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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Mar 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an image of a Zebra mobile computer.
- This is an image of a zebra mobile computer.
- This is what's happening to transgender people and their families in Texas and elsewhere.
- What was happening was police in Texas, Georgia, or Nebraska were searching specific license plates on
- We also reported that a police department in Texas searched tens of thousands of cameras nationwide,
Summary:
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on California privacy in the age of mass surveillance, with members framing the issue as urgent in light of AI, data brokers, workplace monitoring, and government access to commercially collected data. Opening remarks emphasized California’s long-standing privacy tradition and concern for impacts on Latino, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities. The committee heard from experts from UC Law San Francisco, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and a worker-organizer from Amazon, followed by a journalist from 404 Media.
Nicole Ozer reviewed the history of California’s constitutional right to privacy, tracing it to the 1972 ballot measure and arguing that lawmakers should use that right more fully to operationalize stronger protections against surveillance. Deirdre Mulligan described how surveillance capitalism has expanded through physical-world instrumentation, biometrics, connected devices, and AI, and argued that notice-and-consent models are inadequate because people cannot meaningfully understand or control how data is collected, inferred, shared, and used. Ari Waldman focused on disparate harms to marginalized communities, including queer people, survivors of domestic violence, and people seeking reproductive care, and called for stronger regulation, limits on data collection and sharing, and greater accountability for companies and government access to data.
Josh Black testified about Amazon’s workplace surveillance, including handheld devices, time-off-task monitoring, hidden cameras, and driver-facing AI cameras, saying the system pressures workers to skip breaks, rush safety training, and discourages organizing. He said the surveillance is used to increase productivity and suppress union activity. Committee members asked about data retention, injury reporting, cash as a privacy-protective payment option, and whether workers truly consent to surveillance as a condition of employment. Jason Kebler described how police departments adopt commercial surveillance tools through pilot programs and vendor relationships, often without public debate, citing license plate readers and networked camera systems that can spread data across jurisdictions. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with discussion of the need for clearer definitions, stronger enforcement, and continued legislative action.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 26th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1092 by Senator Allen and relating to mobile home parks.
- Mobile home parks are the largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing in the country.
- Although they're called mobile homes, mobile homes are not typically able to be moved, and many mobile
- So this bill provides that if a mobile home park owner, and increasing evictions.
- And if you want to continue the flight of citizens and their jobs leaving and go to places like Texas
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved prior journals, and moved through confirmations and floor items. Doreen DiAmico was confirmed to the State Water Resources Control Board by a 34-1 vote, Dr. Anne Maria de Mars was confirmed to the State Athletic Commission by 36-0, and Ronald Fiore was confirmed to the State Athletic Commission by 36-0. The body then took up SB 73 on election security, with supporters arguing it would protect ballot chain of custody and prevent intimidation or unauthorized access to voting materials, while opponents raised concerns about transparency, federal preemption, and the bill’s impact on investigations. SB 73 passed on concurrence and urgency with 29 ayes and 8 noes on both the urgency clause and the measure.
The Senate also approved SB 929 on annual Energy Commission oversight (37-0), SB 1370 on wildfire-related testimony/oversight (28-5), SB 983 authorizing Port of San Diego job order contracting (28-8), SB 1367 restricting local approval of new or converted private detention facilities (28-8), SB 1257 requiring annual reporting on immigration enforcement incidents (28-8), and SB 1103 requiring large home improvement retailers to report immigration enforcement activity and related records (23-8). SB 1399, which removes the sunset on DOJ reviews of immigration detention facilities, passed 28-7, and SB 873, “ICE Out of Courts,” passed 28-7 to limit arrests near courthouses without a judicial warrant.
Later, the Senate passed SB 1292 creating a pilot for camera- or sensor-based curb management with human review and privacy safeguards, despite opposition over privacy and automation concerns, by 28-7. SB 878 strengthened prompt-payment insurance penalties for delayed claims after disasters and passed 29-6. SB 958, a CEQA clarification related to housing and building height impacts, passed unanimously 37-0. SB 924 modernized low-income energy assistance services and passed 35-1. SB 1057 on certification for nurse assistants and home health aides passed, as did SB 1092 giving mobile home residents a chance to bid on park sales (29-7), SB 1123 requiring agencies to consider consumer and other benefits in rulemaking (26-8), SB 1233 increasing utility rate transparency (29-8), SB 1237 strengthening pay data reporting enforcement (28-6), SB 886 shifting data center infrastructure costs away from existing ratepayers (28-6), SB 905 reforming utility incentives and performance metrics (28-8), and SB 909 strengthening public works wage enforcement (28-7). The final item shown, SB 925 on fusion energy roadmap development, passed unanimously 37-0, while SB 954 on CEQA and advanced manufacturing drew extensive debate over environmental guardrails versus economic competitiveness; the transcript cuts off during closing remarks before the vote is shown.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:14.480><c> and</c> produced based on who gets funding and produced based on who gets funding
- And my final comment will reference the special fund.
