armor, arguing the bill addresses both consumer fraud and national security risks tied to connected technologies and foreign-made surveillance equipment. Members asked about similar cases and settlements in other states, and Curry cited recent filings in Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as a Missouri case that reportedly settled in the tens of millions. During the vote, some members explained support while expressing general caution about creating new funds or appropriations outside the budget process. The committee approved SB 1308 on a 10-4-2 vote and sent it forward with a due pass recommendation before adjourning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we'll establish the Higher Education Research Security Council.
  • Chair calls Kevin Gamache, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief for research security.
  • Secure academic research at all Texas public institutions.
  • Texas A&M established back in 2017 the academic security and counter-exploitation program.
  • Our staffs have to read a lot of stuff.
TX
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  • for those submitting written testimony, please submit 13 copies with your name on each copy to our staff
  • Students, faculty, and staff to report suspicious activity related to espionage or intellectual... property
  • Members, in front of you, my staff has provided you with the New York Times headline piece, The Daring
  • In the words of one former U.S. national security official, the plan is a road map for theft.
  • maintain Texas' competitive edge in research and innovation, and safeguard our nation's national security
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

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  • Um, right now our staff and volunteers in West Maui are literally digging out houses from streams because
  • requiring users to consent to share data with law enforcement agencies to use a smart household security
  • There are security measures in the machine and in the systems that flag different behavioral things,
  • There are security measures in machine.
  • There are security measures in the<00:45:05.760> in<00:45:05.960> the<00:45:06.080>
Summary: The committee heard SB 1166 SD2, a bill on insurance and climate-related damages that would authorize the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and, in amended versions discussed during testimony, other public and private entities to pursue civil actions to recover losses tied to climate disasters and extreme weather. DCCA’s Insurance Division and the Department of the Attorney General raised legal concerns, saying the bill’s scope may not fit the insurance code section being amended, that it could create subject-matter and title issues, and that some subrogation language may be duplicative of existing rate-filing practice. Lawyers for Justice opposed the measure, arguing it conflicts with existing subrogation law and recent Hawaii Supreme Court rulings that treat the judicial lien process as the exclusive remedy. The American Petroleum Institute also opposed, warning the bill would add liability and litigation risk for companies operating under existing permits and could undermine energy reliability and investment. Supporters said the bill would help shift climate-related insurance costs away from residents and onto fossil fuel companies and other responsible parties. Testimony in support came from the Polluters Pay Hawaii Coalition, Center for Climate Integrity, Hawaii Island Council, Our Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and others, who described recent flooding, storm damage, rising premiums, non-renewals, and underinsurance as evidence of a worsening climate-driven insurance crisis. Several supporters urged amendments to give the Attorney General explicit authority to recover insurance-related losses for the Hurricane Relief Fund, HPIA, and private insurers, and to ensure recovered amounts benefit policyholders. Committee members questioned whether HPIA is a private entity, whether the Attorney General could represent it, whether the bill could create double recovery or affect pending climate litigation, and whether insurers would have standing or damages if they are only paying contractual claims. The committee then took up SB 888 SD2, a consumer protection bill that would restrict smart household security device operators from sharing user data with law enforcement without consent or a judicial order, and would bar conditioning device use on such consent. The Office of Consumer Protection testified in support and said an Illinois law could serve as a useful template for exceptions to the warrant requirement. An individual supporter said the measure would protect immigrant communities, judges, and others from surveillance and misuse of private data. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the chair noted additional written testimony submitted in support of SB 1166.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Legislative Oversight & Sunset

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  • The goal was for CJC to provide the council with needed staff support and training opportunities, both
Bills: SB295, HB378
Summary: The Senate Legislative Oversight Committee met in hybrid format, approved the minutes from its April 22 and May 13 meetings, and then heard two bills. HB 420 would modernize massage therapy licensure by allowing the Board of Massage and Bodywork to decide which coursework may be completed in a hybrid format and which must remain in person, while also removing outdated references to a license type the board no longer issues. The sponsor said the change would improve access for students who cannot easily travel or stop working, while preserving public protection through board rules. Public testimony on HB 420 was entirely supportive. Robert Overmiller spoke in favor, and Mackenzie Francis of Alpha School of Massage also supported the bill, citing workforce growth in massage therapy and arguing that hybrid education would expand access, especially for students entering the field later in life. No committee questions or objections were raised. The committee then discussed HB 378, which would continue the Council of Corrections’ partnership with the Criminal Justice Council and avoid the sunset of that arrangement in 2026. Members noted the bill stemmed from a prior Joint Legislative Oversight effort to provide the council with staff support and training. Robert Overmiller again testified in support, and there was no opposition or further public comment. The meeting concluded after discussion of the two bills, with no votes recorded in the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • We now have 10 staff scattered across the state of Minnesota, um, who work and are able to do that because
  • And within that specifically, and having that staff person on our team, we can again connect our grantees
  • And within that specifically, and having that staff person on our team, we can again connect our grantees
  • There's a lot of steps involved in securing financing and whatever.
  • There's a lot of steps involved in securing financing and whatever.
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/25

Taxes

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  • been waiting for, and I guess I don't know if this is a better question for the author or the fiscal staff
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  • but um is this what um the fiscal staff but um is this what we'd<00:10:57.880> consider<00:10
  • uh taxfree or not uh Social Security uh taxfree or not taxable<00:30:47.640> um<00:30:48.159>
Bills: HF4, HF173
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • and creating the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense.
  • if they do suspect or confirm a security...
  • security team within the executive branch, currently OIS.
  • operations center would do, a security operations center is a standing team.
  • operation center would do, security operations center is a standing team.
Bills: SB156, SB467
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment. (6-18-26)