- We would like, for example, for the existing fund to be able to grow that in a way, with a fund officer
- </c><00:50:02.319><c> to</c> and we need to make sure the funding to and we need to make sure the funding
- My name is Cody Sula with the Iron Workers Stabilization Fund.
Committee:
House Economic Development & Technology
Summary:
The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on.
The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing.
The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Aeronautics as the central node in the clearinghouse for all unmanned aerial systems and advanced air mobilities
- OTA has to have begun expending funds on the project, and then it locks it in statute so that it could
- You know, in his area, we've got millions of people coming up out of Texas.
Committee:
House Transportation
Summary:
The committee considered several naming and transportation-related bills. Senate Bill 1475 renamed the I-35 Indian Hills Road interchange as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, and House Bill 1996 was the Senate’s Memorial Bridge naming bill; both passed without substantive opposition. Senate Bill 2049 required the Department of Transportation to notify the Transportation Commission before disapproving or making a surety claim against a contractor, with supporters describing it as an accountability and transparency measure; it passed after some questions about its purpose and sponsor.
The committee also approved Senate Bill 1531, a cleanup measure related to the Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics’ role in unmanned aerial systems and advanced air mobility, in anticipation of possible FAA rulemaking. The most extensive discussion centered on Senate Bill 80, a turnpike bill that updates statutory language, removes some unused or unbuilt route locations from statute, and codifies more formal communication with landowners, communities, and legislators. Members raised concerns about removing routes, the five-year design deadline for reauthorization, and whether the bill could slow future turnpike projects; OTA Executive Director Joe E. Kelly testified that the changes were based on updated infrastructure studies, that the five-year requirement only needed design to begin, and that the notification process would include mailers and digital posting. Senate Bill 80 passed after debate, and the committee adjourned, noting it was the final meeting of the session.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We know that these funds are significant. We know that the crisis has cost lives.
- expand those funds out in the direct management?
- And what can we learn from that to be able to further expand those funds out in the direct manner.
- It’s not federally funded.
- Texas has both fines and some impact on debt collection.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
healthcare transparency, hospital pricing, consumer protection, collection actions, fines, naturopathic medicine, Louisiana Board of Naturopathic Medicine, licensing, healthcare, prescriptive authority, natural therapies, opioid treatment, regulation, addiction recovery, state law, SB 29, Act 732, coroner, autopsy, child death
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 10th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- the southeast say, hey, look, you're the only one in the southeast who's bringing this up except for Texas
- Bill HB 273 creates a limited exception allowing municipalities and first responders to grant funding
- Bill HB 273 creates a limited exception allowing municipalities and first responders to grant funding
- >> Yes, sir. >> Just one uh this is we're not trying we're not circumventing anything from uh funding
- when they meet eligibility grant funding when they meet eligibility requirements<00:22:19.039><c> as
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- to the Livestock Compensation Fund.
- appropriations for the fund.
- They actually are getting funding from the dollars that the livestock loss board doles out, and that
- funding streams are available.
- We simply don't have the funds to be able to support the request.
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- From the chair, members, this is a very important bill, as Washington is changing the way they're funding
- on existing lines it's tied within that bond and so with that being said I would also say that that Texas
- passed this similar language 119 to26 in the house and24 to7 and I think we can do better in Texas.
Bills:
SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1442 , SB1592 , SB1623 , SB1625 , SB1913 , SB1940 , SB1949 , SB2102 , SB592 , SB992
Committee:
Senate Business and Insurance
Keywords:
ticket sales, resale, consumer protection, fraud, bots, transparency, refunds, event tickets, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana license, commercial grower, grow operation, bond requirement, land reclamation fee, revolving fund, environmental remediation, redevelopment, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- public colleges and universities, determining accreditation status, which directly affects federal funding
Committee:
House Education Oversight
Keywords:
postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- That's more in alignment with Texas and Kansas and what they've done, and so we just want to be so...
- ...more in alignment with Texas and Kansas and what they've done.
- No taxpayer-funded subsidies for these entities.
- No taxpayer-funded subsidies for these entities.
- These facilities must fund all of their electric infrastructure upgrade costs.
Committee:
House Utilities
Keywords:
wildland fire, wildfire, electric utility, electric cooperative, utility liability, vegetation management, power lines, grid hardening, public utility, rate recovery, National Electric Safety Code, NESC, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, wildfire mitigation, fire prevention, landowner incentives, cost-share program, revolving fund, property damage, trespass
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Our roads fund is funded by the gas tax.
- I'm not asking you to fund my road for the vote.
- They don't have funding.
- Madam Chairwoman and Senator, some goes to the road fund and some goes to the local road fund, but it
- Senator, some goes to the road fund and some goes to the local road fund, but it all goes to roads, yes
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:04 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:04 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Are they applying for specific uses, or are they just applying to get the percentage of the funds from
- It's not like they're going to be funding an event entirely from the quality incentives program.
- the Oklahoma Workforce Commission to collect metrics From different agencies and specifically the funds
- Senate Bill 1378 creates the Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund with that.
Keywords:
housing, infrastructure, water projects, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, economic development, zero-interest loans, clawback provision, local contractors, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, SB1525, tourism, recreation, conference, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- The stated purpose of the program is to allow the department to disperse funds to unpaid low-wage employees
- The department should attempt to disperse funds after determining the complaint has merit and at the
- First, it protects vulnerable workers by creating a wage recovery fund, which would We're prepared.
- First, it protects vulnerable workers by creating a wage recovery fund, which would provide financial
- That wage recovery fund would be funded through penalty collection and wage recovery by the department
Bills:
HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- All funds are to be deposited in the general fund.
- Is there any victim funds that are similar to this?
- And is there any victim money that gets into this fund, so that makes it into this fund, please?
- These funds are not general dollar funds.
- Was that something that was funded out of the Betterment Fund, like the children's books and things like
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
abortion medications, reproductive health, mifepristone, misoprostol, abortion access, medication abortion, early pregnancy loss, miscarriage management, Department of Corrections, Department of Health, health care providers, health care entities, Indian health care providers, pharmacy distribution, wholesale distribution, reproductive rights, women's health, emergency clause, immediate effect, public health
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Texas seek recognition? Texas seek recognition?
- Roy of Texas. Pursuant to House Resolution 951, the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
- </c> gentleman from Texas. gentleman from Texas.
- Roy of Texas. Pursuant to House Resolution 951, the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
- </c> the state of Texas, Mr. Krenshaw. the state of Texas, Mr. Krenshaw.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Mar 27th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- How are organizations like the Texas Municipal League and TASB funded by taxpayers?
- Will you explain how Texas Municipal League, TASB, and others are funded? Sure.
- The state of this bill shuts off funding for rural, working-class Texas.
- All right through the Texas Energy Fund and... Some of the chairman's legislation? Yes.
- We funded some projects down in South Texas. What did you fund? There are impacts. There's also...
Bills:
SB458 , SB819 , SB1238 , SB1642 , SB1643 , SB1644 , SB1791 , SB1810 , SB1824 , SB1825 , SB758 , SB1455 , SB1706
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- funds to that.
- But really, the 10-hour workday has really, really saved us in East Texas, West Texas, and the Texas
- We can hire people in South Texas and West Texas.
- -50 between that fund and the General Revenue Fund.
- You helped us with funding on things like mobile MRIs and lots of other things, and now those numbers
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard a presentation from the Legislative Budget Board on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Article 5 budget. LBB recommended $3.7 billion in all funds for 2026-27, a 5.2 percent decrease from the base, while FTEs would rise by 856.7. Major items included funding for driver license services, DPS facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, border security, and rider changes. The committee also reviewed DPS exceptional items not included in the recommendation, including additional staffing, technology, and facility requests.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, criticizing long wait times, call abandonment, and repeated staffing increases without clear process improvements. LBB said the agency’s call-answer rate was about 9 percent in fiscal 2024, with average hold times around 34 minutes, later reduced to roughly 22-25 minutes. Senators questioned whether more FTEs alone would solve the problem and urged a broader efficiency study and better use of technology. DPS officials said they were pursuing process changes, including appointment-system upgrades, online pre-population of forms, and remote issuance options, while noting that Real ID requirements and population growth continue to drive demand.
DPS leadership then outlined the agency’s priorities: completion of the Williamson County training academy, recruitment and retention of troopers, capital needs for vehicles and aircraft, and expanded responsibilities at the Capitol complex and the Alamo. Officials said the new trooper funding would help address staffing shortages, public safety, and border operations, and that overtime and deployment patterns had been adjusted to reduce burnout and improve flexibility. They also discussed Operation Lone Star, saying DPS spending is largely overtime, travel, and fuel, and that the agency continues to coordinate with federal partners while awaiting clarity on possible federal reimbursement for border security costs. Senators also raised concerns about oilfield theft, cartel activity, high-speed pursuits, bilingual pay, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, and DPS said it would follow up on some of those issues.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- And Fund.