Economic Development & Workforce Investment

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  • First on our agenda, what we all care so much about: homeland security, and we welcome Representative
  • And that's basically what this breaks Homeland Security to conduct a stress Homeland Security to conduct
  • the Critical Infrastructure Security the Critical Infrastructure Security Agency,<00:06:43.080><
  • <00:20:17.080> of they're looking at economic security of they're looking at economic security
  • I've worked with the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security on this.
KY
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  • priorities, the creation of the cyber security task force within the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
  • That event showed that 911 access is a homeland security issue.
  • The governor's cyber security task force will give Kentucky the ability to monitor threats to 911 and
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government heard presentations on several Attorney General and Homeland Security budget items. Amy Burke of the Department of Child Support Services said the program inherited a structural shortfall of more than $13 million after the transition from CHFS, including about $14 million in federal child support incentive funds that had been used to cover core operating costs and county attorney contracts. She explained that federal law requires incentive funds to supplement, not supplant, baseline services, and said the Attorney General’s budget request seeks general fund support to replace that gap and help balance the program going forward. Members asked for clarification on the misuse of the funds, the size of the shortfall, and whether the requested money would be unrestricted; staff said the intent is to use it as a contract offset for core services. Commissioner Rich Ferretti then presented the Department of Criminal Investigations’ request for additional staffing and a Western Kentucky Digital Forensics Lab. He said DCI wants one additional special victims unit investigator and one digital forensic examiner to handle increasingly digital cases involving child exploitation, sexual assault, human trafficking, and technology-facilitated abuse. He also described plans for a lab in Mayfield, co-located with the new Mayfield Police Department facility, to reduce travel time, speed forensic processing, and improve access for rural communities. Committee members responded positively and asked no substantive questions. Finally, the Office of Homeland Security outlined Kentucky’s Next Generation 911 project. Officials said the current 911 system was built for landlines, while most calls now come from mobile devices, and the upgrade will add precise location routing plus text, photo, and video capability. Shelley Clark described the funding model, including wireless subscriber fees and a dedicated tech fund, and reviewed progress on mapping, vendor selection, and migration to the new platform, with completion expected by July 2027. Members asked about local maintenance costs and the impact on rural areas; officials said maintenance is local but supported in part by collected funds, and implementation will not be delayed for rural localities. The meeting concluded with no votes or formal actions taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 5/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • House File 2435, as amended, be recommended for placement on the general register and that nonpartisan staff
  • House File 2435, as amended, be recommended for placement on the general register and that nonpartisan staff
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  • <00:16:22.480> be register and that nonpartisan staff be register and that nonpartisan staff
Bills: HF2436, HF2435
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • and train that staff to or to hire staff and train that staff to be<00:07:15.240> able<00:07:
  • and capital security. and capital security.
  • and security needs. and security needs.
  • staff in the room, as well.
  • staff in the room, as well.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Until recently, FDC published information on its website about staff arrests.
  • The heat index reached 116 degrees, putting staff and the incarcerated at serious risk and escalating
  • It's practical and it's humane, and it's the right thing to do for our staff and the incarcerated.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to consider several criminal justice and court-related bills, along with the committee’s proposed $7.9 billion budget. The committee first heard and approved CS/SB 600 on bail bonds, as amended to adjust solicitation, cash bond return, forfeiture remission timing, and clerk procedures; CS/SB 436 on felony battery, which expands qualifying prior offenses and was amended to correct a drafting issue; CS/SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction for dangerous crimes; SB 1332 on career offender registration, adding in-person reporting, more detailed registration requirements, and stronger penalties for noncompliance; and CS/SB 682 on violent criminal offenses, a domestic violence measure adopted via a substitute amendment that adds stricter penalties, electronic monitoring, injunction protections, and related procedures. All of those bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1072 creating an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office. The bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing rising anti-Semitic incidents and the need for statewide review, and opponents raising concerns about free speech, the definition of anti-Semitism, and possible conflation of criticism of Israel with hate speech. Senators also discussed the bill’s scope and the IHRA definition before it was reported favorably. In addition, CS/SB 532 on clerks of court was amended to clarify foreclosure sale procedures and funding predictability for clerks, then reported favorably. CS/SB 644 on attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs was also approved after amendments that aligned family-law fee provisions and codified standards for fee awards in dissolution and paternity cases; the sponsor said the bill was intended to curb vexatious litigation and improve consistency across districts. After the bill actions, the chair summarized the criminal and civil justice budget, describing it as a disciplined proposal that addresses corrections deficits and future inmate growth while funding core public safety needs. The committee then heard substantial public testimony on prison conditions, staffing, pay, heat, infrastructure, and the possibility of reducing prison populations or adding air conditioning in facilities. The chair announced that SB 1632 and its conforming bill SB 1634 would be temporarily postponed to the following week, and the record was supplemented with the names of many people who had registered to speak for or against those bills. The meeting concluded after members were invited to record votes and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs will now come to order.
  • require assistance with the registration or the testimony process, please consult with the committee staff
  • Senator for secure. The Center for Security Policy shows to be out of D.C.
  • In 2015, he was working on the Beltran smuggling case with Homeland Security Investigations.
  • Corrupt officials exploit government vehicles, access secure databases, and...
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • I am curious potentially if fiscal staff could assist.
  • Um, I am curious potentially if fiscal staff could assist.
  • and particularly on the licensing staff and particularly on the variance<00:40:21.880> things
  • regarding<00:41:35.680> the staff or nonpartisan staff regarding the staff or nonpartisan
  • <01:04:47.240> to preschoolers is um from for staff to preschoolers is um from for staff to
Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633